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Bill and Jim Mason oral history interview

Identifier

OH-03155

Abstract

Oral history interview with Bill and Jim Mason conducted by Stefani Evans on March 15, 2017 for the Building Las Vegas Oral History Project and the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. In this interview, Bill and Jim discuss their upbringing in Las Vegas, Nevada. They talk about their Jewish heritage, attending Kit Carson Sixth Grade Center, and their participation at Temple Beth Sholom. Bill and Jim recall working for their father’s construction company, Taylor Construction, some of the construction projects they were involved in, and taking ownership of the company in 1999. Lastly, Bill and Jim describe the growth of the Jewish community in Las Vegas.

Archival Collection

Photograph of Jim Mason, Las Vegas (Nev.), May 27, 2016

Date

2016-05-27

Description

Jim Mason at his mother's Red Rock Country Club residence.

Image

Photograph of Jim Mason's bar mitzvah at Temple Beth Sholom, 1978

Description

Left to right: Flora Mason, Cantor Joseph Kohn, Jim Mason, Stuart Mason at Temple Beth Sholom on Oakey Blvd.

Jim Mason: digital photographs, approximately 2000 to 2006

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Bill Hughes Photographs
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Collection Number: PH-00402
Collection Name: Bill Hughes Photographs
Box/Folder: Digital File 00

Archival Component

Photograph of Bill and Jim Mason, Las Vegas (Nev.), May 27, 2016

Date

2016-05-27

Description

From left, Bill and Jim Mason at their mother's Red Rock Country Club residence.

Image

Photograph of Bill, Sara, Flora, Gwen, and Jim Mason, Las Vegas (Nev.), May 27, 2016

Date

2016-05-27

Description

From left, Bill and Sara Mason join his mother Flora Mason along with Gwen and Jim Mason for a portrait at Flora's Red Rock Country Club residence.

Image

Jim Mason, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph, 2016 May 27

Level of Description

Item

Archival Collection

UNLV University Libraries Photographs of the Jewish Community of Southern Nevada
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00389
Collection Name: UNLV University Libraries Photographs of the Jewish Community of Southern Nevada
Box/Folder: N/A

Archival Component

Bill and Jim Mason, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph, 2016 May 27

Level of Description

Item

Archival Collection

UNLV University Libraries Photographs of the Jewish Community of Southern Nevada
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00389
Collection Name: UNLV University Libraries Photographs of the Jewish Community of Southern Nevada
Box/Folder: N/A

Archival Component

Bill, Sara, Flora, Gwen, and Jim Mason, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph, 2016 May 27

Level of Description

Item

Archival Collection

UNLV University Libraries Photographs of the Jewish Community of Southern Nevada
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00389
Collection Name: UNLV University Libraries Photographs of the Jewish Community of Southern Nevada
Box/Folder: N/A

Archival Component

MGM construction party, image 17

Description

Jim Mason stands at the MGM construction site.