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Transcript of interview with Margo Mink Colbert by Barbara Tabach, November 11, 2014

Date

2014-11-11

Description

Interview with Margo Mink Colbert by Barbara Tabach on November 11, 2014. Colbert discusses her upbringing in New York and her schooling at the High School of Performing Arts and Julliard. She is a choreographer and faculty member at the University of Nevada Las Vegas.

Margot Mink Colbert was born in 1935 in New York City, to parents of different economic backgrounds who shared a Jewish immigrant heritage. She attended Julliard and studied under modern dance pioneers like Martha Graham and Jose Limon. Margot honed her skill for choreography, and took her first job in academia as a Senior Lecturer in the dance department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In 1991, she moved to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas to take a one-year appointment as an instructor. A year later, she was hired into a tenure track position. Margot is now a Professor at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas, assistant chairperson of and Director of Ballet in its Department of Dance. In addition, she continues to direct Ballet Mink, a dance company she founded in 1970.

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Photograph of the exterior corner of the Eldorado Club, (Las Vegas), late 1940s

Date

1947 to 1951

Description

The Eldorado Club on the northwest corner of Fremont and 2nd Streets in downtown Las Vegas. Signs for the Hotel Apache, Boulder Club and Club Savoy (partially hidden) are also seen.
Site Name: Eldorado Club
Address: 128 East Fremont Street

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Audio clip from interview with Margo Mink Colbert, November 11, 2014

Date

2014-11-11

Description

Part of an interview with Margo Mink Colbert on November 11, 2014. In this clip, Colbert discusses the inspiration for the ballet trilogy she conceived and choreographed while teaching at UNLV.

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Photograph of Bank of Nevada, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1941

Date

1941

Description

Original Bank of Nevada at 1st St & Carson Ave, 1941. Bank of Nevada bought the First State Bank. Site Name: Bank of Nevada (building) (Las Vegas, Nev.) Street Address: East Carson Avenue & South 1 Street

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Photograph of a Christmas tree lot, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1940s

Date

1940 to 1949

Description

The corner of 5th and Carson is shown with "Phil Cummings Xmas Tree headquarters" on the corner. Street Address: South Las Vegas Boulevard & East Carson Avenue

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Photograph of Hylton and Hanna Store, Las Vegas (Nev.), early 1900s

Date

1900 to 1920

Description

Hylton & Hanna Store, est. about 1900. There is a second sign on the building that reads: "Adriance Buckeye Mowers." There are people outside of the building standing, and on horseback.

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Photograph of Cyril Wengert and his family, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1940s

Date

1940 to 1949

Description

The Cyril Wengert family is shown in a garden. Left to right are: Marilyn (now Gatewood), Ward, Lottie, Cyril, & Robert.

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Photograph of Georgia Butterfield, her sister, and father, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1946

Date

1946

Description

L-R: Georgia Hanna Butterfield, L.C. Butterfield, Norine Hanna Jeanney (Georgia's sister) seated on patio.

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Photograph of Las Vegas Water Board, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1940s

Date

1940 to 1949

Description

The Las Vegas Water Board, L-R: Miller, Chief of Police, Tom Campbell (Campbell Realty), Otto Underhill (Coca Cola), Jim Cashman, Sr., Victor Shurtliff, ?, Helen Scott Reed-County Clerk

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Photograph of men at a Union Pacific luncheon, Las Vegas (Nev.),1940s

Date

1940 to 1949

Description

One of Geo. Ashby's "famous" luncheons. He was president of Union Pacific. Pictured L-R are: Spencer Butterfield, ?, Cyril Wengert, Al Cahlan (?), ?, This is possibly a Las Vegas Press Club luncheon.

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