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Program for 30th Anniversary Dinner event for the Southern Nevada Chapter of the National Conference of Christians and Jews, 1988
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Archival Collection
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The program for the 30th anniversary dinner for NCCJ includes dedications and highlights of the Southern Nevada Chapter.
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Edith Giles Barcus Family Papers
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The Edith Giles Barcus Family Papers document the lives and work of three related individuals who lived in Goldfield, Nevada: noted mining engineer Edwin S. Giles who settled in Goldfield in 1907, his daughter Edith Giles who was raised in Goldfield, and Clyde Barcus, also a mining engineer, who came to Goldfield in 1923 and married Edith Giles soon thereafter. The papers date from 1848 to 1979 and document the business and personal lives of two generations of the Giles-Barcus family in Goldfield and Las Vegas, Nevada. The collection includes: property, commercial, financial, and mining records; mining and engineering reports; notes on minerals; correspondence; and photographs of the family, Goldfield, and travel shots of the western United States.
Archival Collection
Brochure for building fund for Congregation Ner Tamid, early 1980s
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Archival Collection
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This fundraising brochure for the building campaign for Congregation Ner Tamid includes pledge amounts for specific parts of the building, and a proposed floor plan.
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Bruner, Elmo C., 1906-1973
Elmo C. Bruner came to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1947 and established himself as an architect and appraiser. Born in Texas, he grew up in Oklahoma and attended Oklahoma State University. He graduated in 1931 with a BA and BS in architecture and engineering. He married Lucile Spire that same year. The couple went on to have four children: Elmo, Allen, Jerry, and Janice. After graduation, he worked for the Oklahoma State Highway Department and for several oil companies. From 1945 to 1947, he worked as an architectural engineer on the Los Alamos Project.
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Murphy, Florence, 1911-2006
Florence J. Murphy was a pilot and developer of commercial aviation in Nevada. She was born on December 13, 1911 in Fernley, Nevada as Colanthe Jones, but later changed her name to Florence after her favorite aunt. She attended the University of Nevada, Reno before marrying John Murphy. They moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1936 where Murphy began working as a legal secretary and had her first experience piloting an airplane. She later took piloting lessons, and received a piloting and instructor's license by 1941.
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Patrick, Bob, 1934-2017
Thomas "Bob" Patrick was born in Los Angeles, California on November 26, 1934. He was the founder of the first Las Vegas, Nevada television production company, The Production Company, and was the producer for many commercials across the country. He got his start in entertainment when he joined his mother's band at age eight.
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