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Randall "Randy" Walker oral history interview (OH-03293)

Abstract

Oral history interview with Randall Walker conducted by Stefani Evans on November 02, 2017 for the Building Las Vegas Oral History Project. Walker discusses establishing the first 911 Call Center for the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. He then talks of the Downtown Transportation Center, real estate noise disclosures on land west of McCarran Airport, the airport's purchase of 17,000 acres at Ivanpah, building the airport tunnel connectors, construction of the Regional Justice Center and County Jail, and the McCarran International Airport Arts Advisory committee.

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Date

2017 November 02

Extent

11 digital_files (0.245 GB) MP3, PDF/A, JPG

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Scope and Contents Note

Oral history interview with Randall Walker conducted by Stefani Evans on November 02, 2017 for the Building Las Vegas Oral History Project. Walker discusses establishing the first 911 Call Center for the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. He then talks of the Downtown Transportation Center, real estate noise disclosures on land west of McCarran Airport, the airport's purchase of 17,000 acres at Ivanpah, building the airport tunnel connectors, construction of the Regional Justice Center and County Jail, and the McCarran International Airport Arts Advisory committee. Digital audio, transcript, and photographs available.

Access Note

Collection is open for research. Where use copies do not exist, production of use copies is required before access will be granted; this may delay research requests. Advanced notice is required.

Publication Rights

Materials in this collection may be protected by copyrights and other rights. See Reproductions and Use on the UNLV Special Collections and Archives website for more information about reproductions and permissions to publish. Some transcripts do not exist in final form, therefore any editing marks in a transcript (deletions, additions, corrections) are to be quoted as marked.

Preferred Citation

Randall "Randy" Walker oral history interview, 2017 November 02. OH-03293. [Cite format consulted: Audio recording or Transcript.] Oral History Research Center, Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.

Acquisition Note

This interview was conducted and transcribed by the Oral History Research Center (OHRC) which is part of the UNLV University Libraries Special Collections and Archives Division.

Processing Note

Interview materials were processed by UNLV Libraries Special Collections and Archives in 2017 and 2018. Miguel Dominguez wrote the collection description. Access copies were created for born-digital audio and/or transcript files.

Existence and Location of Copies

A bound transcript is available for use in UNLV Libraries Special Collections and Archives. See call number: F849.L35 W33 2017

Collection Type

EAD ID

US::NvLN::OH03293

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