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Velma Haselton oral history interview

Identifier

OH-02687

Abstract

Oral history interview with Velma Haselton conducted by Catherine Bellver on September 13, 2001 for the Women's Research Institute of Nevada (WRIN) Las Vegas Women Oral History Project. Haselton opens her interview describing her childhood and schooling. Haselton then discusses finishing her accounting degree at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Hasleton talks about her three marriages, her husbands' jobs and her experiences in the various marriages. Haselton goes on to discuss moving back and forth from Nevada to California for her career in accounting. Haselton ends her interview describing why she finally settled in Las Vegas, Nevada, and her work as a CPA at the Kafoury Accounting firm.

Archival Collection

Biographical essay by Claude Black, 2014

Date

2014

Description

Claude Black describes his family's escape from Germany to Santiago, Chile, and eventually settling in Chicago, Illinois. The essay is illustrated with images of his family and documents from their journey.

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Photograph of people at Temple Beth Sholom, Las Vegas (Nev.), May 21, 1976

Date

1976-05-21

Archival Collection

Description

Photographs of unidentified people sharing the book "A Taste of Tradition" by Ruth Sirkis at Temple Beth Sholom in Las Vegas, Nevada. 120mm negatives.

Image

Programs and photographs of Sisterhood of Temple Beth Sholom presents Ladies in Politics: If We Ruled the World, 1976

Date

1976

Description

Group of photographs and ephemera for the Sisterhood of Temple Beth Sholom's production of If We Ruled the World, a play written, produced and directed by members of the Sisterhood, in March 1976. A program for a related fashion show is also included.

Mixed Content

Transcript of interview with Lyn Robinson by Barbara Tabach, September 18, 2014

Date

2014-09-18

Description

One day in 2012, UNLV student Lyn Robinson spied a posting on the bulletin board for a photographer for the Sperling Kronberg Mack Holocaust Resource Center. She was an art major with a concentration on photography. She was also had a deep appreciation of the horror of the Holocaust and what the survivors she would take photos of had endured. Thus began a two year project, during which she took photos of over sixty survivors. Her images are preserved at UNLV Special Collections & Archives. Prints are displayed at the Sperling Kronberg Mack Holocaust Resource Center. On September 18, 2014, Lyn shared her work for this oral history recording. She is a native of Florida, daughter of a horticulturist father and pianist mother.

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Joanna S. Kishner oral history interview

Identifier

OH-03446

Abstract

Oral history interview with Joanna S. Kishner conducted by Barbara Tabach on January 10, 2017 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. Kishner discusses being born and raised in both the Jewish and secular worlds of Las Vegas, Nevada. She discusses the importance of the Jewish tradition of Tzedakah, and what it was like to work on a Kibbutz in Israel after her freshman year at Claremont McKenna College. Kishner also discusses desegregation of Las Vegas schools.

Archival Collection

Transcript of interview with Michael S. Mack by Barbara Tabach, May 20, 2015

Date

2015-05-20

Description

In this oral history Michael Mack discusses his early memories of Las Vegas such as attending the Fifth Street School and activities him and his friends participated in. The interview also includes his memories of different members of the Mack family and their activities. He reminisces about his many visits to the Flamingo Hotel as well as being taken by his parent to floor shows. He also discusses what it was like to grow up Jewish in Las Vegas and the way Jews helped build the community.

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