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Audio clips from interview with Renee Diamond, November 20, 2014

Date

2014-11-20

Description

Parts of an interview with Renee Diamond on November 20, 2014. In these clips, Diamond talks about her involvement with politics from the moment she and her family arrived in Las Vegas in the 1970s.

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Audio clip from interview with Michael Saltman, December 16, 2014

Date

2014-12-16

Description

Part of an interview with Michael Saltman on December 16, 2014. In this clip, Saltman talks about his business partner, Larry Larkin, and their development of shopping centers and apartment complexes in Las Vegas.

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Audio clip from interview with Elaine Galatz, April 23, 2015

Date

2015-04-23

Description

Part of an interview with Elaine Galatz on April 23, 2015. In this clip, Galatz describes how she became involved with the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas as president.

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Audio clip from interview with Justice Michael Cherry, September 19, 2014

Date

2014-09-19

Description

Part of an interview with Justice Michael Cherry on September 19, 2014. In this interview, Justice Cherry discusses connections with Jewish casino operators. He also talks about losing to, then representing, unions in court proceedings. He was later endorsed by the unions when he ran for office.

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Audio clip from interview with Doug Unger, August 26, 2014

Date

2014-08-26

Archival Collection

Description

Part of an interview with Doug Unger on August 26, 2014. In this interview, Unger discusses how he acquired Supreme Mattress, a local mattress company that supplied mattresses to Strip casinos.

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Audio clip from interview with Myra Berkovits, August 21, 2014

Date

2014-08-21

Description

Part of an interview with Myra Berkovits on August 21, 2014. In this clip, Berkovits talks about her first home in Las Vegas, and a very helpful neighbor who helped her find employment as a teacher.

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Audio clip from interview with Dorothy Eisenberg, October 23, 2014

Date

2014-10-23

Description

Part of an interview with Dorothy Eisenberg on October 23, 2014. In this clip, Eisenberg discusses how she became involved with the Democratic party and the League of Women Voters in Las Vegas.

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Audio clip from interview with Jerry Fox, November 12, 2014

Date

2014-11-12

Archival Collection

Description

Part of an interview with Jerry Fox on November 12, 2014. In this clip, Fox talks about arriving in Las Vegas in 1955, and how his father came to own a delicatessen on the Las Vegas strip.

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Audio clip from interview with Rabbi Shea Harlig, March 5, 2014

Date

2014-03-05

Description

Part of an interview with Rabbi Shea Harlig on March 5, 2014. In this clip, Rabbi Harlig discusses the property where he established a Chabad center in the west valley, and the zoning issues he faced in the neighborhood.

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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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