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Transcript of interview with Daryl Morris by Barbara Tabach, February 16, 2016

Date

2016-02-16

Description

Daryl Morris discusses growing up in Las Vegas and his love of acting.

Daryl Morris is a native of Las Vegas. Born in 1961, he is one of three sons born to Paula and Bobby Morris. He recalls his childhood of the 1960s and 1970s with great fondness of the fast friendships formed within the Jewish community. His day job is in insurance, but his great love is for acting. He tells of being smitten at the age of 11 and taking acting lessons as a youngster and then later studying with actor Jeff Goldblum. He has an impressive list of films in which he has appeared, including the opening scene of Mall Cop 2. He enjoys voice-over acting and teaching acting classes. He also tells about his Navy service, attending UNLV, and coming to settle in Las Vegas-the place he calls home. Daryl also participated in the January 31, 2016, Growing Up Jewish in Las Vegas panel discussion for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project.

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Transcript of interview with Jim Marsh by Claytee D. White, June 5, 2012

Date

2012-06-05

Archival Collection

Description

Jim Marsh in Denver, Colorado. Father was the chief for the Colorado Patrol. Mother lived in Nebraska. Jim split time in both places while growing up. He was a service member of the Army and once getting out of the service he started his work with his father at a Ford dealership. Jim went on to work and own dealership in several different areas, Colorado, California, New Mexico, and Washington states before arriving in Las Vegas, NV in 1971. Once arriving in Las Vegas Marsh purchased a dealership called American Auto Mart. Around 1976 Jim Marsh bought the Santa Fe Saloon along with the twenty lots surrounding it for 12,500. This was his first experience in the gaming industry Marsh was the only dealership in the world for 25 years to have a gaming license in a new-car dealership. Marsh discovered interest in Belmont when there was a lone resident Rose Walter. The two bartered and Jim gained land in Belmont and went on to build a bar and church for the town. Marsh eventually went on to own the Skyline Casino. Jim Marsh founded the Nevada Auto Auction in 1987 on Las Vegas Boulevard South Eventually sold it and used the investment to build the Longstreet Casino. Marsh was' also a member of business organizations, Better Business Bureau and The Red Cross Marsh has been a member of the Salvation Army Advisory Board for at least 25 years. Tonopah is another location that Marsh has invested in. After leasing the gaming at the Mizpah Hotel to later buying the Valley Bank building and moving the gaming from Mizpah. It is still successful today. He also purchased the Tonopah Station House which is a hotel bar, and restaurant; along with owning the grocery store Scolari's next-door. Tonopah has proved to be a very good investment for Jim Marsh.

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Interview of transcript with Pamela and Stephen Grogan by Barbara Tabach, June 30, 2014

Date

2014-06-30

Description

Pamela and Steve Grogan met via Match-dot-com and married in 2004. They purchased a house in Scotch 80s with its own colorful history and enough storage for Pam’s extensive collections of cookbooks and cooking supplies. In Scotch 80s Pam has made a name for herself as a cook and hostess, and Steve serves as president of the Scotch 80s Owners Association. In this interview, the couple discuss their house, their neighborhood, urban pressures, and methods of maintaining atmosphere and traffic flow in a neighborhood they have grown to love. Pam moved to Las Vegas from Lockport, Illinois, with some friends in 1999. She had sparked her passion for cooking and cookbooks in Illinois, and in Las Vegas she developed both interests further when she began working as assistant manager for Sur La Table cooking store on the Las Vegas Strip. Steve became interested in Las Vegas after he advised the campaign committee to pass legalized gambling in Colorado and became the first executive director of the Colorado Gaming Owners Association. He left Denver for Las Vegas in 1989 after pursuing successful political and entrepreneurial careers in his former city.

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Valerie Pida Trust correspondence, newspaper clippings, financial statements, and receipts, 1987 to 1993

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File

Archival Collection

Valerie Pida Trust Records
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Collection Number: MS-00890
Collection Name: Valerie Pida Trust Records
Box/Folder: Box 01 (Restrictions apply)

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Employment discrimination case against Clark County School District, 1987 to 1990

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File

Archival Collection

Thomas Rodriguez Professional Papers
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Collection Number: MS-01017
Collection Name: Thomas Rodriguez Professional Papers
Box/Folder: Box 01

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Miranda, M. L. and Thomas Rodriguez, 125th Nevada Anniversary: A Profile of Hispanics in Nevada 1829-1991, 1991

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Archival Collection

Thomas Rodriguez Professional Papers
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Collection Number: MS-01017
Collection Name: Thomas Rodriguez Professional Papers
Box/Folder: Box 01

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Nevada Historical Project: Mexicans and Other Hispanics in Nevada, 1988

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File

Archival Collection

Thomas Rodriguez Professional Papers
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Collection Number: MS-01017
Collection Name: Thomas Rodriguez Professional Papers
Box/Folder: Box 01

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Quién es Quién: A Who’s Who Directory of Hispanics in the State of Nevada, 1986

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File

Archival Collection

Thomas Rodriguez Professional Papers
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Collection Number: MS-01017
Collection Name: Thomas Rodriguez Professional Papers
Box/Folder: Box 01

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State Industrial Insurance System (SIIS) discrimination case, 1988

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File

Archival Collection

Thomas Rodriguez Professional Papers
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Collection Number: MS-01017
Collection Name: Thomas Rodriguez Professional Papers
Box/Folder: Box 01

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Rafael Rivera issue documents, 2012

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File

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Thomas Rodriguez Professional Papers
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Collection Number: MS-01017
Collection Name: Thomas Rodriguez Professional Papers
Box/Folder: Box 01

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