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Chabad of Las Vegas men's Mikva, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph, 2016 September 22
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: UNLV University Libraries Photographs of the Jewish Community of Southern Nevada
Box/Folder: N/A
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#70534: UNLV Honors College mathematics professor Bryan Bornholdt climbs in the Calico Basin area near Red Rock Canyon October 10, 2015 outside of Las Vegas., 2015 October 10
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas Creative Services Records (2010s)
Box/Folder: Digital File 00
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#70582: First Look Gaming Preview of table games created by UNLV students from the Center for Gaming Innovation held at at Red Rock Casino, Resort and Spa on November 1, 2015., 2015 November 01
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas Creative Services Records (2010s)
Box/Folder: Digital File 00
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General files: petitions, newsletters, Nevada Wilderness files, Friends of Red Rock Canyon files, Las Vegas planning files, Old Fort files, Planning Commission Flood Control files, 1980 to 1989
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Elizabeth von Till and Claude N. Warren Professional Papers
Box/Folder: Box 305 (Restrictions apply), Box 306 (Restrictions apply), Box 307 (Restrictions apply), Box 308 (Restrictions apply), Box 310 (Restrictions apply), Box 311 (Restrictions apply), Box 312 (Restrictions apply), Box 313 (Restrictions apply), Box 316 (Restrictions apply), Box 317 (Restrictions apply), Box 318 (Restrictions apply), Oversized Box 333 (Restrictions apply)
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DOI (U.S. Department of the Interior) 2000. Proposed General Management Plan and Final Environmental Impact Statement for Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area. BLM/L/PL-01/006+8322. Las Vegas, Nevada: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, 2000
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Environmental Radiation Protection Standards for Yucca Mountain, Nevada
Box/Folder: Box 37
Archival Component
Real to Reel episodes on topics including Laughlin, poetry, UNLV, and Texas Hold'em poker tournament, Red Rock, Clark County Wetlands, Las Vegas Stars minor league baseball team, and women who work on the Las Vegas Strip, 1981 to 1988
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Real to Reel Documentary Series Records
Box/Folder: Digital File 00
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Don Triolo oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Don Triolo conducted by Chuck Williams on May 14, 2013 for the Friends of Red Rock Canyon in Nevada Oral History Project. Triolo begins the interview talking about other families that had lived in Calico Basin, Nevada. He speaks about how he met Vera Krupp and Buster Wilson. Triolo describes his time in Calico Basin and briefly mentions living in Alaska in 1952. Lastly, he talks about horses and George Heyer.
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Howard Booth Papers
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The Howard Booth Papers are comprised of the personal papers of environmental activist Howard Booth from 1964 to 2017. The collection includes information about Booth's efforts to help turn Red Rock Canyon into a National Conservation Area. Booth was a member of multiple conservation organizations and the collection includes meeting minutes and newsletters from the Toiyabe chapter of the Sierra Club. The collection also contains correspondence, newspaper clippings, official reports, newsletters, and meeting minutes collected by Booth from various environmental organizations. The papers also include numerous photographic slides with handwritten captions Booth took of Red Rock and the surrounding area from the early 1980s to 2000s.
Archival Collection
Transcript of interview with Rabbi Mendy Harlig by Barbara Tabach, October 18, 2017
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Archival Collection
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Known throughout the Las Vegas community as Rabbi Mendy, Mendy Harlig is a leader of the Chabad in Las Vegas, which was introduced to the valley in 1990 by his brother Rabbi Shea Harlig. Since his youth spent growing up in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn, where he was surrounded by Hasidic Jews, Rabbi Mendy seemed destined to become a Chabad rabbi. During the early 1990s he often visited Las Vegas and assisted his brother at the Chabad of Southern Nevada. Then in 1997 he met and married Chaya Harlig and the couple permanently relocated to the valley to be the spiritual leaders of the Chabad of Green Valley. As their family grew, so did their importance to the Chabad movement in Las Vegas. During this interview, Rabbi Mendy touches upon the nature of Chabad teachings and observance in the so-called “Sin City” persona of Las Vegas. He also shares about his participation in the Las Vegas Metro Chaplaincy program. He particularly reflective of his active role immediately after of the horror of the October 1 mass casualty at the Route 91 country music festival and his perspectives afterwards.
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Robert Oliver oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Robert "Bob" Oliver conducted by Dave Wolfe and Charles Williams on August 30, 1993 for the Friends of Red Rock Canyon Oral History Project. Oliver shares information about his family's history, and how they moved from Vernal, Utah to the Las Vegas, Nevada area in the 1930s. He recalls interactions with the Wilson family and their ranch in the area that is now Spring Mountain Ranch State Park. Lastly, Oliver describes the three springs on his property, equipment he had for the ranch, and native species around the area.
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