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Bryan, Patricia, 1917-

Patricia Bryan was born in Alexandria, Minnesota on March 17, 1917.She is the oldest of two children. She graduated from an elite girls boarding school in 1935 during the Great Depression. She attended college at the University of California, Los Angeles and Northwestern University. Byran married her college sweetheart at age 22 after finishing school at Northwestern. She moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1947 and worked as a housewife.

Person

Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to C. P. Massie (Las Vegas), June 10, 1942

Date

1942-06-10

Archival Collection

Description

Letter to the manager of the Army housing project informing him of complaints about water waste and the city ordinance forbidding water waste.

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Gang, Roberta, 1940-

Bobbie Gang was born on April 6, 1940 in New York, New York.

Gang married a young future attorney, Leonard Gang, in 1961. Two years later the couple was living in Nevada. She only agreed to move upon finding a welcoming synagogue, in this case Temple Beth Sholom. The couple and their three children spent time in both Carson City and Las Vegas.

Person

Bañuelos-Benitez, Laurents, 1994-

Las Vegas native and graduate of Clark High School; son of Mexican and Salvadoran immigrants. High school English teacher at Rancho and former student worker on the Latinx Voices project.

Person

Entrance to Boulder Canyon: photographic print

Date

1930 (year uncertain) to 1933 (year uncertain)

Description

Entrance to Boulder Canyon Project Federal Reservation, looking west.

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KNPR "Las Vegas: Mississippi of the West or Promised Land?" radio documentary

Identifier

OH-03311

Abstract

Nevada Public Radio (KNPR) radio documentary entitled ""Las Vegas: Mississippi of the West or Promised Land?" hosted by William J. Drummond and Faith Fancher that aired on June 24, 1991. In this two-part series, the hosts and a variety of guests discuss racial segregation in Las Vegas, Nevada's past and the racial climate of the city in 1991. Guests include, but are not limited to, Peter Lyn Hayes, Joe Williams, Roosevelt Fitzgerald, Eugene Moehring, James West, Eric Cooper, Sarah Knight Preddy, and Frank Hawkins.

Archival Collection

Lisle Family Photograph Collection

Identifier

PH-00121

Abstract

The Lisle Family Photograph Collection consists of thirteen black-and-white photographic reprints of images of Beatty and Warm Springs, Nevada dating from approximately 1950 to 1960.

Archival Collection

Transcript of interview with Doug Unger by Barbara Tabach, August 26, 2014

Date

2014-08-26

Archival Collection

Description

Interview with Doug Unger by Barbara Tabach on August 26, 2014. In the interview, Unger discusses his schooling, his family's mattress business, and his endeavors in the company and the mattress industry in Las Vegas. Unger becomes involved in Holocaust education and the Sperling Kronberg Mack Holocaust Resource Center.

Doug Unger was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and grew up working summers in a mattress factory, a family business started by his maternal grandfather. After graduating from high school in Cleveland, Doug attended the University of Cincinnati until moving to Steamboat Springs, and enrolled in Denver University, though ended his college career one class away from graduation. Eventually, Unger moved back to Cleveland, then to Las Vegas. In 1976, Dough bought Supreme Mattress and moved to Las Vegas to build his new business. Outside his successful career, Doug was always an active member in the city's Jewish community. He joined Congregation Ner Tamid, where he was a trustee. He became involved with the Jewish Federation, serving as treasurer and later as president. When he moved to Reno, Doug joined Temples Sinai and Emanu-el, and also became heavily involved with Guide Dogs for the Blind Friends Committee, serving as its director for a period of time. He was also the co-chair of the Governor's Advisory Council on Education Related to the Holocaust (GAC). Doug was instrumental in establishing the Library for Holocaust Studies as a successful organization, independent of the Jewish Federation. The Library is now located in its own, donated space, run by trained staff, and receives $200,000 from the state biennially.

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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate University of Nevada, Las Vegas, June 3, 1992

Date

1992-06-03

Description

Includes meeting agenda and minutes along with additional information about bylaws. CSUN Session 22 Meeting Minutes and Agendas.

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