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Audio clip from interview with Elliot Karp, December 17, 2014
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Archival Collection
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Part of an interview with Elliot Karp on December 17, 2014. In this clip, Karp talks about his vision of the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas as a tent under which all Jewish people can find a place to thrive.
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Audio clip from interview with Arlene Blut, May 28, 2015
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Archival Collection
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In this clip, Arlene Blut discusses the Meadows Theater, a professional theater that she and Joan Snyder established in Las Vegas.
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Audio clip from interview with Margo Mink Colbert, November 11, 2014
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Archival Collection
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Part of an interview with Margo Mink Colbert on November 11, 2014. In this clip, Colbert discusses the inspiration for the ballet trilogy she conceived and choreographed while teaching at UNLV.
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Audio clip from interview with Jerome "Jerry" Countess, October 28, 2014
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Archival Collection
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Part of an interview with Jerrry Countess and Dorothy Eisenberg on October 28, 2014. In this clip, Countess talks about the early days of the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas and an event held by B'nai B'rith.
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Audio recording clip of interview with Rev. Prentiss Walker by Bernard Timberg, January 27, 1974
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Archival Collection
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Part of an interview with Rev. Prentiss Walker conducted by Bernard Timberg on January 27, 1974. Walker describes discrimination during Hoover Dam construction and life in Las Vegas prior to segregation.
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Audio clip from interview with Steven and Wendy Hart, October 23, 2014
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Archival Collection
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Steven and Wendy Hart discuss an instance in which Sylvia Hart and Pearl Bailey defied segregation in the Flamingo hotel and casino in Las Vegas.
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Robert L. "Bob" Forbuss portrait, interior at the Gay and Lesbian Community Center, three days before grand opening: digital image
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Archival Collection
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Robert L. "Bob" Forbuss portrait, interior at the Gay and Lesbian Community Center, three days before grand opening: digital image
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Archival Collection
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Ffolliott "Fluff" LeCoque Papers
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Collection is comprised of Ffolliott "Fluff" LeCoque's professional and personal papers (1879-2015), documenting her life and career working as a dancer and later as company manager for Las Vegas entertainment productions; most notably the long-running Jubilee! show produced by Donn Arden for the MGM Grand and Bally's Hotel-Casinos. Materials include personal letters, drawings, professional papers, newspaper clippings, photographs, magazines, commericially produced sheet music, and related ephemera.
Archival Collection
Theresa Thomas interview, February 29, 1980: transcript
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Archival Collection
Description
Thomas discusses her family history and arriving to Boulder City, Nevada in 1930. Thomas describes housing in Boulder City and explains that people needed to build their own homes in the 1930s. She then discusses prostitution becoming illegal in Nevada, the Helldorado Parade, and the construction of Hoover Dam (Boulder Dam). Lastly, Thomas recalls how her musical career began and entertainment in casinos.
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