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Book, A Lady in Boomtown: Miners and Manners on the Nevada Frontier, 1968

Date

1968

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Book, A Lady in Boomtown: Miners and Manners on the Nevada Frontier, 1968

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Photograph of Doris Hancock at 22 years old, circa 1915

Date

1915

Description

Doris Hancock poses for her portrait at about 22 years old; Handwritten note on back of photo: "Doris [Hancock] about 1915"

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Photograph of Doris Hancock at about 31 years old, Las Vegas, circa 1924

Date

1924

Description

Doris Hancock portrait photo at about 31 years old; Handwritten note on back of photo: "Doris, about 1924".

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Photographs of Minsky's cast members in "Happy New Year" poses, 1970-1979

Date

1970 to 1979

Description

A 12-photograph proof sheet of several Minsky's female cast members displaying costumes in various poses. Eight of the photos feature a showgirl posing with a table and blocks that spell out "Happy New Year" in various poses. Two of the photos feature three showgirls wearing oversized t-shirts that read "Minsky's Burlesque 69." Two of the photos feature a showgirl posing with a table and streamers, and is wearing a white mesh mini dress with long sleeves holding a bottle of champagne and two champagne glasses.

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Photographs of B'nai B'rith's "Man of the Year" Mike O'Callaghan and others, November 03, 1974

Date

1974-11-03

Archival Collection

Description

Photographs of B'nai B'rith's "Man of the Year" event, featuring "Man of the Year" Governor of Nevada Mike O'Callaghan and his wife Carolyn O'Callaghan. 120mm negatives.

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Photographs of Combined Jewish Appeal's yearly fundraising event, Las Vegas (Nev.), May 06, 1976

Date

1976-05-06

Archival Collection

Description

Photographs of people attending the Combined Jewish Appeal's yearly fundraising event at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada. 120mm negatives.

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Transcript of interview with Ian and Irmalee Anne Ross, by Claytee White, March 28, April 5-6, 2012

Date

2012-03-28
2012-04-05
2012-04-06

Description

R. Ian Ross, better known as Ross, and wife Irmalee have dedicated their lives to serving, and improving, their community. Both Ross and Irmalee’s families moved to Las Vegas, from Los Angeles and Reno respectively, drawn by the opportunities presenting themselves in the growing city. While in college, Ross would spend his summers as busboy at the Sands hotel, where his mother worked as beauty consultant and salesperson. Ross attended law school, and soon after finishing, started a law firm with Jerry Snyder and Oscar Goodman. After a couple of years, Ross took a position with the City Attorney’s Office while also starting his own private firm. He later served as an assemblyman in 1977-78. In addition to his work as an attorney, Ross has engaged in various real estate ventures over the years, largely in North Las Vegas. He served as the president of the North Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce, and dedicated himself to developing this part of town. During this time, Irmalee was an active member in various social organizations, including Junior League, of which she still is a member. Having lived in Las Vegas for over 50 years, from ‘mob days’ to the present, Ross and Irmalee have accumulated unique experiences, and developed keen insights, about the growth, change and development of Las Vegas. Unlike others, they embrace the city’s continuing evolution as a community.

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Transcript of interview with Audrey Wickman by Joanne Goodwin, June 24, 1996

Date

1996-06-24

Description

Born in the coal fields of Strunk, Kentucky, Audrey Aline Messer Wickman first visited the West at twelve years of age. She moved to western Colorado to help in her grandparents’ home for a couple of years. The stay made a lasting impression because she only returned to her birthplace for a short time after that. In Colorado, she graduated from high school, met her future husband, and married in 1925. They came to southern Nevada in 1932 so that Robert Wickman could find work on Hoover Dam. Audrey Wickman joined the Mesquite Club in 1936 and has remained a member to date. She started the Literary Committee as a forum to share book reviews and hear speakers. She served as President of the club for 1947-48 and chose the year’s theme “Know your Neighbor.” In the post-war society, women’s involvement in civic affairs was particularly needed, she told the membership at the opening fall meeting. “The troubles which unsettle the world today are primarily ones which lie within the sphere of women’s business. They are matters of housekeeping, teaching and health. . . . The time has come when we as a nation cannot stay in our own backyards. . . . If we are to be good world citizens, local, state and national, we must first be good home citizens. These responsibilities call for knowledge, an appreciation of other points of view, and attitudes of good will and cooperation.” (Las Vegas Review Journal, 6 October 1947, Mesquite Club microfilm collection.) The duties of the president varied during those years. She recalled that “I was janitor, gardener and President.” During the wintertime, she remembered, “you had to have heat [for Friday’s meeting] and I’d go up on Thursday afternoon and light that old oil burning stove and then pray that it didn’t catch the place on fire all night.” She continued her commitment to club work by serving as state secretary for the Nevada Federation of Women’s Clubs. The friendships and cultural events which came from Mesquite Club and Federation membership proved to be of lasting value for this community builder. This interview has been produced with the assistance of the Mesquite Club and the History Department of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. It is part of a series on women community builders in Las Vegas. The transcript has been edited only slightly for clarity while the syntax and style of the narrator were retained.

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Photographs of a Donn Arden production, 1960

Date

1960

Archival Collection

Description

Seven scenes from a Donn Arden New-Year's-Eve themed production.

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Photograph of Lynde Pyatt receiving American Business Women's Association award, Las Vegas, July 16, 1978

Date

1978-07-16

Description

Lynde Pyatt (left) receiving the American Business Women's Association Woman of the Year Award for 1978 from former Woman of the Year Joan Swift (right).

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