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Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project Community Collection

Identifier

MS-00790

Abstract

The Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project Community Collection is comprised of organizational records, photographs, event programs, and ephemera donated by members of the Southern Nevada Jewish community as part of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas University Libraries’ Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. Materials document the history of the Jewish community and Southern Nevada from 1941 to 2017. The collection provides information about family life, religious rituals, community events, and local businesses and organizations.

Archival Collection

Photograph of the Las Vegas Ranch looking northeast, circa 1940

Date

1938 to 1942

Description

Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from back of photo: "The Old Ranch - at the Old Mormon Fort, Las Vegas Nevada - about 1940"

Image

Photograph of a bridge over the Las Vegas Creek, circa 1940

Date

1938 to 1942

Description

Creek on the Las Vegas Ranch with a footbridge built over it

Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from back of photo: "The little creek at the Old Ranch used for irrigation - taken about 1940"

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Audio recording clip of interview with James Yamazaki with Aki Yamazaki by Mary Palevsky, October 14, 2005

Date

2005-10-14

Description

Narrator affiliation: Physician in Charge, Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission, Nagasaki

Sound

Postcard showing Mount Charleston, Nevada, circa 1930s-1950s

Date

1930 to 1955

Archival Collection

Description

A general view of Mount Charleston, as seen from Ski-Bar Ranch.

Image

Photograph of a snow-covered car, Las Vegas, Nevada, circa 1939

Date

1938 to 1940

Archival Collection

Description

Snow-covered car with a 1939 Nevada license plate parked next to a house.

Image

Film transparency of Wally Cox, Las Vegas, 1955

Date

1955

Archival Collection

Description

Wally Cox performing at the Dunes Hotel, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Additional notes provided with image: "0281 0114-0281 0128 and 0281 0034 were in a negative sleeve together."

Image

Film transparency of Historical Societies trip, Searchlight, Nevada, circa 1970

Date

1970

Description

The Historical Societies trip to Searchlight, Nevada.

Image

Slide of students registering for class, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, circa Fall 1971

Date

1971

Description

Proof sheet showing various scenes of UNLV Fall Registration, Las Vegas, 1971.

Image

Slide of Fremont Street, Las Vegas, circa 1950s

Date

1954 to 1959

Archival Collection

Description

An image showing a westward view of downtown Las Vegas, from Second and Fremont Streets, at night.

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