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Transcript of interview with Robert L. Skaggs by Dr. David Emerson, May 06, 2006

Date

2006-05-06

Archival Collection

Robert Skaggs oral history interview

Description

Dr. Robert Skaggs grew up around the St. Louis area. His father was a teamster with a milk delivery route, tried his hand at the restaurant business, and during WWII worked tor U.S. Cartridge. Several members of Dr. Skaggs's family were teachers, including his grandmother and a couple of aunts. Robert graduated trom Normandy High School and afterwards attended the Missouri School of Mines and majored in metallurgical engineering. He graduated in 1954 and went to work tor DuPont tor two years. He went to graduate school at Iowa State on an Atomic Energy Commission scholarship, and afterwards was hired by Standard Oil of California. During this time he met and married Anna Pedersen (1961) and moved to Minneapolis to work for Honeywell. Around 1966, Bob started teaching at the University of Kentucky. After a couple of years, he got wind of teaching opportunities at the Southern Division of the University of Nevada (now UNLV), and interviewed with Herb Wells. He and his family moved to Boulder City (1969) and he began teaching at what is now UNLV. He was involved in the work bringing accreditation to the engineering department, establishing a chapter for Tau Beta Pi, the Engineering Honor Society, and building a master's and a PhD program. After a heart attack in 1975, Dr. Skaggs took a sabbatical from UNLV and did some team teaching at University of Arizona in Tucson with Ray Sierka. He returned to UNLV on a half time teaching basis, and also worked for the Bureau of Mines. He was again involved in accreditation preparations and stayed to graduate a PhD student in engineering. He looks upon his experiences at UNLV as very positive and delightful.

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Midbar Kodesh Temple

Midbar Kodesh is a Conservative Jewish temple founded in Henderson, Nevada in 1995 by former members of Temple Beth Sholom. Population growth and physical expansion of real estate warranted the establishment of the second Conservative congregation in Southern Nevada, whose name means “Holy Desert.” Temple Beth Sholom was moving to the west side of the valley, and a group of families- the Kaminskys, Goldmans, Rothmans, Simons, Goldsteins, and Feldmans- decided to start a new temple on the east side.

Congressional Record, Volume 134, Number 48, April 15, 1988

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Letter and envelope from Nellie Harrison, Mt. Carmel to Mary Etta Syphus, Panaca, Nevada

Date

1895-03-08

Archival Collection

Syphus-Bunker Papers

Description

From the Syphus-Bunker Papers (MS-00169). The folder contains an original handwritten letter, a typed transcription of the same letter, the original envelope with the stamp removed, and a copy of the original letter.

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Letter and envelope from John M. Bunker, Logan, Utah. to Mary Etta Syphus, Provo, Utah

Date

1894-02-16

Archival Collection

Syphus-Bunker Papers

Description

From the Syphus-Bunker Papers (MS-00169). The folder contains an original handwritten letter, a typed transcription of the same letter, the original envelope with the stamp removed, and a copy of the original letter.

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The Wheel Las Vegas Rotary Club newsletter, May 14, 1970

Date

1970-05-14

Archival Collection

Fayle Family Papers

Description

Newsletter issued by the Las Vegas Rotary Club

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Untitled female in black and red gown: original costume design drawing

Date

2004-07-07

Archival Collection

Jerry Jackson Papers

Description

Series II. Folies-Bergere production papers, designs, and photographs -- 17th Edition: The Best of the Folies-Bergere -- 2003-2004 costume revisions: costume design drawings, photographs of costume pieces, invoices, and notes -- 1900s ballroom

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Untitled showgirl with feather backing: original costume design drawing

Date

2001-07-19

Archival Collection

Jerry Jackson Papers

Description

Series II. Folies-Bergere production papers, designs, and photographs -- 17th Edition: The Best of the Folies-Bergere -- 2001 costume revisions: costume design drawings, photographs of costume pieces, correspondence, and notes -- La Vedette

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Untitled nude figures, one with ostrich cape: original costume design drawing

Date

2002-07-31

Archival Collection

Jerry Jackson Papers

Description

Series II. Folies-Bergere production papers, designs, and photographs -- 17th Edition: The Best of the Folies-Bergere -- 2002 costume revisions: costume design drawings, photographs of costume pieces, correspondence, and notes -- Prologue/Paris Latin

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Photograph of the marquee at the Sands Hotel announcing Dean Martin's closing show, 1960s

Date

Unknown year in the decade of the 1960s

Archival Collection

Sands Hotel Photograph Collection

Description

Marquee at the Sands Hotel that reads: Jack Entratter Presents Dino, Closing Tonight

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