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Stanley Mallin Papers
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Collection consists of the 1974 lease agreement between Circus Circus and William Bennet and William Pennington, and a 1981 Desert Inn Country Club 25th Anniversary scrapbook.
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Stanley Mallin oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Stanley Mallin conducted by David G. Schwartz on January 29, 2008 for the Remembering Jay Sarno Oral History Project. In this interview, Mallin discusses his personal history and meeting Jay Sarno in 1940 at the University of Missouri. He describes moving to Atlanta, Georgia with Sarno in the late 1940s to start a tile business. He then talks about their other business building apartment complexes in Atlanta and eventually building the motel Atlanta Cabana in 1958. Later, Mallin discusses selling their business and opening Circus Circus Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada and describes the success it had during its first months of operation. Mallin then talks about eventually selling Circus Circus Hotel and Casino to William Bennett and William Pennington. Lastly, Mallin recalls opening Caesars Palace and his last business ventures with Sarno.
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Desert Inn Country Club Las Vegas, Nevada 25th Anniversary Celebration Family Album, 1981 November 07
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Stanley Mallin Papers
Box/Folder: Oversized Box SH-036
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Agreement between Circus Circus, a Nevada Limited Partnership, Circus Circus, Inc., a Nevada Corporation and William Bennett and William Pennington and lease between Circus Circus and Circo Resorts, Inc. sales agreement between Circus Circus, Inc. and Circo Resorts, Inc., 1974 March 05
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Stanley Mallin Papers
Box/Folder: Box SH-035
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Desert Inn Country Club family album, Las Vegas (Nev.), November 07, 1981
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Archival Collection
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Album celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Desert Inn Country Club in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Transcript of interview with Stanley and Sandy Mallin by Barbara Tabach, January 7, 2015
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Stanley Mallin (1923- ) was a native of Kansas City, Missouri; the son of Bess and Louis Mallin. His mother was a homemaker and his father was an industrious immigrant from Ukraine who earned his US citizenship through combat in World War I. Stan was the middle child of their three. It was while Stan attended the University of Missouri that he met Jay Sarno. The two men’s fast personal friendship made them solid business partners. Their first endeavor was in Florida with a tile business. It was during a holiday stay at the Flamingo that the two dreamed a bigger, better hotel-casino. The result was Caesars Palace. He has lived and helped develop Las Vegas since 1968. In 1982, Stan married his wife Sandy (neé Jacoby) Mallin. Sandy grew up in New York and arrived in Las Vegas in 1977. She has provided dynamic leadership in the Jewish community. For several years she was President of the Women’s Division of Jewish Federation. She then followed this as the first woman to be President of T
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