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Michael J. Shane oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Michael Jay Shane conducted by Barbara Tabach on October 26, 2016 and October 31, 2016 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. Shane discusses his career in entertainment and other various jobs, including playing the piano at Wynn's Tower Suite Bar, Bootlegger Bistro, and the Italian American Club. Shane then mentions how his Jewish upbringing has influenced his work.
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Photograph of Sheriff Sam Gay, Las Vegas, circa 1906-1920s
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Michael DeJong oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Michael DeJong conducted by David Schwartz on July 06, 2016 for the Slot Operations Oral History Project. DeJong discusses his various positions in Las Vegas, Nevada Strip casinos and how the casino industry has changed during his career. DeJong then talks about his gambling experiences and provides advice to young people who want to go into the slot industry.
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Janellen Radoff oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Janellen Radoff conducted by Barbara Tabach on September 26, 2016 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. Radoff discusses training in interior design and architecture, finding employment as a commercial designer, and working at Wynn properties. She also talks about her involvement in the interior design for Congregation Ner Tamid.
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Gordon Smith oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Gordon Smith conducted by Claytee D. White on January 29, 2013 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. Smith discusses school and after-school pursuits, changes in Las Vegas, Nevada, summer jobs, and college. He also talks about his military service and returning to Las Vegas to start a barbering business.
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Pom Fritz oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Pom Fritz conducted by Kristel Peralta and Stefani Evans on June 8, 2021 for Reflections: The Las Vegas Asian American and Pacific Islander Oral History Project.
Pom talks about her family and upbringing in Udon Thani, Thailand and her immigration to the United States with her second husband, an American citizen, in 1972. She discusses living on Air Force bases in North Carolina and California before moving to Las Vegas and finding work at different hotels. Pom shares her experiences as a member, steward, and executive board representative of the Culinary Workers Union and what she recalls from the Frontier Strike. She also talks about her children and grandchildren, some of whom still live in Thailand.
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Catherine Morales-Jackson oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Catherine Morales-Jackson conducted by Claytee D. White on May 05, 2010 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project Oral History Project. Catherine provides retrospective on a range of library topics the including discussion of the thousands of volumes she bound to the move to Lied Library, a Celebrity Pancake fundraiser to staff parties, and the implementation of a campus parking fee to the various library organizations that she has belonged to over the years.
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