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Transcript of interview with Arthur "Art" Marshall by Claytee D. White, February 11, 2014
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Interview with Arthur "Art" Marshall by Claytee White on February 11, 2014. In this interview, Marshall
Arthur Marshall was born in 1929 in Cleveland, Ohio. He met his wife, Jayn in 1953, and the couple moved to Las Vegas where she already lived with her family. Art joined his father-in-law in the family's retail clothing business. Art Marshall took over the retail clothing business with his brother-in-law, Herb Rousso, and expanded operations as Marshall-Rousso stores. Art quickly became very active in the Jewish community upon arriving in Las Vegas. He served as president at Temple Beth Sholom, and worked with other Jews in the city, many who owned and managed the hotels at the time, to build a strong Jewish community in Las Vegas. He served as the chairman of Nevada State Bank and spent 12 years on the Nevada Gaming Commission.
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UNLV Gaming Law Journal Oral History Project
Oral histories for this project have primarily been conducted by the William S. Boyd School of Law at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Oral histories are published in the UNLV Gaming Law Journal, a journal of legal scholarship dedicated to analyzing the law and policy implications of gaming case law, legislation, administrative regulations, and important gaming legal events. Transcripts of the oral histories are available online at
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Jewish Community Center of Southern Nevada, item 04
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Committee Chairmanship information.
African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project
"A true community project combining the efforts of community advisors, regional cultural heritage repositories, and city and county agencies, this project collected oral histories as well as photographs, documents, and manuscripts. Community members includes Hannah Brown, Sonya Horsford, Jarmilla McMillan-Arnold, Courtney Mooney, Todd Robinson, Carrie Sampson, and Brenda Williams.
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