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Salton, Charles, 1922-2004
Charles Salton was born June 19, 1922 in Morristown, New Jersey to Rebecca and Al Salton. The family moved to Huntington Beach, California for two years before moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1929. Salton was very active in the Southern Nevada Jewish community. He held careers as an engineer draftsman, insurance agent, and a real estate broker. He was also an income tax enrollment agent and one of the original members of Temple Beth Shalom. Salton passed away April 11, 2004.
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Wiener, Kittie, 1891-1977
Kitty Wiener was a Las Vegas, Nevada businesswoman and prominent community member. She moved to Las Vegas in 1931 with her husband, Louis Wiener, Sr. Kitty Wiener helped manage her husband's tailor shop on Fremont Street and also worked as a seamstress. Her son was prominent attorney Louis Wiener, Jr.
Wiener, Louis. Interview, 1990 February 23. Transcript. OH-01974. Oral History Research Center, Special Collections, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Thomas, Sonny
Sandy C. Thomas is better known as Sonny. Sonny Thomas was born in Fordyce, Arkansas on Feburary 6, 1940. In 1959, Sonny arrived in Las Vegas looking for the promised employment opportunities. His first job was as a bus boy at El Rancho. Over the course of the next thirty years, he moved from one job to another, each time gaining more responsibility. His last hotel role was as shipping and receiving manager at the MGM. While working at the MGM, Sonny finally secured a part-time second job with Davis Funeral Home.
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Hyman, Stanley
Stanley Hyman (1925-1999) was a district manager at Farmers Insurance and a Navy veteran who lived in Las Vegas, Nevada from 1951 until his death in 1999. Hyman was born August 26, 1925, in San Francisco, California. During World War II he served in the U.S. Navy in the South Pacific from 1944 to 1946. Hyman moved to Las Vegas in May 1951 and was active in the local community. He was a member of the Lions Club and the Chamber of Commerce, and chaired several United Fund drives.
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Professional activities files, 1980-2015
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The professional activities files include materials collected by anthropologist Katherine Spilde during her employment with the National Gambling Impact Study Commission (NGISC), the National Indian Gaming Association (NIGA), and the Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development (HPAIED). The materials date from 1980 to 2005, with the bulk of materials dating from 1995 to 2005. The materials document the institutional research of NGISC, NIGA, and HPAIED as well as the legal and regulatory history of Native American gaming in the United States. Also included to a lesser extent are materials from her work with the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) and Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Data Management, Needs Assessment, and Auditing Workgroup; the National Indian Gaming Association (NIGA) and the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) Joint Task Force; and the National Council on Problem Gambling. The series contains research and subject files created by Dr. Spilde during her employment with various agencies of the federal government and universities. The series includes socioeconomic reports, testimonies, correspondence, memos, press releases, audiovisual materials, promotional materials, pamphlets, brochures, booklets, journal articles, legal briefs, legislative documents, notes, presentations, conference materials, and newspaper articles.
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Collection Name: Katherine A. Spilde Papers on Native American Gaming
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