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Photographs of Dennis and Roberta Sabbath at events, 1970s-1980s

Date

1970 to 1989

Archival Collection

Description

Group of photographs showing Dennis and Roberta Sabbath at local events with members of the Jewish community.

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Photographs of Dennis Sabbath with elected officials, 1970s-1980s

Date

1970 to 1989

Archival Collection

Description

Group of photographs showing Dennis Sabbath with political leaders and elected officials.

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Newspaper clippings referring to Dennis Sabbath's career as an attorney in Las Vegas, Nev., 1988-1990

Date

1991

Archival Collection

Description

The newspaper articles discuss legal actions supported by Dennis Sabbath as a lawyer for the Musicians Local 369 Union and the United Steelworkers of America.

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Certificates issued to Dennis and Roberta Sabbath, 1982-1984

Date

1982

Archival Collection

Description

These certificates recognize Roberta Sabbath for her service to the Women's Division Council of Jewish Federations, and Dennis Sabbath's first solo flight.

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Clipping and legal papers related to the Chemical Catastrophe Prevention Act co-authored by Dennis Sabbath, 1991

Date

1991

Archival Collection

Description

The Chemical Catastrophe Prevention Act was proposed in 1991 after several chemical accidents occurred in Henderson, Nev. in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The bill was passed and called for the implementation of the Chemical Accident Prevention Program (CAPP), which sets thresholds for dangerous substances, and guidelines for accident prevention, emergency response and public right-to-know.

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Newspaper clipping, Nevada Votes supplement, Las Vegas Review-Journal, November 2, 1986

Date

1986-11-02

Archival Collection

Description

Dennis Sabbath ran for the State Senate in District 5 in 1986, against Republican Bill O'Donnell.

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Audio clip from interview with Jocelyn Oats conducted by John Grygo and Claytee D. White, November 20, 2012

Date

2012-11-30

Description

Audio clip from interview with Jocelyn Oats on November 20, 2012. In the clip, Jocelyn talks about the beginnings of Nevada Partners, and her work with the teenaged youth of Las Vegas in the 1990s.

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Irma I. Varela interview, March 5, 2019: transcript

Date

2019-03-05

Description

Interviewed by Barbara Tabach. Born and raised in Zacatecas, Mexico, Irma moved to Las Vegas in 1989. She is the Cultural Program Supervisor at Winchester Community Center and has devoted much of her career to preserving Hispanic cultural traditions in Las Vegas. She has been an active leader in local events such as Community Roots, International Food & Folk Life Festival, World Vibrations, and Dio de Los Muertos.

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Margo Knowles interview, March 25, 1981: transcript

Date

1981-03-25

Description

From the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas, OH-01039. On March 25, 1981, collector Sonny Neighbors interviewed his mother, Margo Knowles (born October 13th, 1935 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa) at her home in Las Vegas, Nevada. Margo speaks about growing up and going to school in Las Vegas. She also discusses her work as a telephone operator in Las Vegas, and at the Nevada Test Site in Nye County, Nevada.

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Transcript of interview with Nellie Bunch by Robin Ducharme, November 20, 1975

Date

1975-11-20

Description

On November 20, 1975, C.A. (Robin) Ducharme interviewed Nellie Bunch (born 1902 in Chariton County, MO) about her life in Southern Nevada. Bunch first talks about her settlement into the Whitney Ranch area and her knowledge about the building of Hoover (Boulder) Dam. She also talks about the early utilization of water resources from Lake Mead, early sources of power, and the early use of evaporative coolers. Bunch also speaks about her experience as a postmaster and later discusses telephone technology and the early churches of Las Vegas.

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