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Craig, Walter
Walter Craig was the lifetime companion of Donn Arden and donated the Donn Arden Papers and Photographs to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Special Collections and Archives.
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“Donn Arden, 79, Producer of Las Vegas Shows,” November 3, 1994. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-11-03-mn-58036-story.html.
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Crawford, Jerry L.
Jerry Crawford was born on August 20, 1934 in Iowa. He earned a scholarship to Drake University for baseball. He graduated from Drake with a bachelor's in theatre, and went on to earn a master's degree from Stanford as well as a Ph.D. in playwriting from University of Iowa.
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Den, the Pen
Las Vegas, Nevada native Dennis Lee Askew is a graduate of Valley High School. In the late 1940s his family moved to Las Vegas from Florida where they were involved in gambling operations. His father worked at the Sands Hotel for thirty years. As a young man, Dennis worked as a bus boy at the Sands, and later moved to southern California after his high school graduation. In the mid 1970s, Dennis led a successful rock band called Universe that played around southern California and Las Vegas. They disbanded and Dennis worked for Odyssey Records in Las Vegas.
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Ronzone, Richard James, 1917-1989
Richard “Dick” J. Ronzone (1917-1989) was active in the local politics and civic affairs of Las Vegas, Nevada, serving as a Clark County Commissioner, a Nevada State Assemblyman, and a member of the University Board of Regents. He inherited and managed his family's retail store which dated back to the early 1900s. Ronzone also helped develop the Municipal Golf Course and was active in the Elks Lodge, Rotary Club, Veterans Of Foreign Wars, Reserve Officers Association, and the Boulder Dam Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America.
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Ayers, Kari K.
Kari K. Ayers is an insurance industry professional, and a longtime resident of Las Vegas, Nevada. She is past-president of the Southern Nevada Variety Club Tent 39, where she has engaged in several charitable endeavors. During her tenure as president of this organization, she donated a legacy archive of the former Las Vegas Variety Club to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Special Collections and Archives.
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Cashman, James, Sr., 1884-1962
James "Big Jim" Cashman was born to Benjamin Franklin Cashman and Ella Mary Stovall in Ladue, Missouri on December 16, 1884. Cashman moved to Searchlight, Nevada in 1904 and began working a variety of jobs until he opened an automobile garage in approximately 1910. Cashman later sold automobiles and operated in Searchlight until the mining boom halted around 1920. As a result, Cashman decided to move his business to the growing city of Las Vegas, Nevada. Cashman met his future wife, Leah Barker, in Las Vegas and they married in 1923.
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