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View of a pickaxe and a rock: photographic print
Date
1910 (year approximate) to 1930 (year approximate)
Archival Collection
Description
From the Chester R. Longwell Photograph Collection (PH-00311). Suncracked ls. N IV-22.
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Photograph of Andrew Eason, Nye County (Nev.), 1959-1980
Date
1958 to 1980
Archival Collection
Description
Andrew Eason, former Nye County Commissioner (22 yrs.) ca. 1959-80
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Transcript of an interview with Tom Kerestesi by Wendy Starkweather on October 3rd, 2013
Date
2013-10-03
Archival Collection
Description
Thomas Kerestesi was born in Redding, California. Son of Austrian immigrants, Tom’s family relocated to Las Vegas in 1956 when his father was offered a job with the Cragin and Pike Insurance Agency. The Kerestesi family moved into McNeil Estates, the neighborhood where the father would live for nearly fifty years until his passing. Tom attended West Charleston Elementary School and Hyde Park Junior High School, before entering Bishop Gorman High School. In high school, his extra-curricular activities included tennis and participated in Boys State. After graduating from the University of Nevada, Reno with a major in Accounting, narrowly missing being drafted into the military, Tom moved to Los Angeles to begin in own career in insurance. Longing for home and newlywed, he soon moved back to Las Vegas with his wife Buffie, and joined Cragin and Pike as an agent alongside his father. Tom would remain at Cragin and Pike for the next 38 years, where he dealt with underwriting the gaming and construction industries. Tom has served as a member of the Las Vegas Rotary Club, president of the Nevada Independent Insurance Agents, and has been awarded Outstanding Alumni of the University of Nevada. Tom and Buffie have two children who both also still live in Las Vegas.
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Speech transcript by Joyce Mack for UNLV Alumni Association honor as 2008 Silver State Award recipient
Date
2008
Archival Collection
Description
In 2008, Joyce Mack was honored for her continued support of UNLV with the Silver State Award.
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Transcript of interview with Paul Hejmanowski by Lois Goodall, March 13, 2014
Date
2014-03-13
Archival Collection
Description
Paul Hejmanowski and this family moved to Las Vegas in 1972 and recalls his first impressions of the city as well as special individuals that he knew who had an impact upon the city. His two sons went to pre-school through high school in Las Vegas and then studied law and, entered his father’s law firm. Paul and Char became very active in their community, Char working as a clerk in the Presbyterian Church, the DeBolt Foundation for children with special needs, and the Assistance League. Paul recalls his children’s activities at Lorenzi Park such as fishing in the pond there, boating on the lake, hiking, Huntridge and Redrock movie theaters, and traveling to an area near Caliente to cut down their Christmas tree. Meanwhile, Paul’s hobbies consisted of boating, hiking, building furniture, restoring homes, and enhancing his neighborhood. Not only has Las Vegas changed greatly since 1972 regarding various services, but Paul compares the number of justices and lawyers at the time with those in Las Vegas today. It was difficult during the 1970s to recruit attorneys while applications today with his firm are numerous. The style of office work has also changed from having dial phones, typewriters, duplicating machines to bringing in modern technology which makes the business of law much easier for both attorneys and clients. Paul Hejmanowski served as the Managing Partner at Lionel Sawyer & Collins and Vice-Chairman of the Firm’s Litigation Department. He is widely regarded for his expertise in a variety of complex commercial disputes and tort litigation.
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