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Transcript of interview with Alma Whitney by Claytee D. White, March 3, 1996

Date

1996-03-03

Description

Interview with Alma Whitney conducted by Claytee D. White on March 3, 1996. Seeking better employment opportunities, Whitney moved to Las Vegas from Tallulah, Louisiana, at the age of sixteen. Whitney supported Westside churches and schools and was respected as supervisor in housekeeping at Desert Inn. Whitney provides information on the African American migration to Las Vegas during the 1940s, post-war race relations in Las Vegas, the daily work of hotel maids, and the Culinary Union.

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Audio recording clip of Interview with Eddie & Johnie Wright

Date

2012-10-06
2012-10-13
2012-11-16
2012-11-28

Description

Part of an interview with Eddie Wright, Jr. by Leon Green in the fall of 2012. Wright talks about his different jobs and the part his race played in getting jobs in the workforce.

Sound

Holocaust Education Committee letters and meeting minutes, document 14

Description

Letter from Mimi Katz to Edythe Katz on May 09, 1980; letter from Edythe Katz on May 15, 1980; and list of people that letters were sent to.

Warren A. Bechtel Album of Hoover Dam: photographic print

Date

1975-05-19

Description

Pg.22 #2546 Looking upstream toward Nevada Power House, showing 18-ft. penstock openings. Feb. 20, 1934. Pg.22 #2545 Boulder Dam looking upstream from Lower Cofferdam, showing Power House footings and benches. Feb. 29th, 1934. Pg.22 #2547 Looking upstream toward the Arizona Power House, showing 18-ft. penstock openings. Feb. 20th, 1934. Pg.22 #2538 Looking downstream over top of Boulder Dam, showing Lomix unloading trestle. Feb. 20th, 1934.

Site Planning Schemes, 1991 August 27

Level of Description

File

Scope and Contents

9219125

This set includes: site plans.

This set includes drawings for Smith Bros. Realty (client).

Archival Collection

Gary Guy Wilson Architectural Drawings
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00439
Collection Name: Gary Guy Wilson Architectural Drawings
Box/Folder: Roll 490

Archival Component

Transcript of interview with Beth Molasky by David Shwartz, June 2, 2014

Date

2014-06-02

Description

In this interview, Molasky discusses her parents, Irwin and Susan Molasky, and growing up in Las Vegas as a member of Temple Beth Sholom. She attended Sunday school and Hebrew school, but is not particularly religious as an adult.

Beth Molasky-Cornell is a partner, shareholder, and an active member of the board of directors of the Molasky Group of Companies, which was founded by her father Irwin Molasky. She is a founding partner and a core member of the board of directors of Ocean Pacific Companies, a high-end real estate development firm founded by her husband Ken Cornell in San Diego, California. Molasky-Cornell contributed to numerous Molasky Group building projects, including the Bank of America Plazas, the Winterwood Corporation land development, and the Park Towers luxury condominiums. Molasky was born in Florida; however, her family moved to Las Vegas before her second birthday. She graduated from Valley High School in 1968, and started college at the University of Southern California at the age of seventeen. After spending a couple of years in Rhode Island, where she had her children, she moved back to Las Vegas in 1975. In this interview, Molasky discusses her childhood experiences in Las Vegas, especially as a member of the Jewish community, and reflects upon changes that influenced her children?s upbringing in the city.

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Sidney R. Whitmore Collection

Identifier

MS-00068

Abstract

The Sidney R. Whitmore Collection (approximately 1885-1970) contains land deeds and other documents about Mount Diablo, Nevada; documents detailing parts of his family history; and eight framed paintings of landscapes and portraits.

Archival Collection

Audio recording clip of interview with Ida Bowser by Claytee D. White, August 30, 2007

Date

2007-08-30

Archival Collection

Description

Part of an interview with Ida Bowser by Claytee White on August, 30 2007. Bowser describes how she came to work for the UNLV library.

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