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Transcript of interview with Daryl Morris by Barbara Tabach, February 16, 2016

Date

2016-02-16

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Daryl Morris discusses growing up in Las Vegas and his love of acting.

Daryl Morris is a native of Las Vegas. Born in 1961, he is one of three sons born to Paula and Bobby Morris. He recalls his childhood of the 1960s and 1970s with great fondness of the fast friendships formed within the Jewish community. His day job is in insurance, but his great love is for acting. He tells of being smitten at the age of 11 and taking acting lessons as a youngster and then later studying with actor Jeff Goldblum. He has an impressive list of films in which he has appeared, including the opening scene of Mall Cop 2. He enjoys voice-over acting and teaching acting classes. He also tells about his Navy service, attending UNLV, and coming to settle in Las Vegas-the place he calls home. Daryl also participated in the January 31, 2016, Growing Up Jewish in Las Vegas panel discussion for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project.

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Transcript of interview with Jim Marsh by Claytee D. White, June 5, 2012

Date

2012-06-05

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Jim Marsh in Denver, Colorado. Father was the chief for the Colorado Patrol. Mother lived in Nebraska. Jim split time in both places while growing up. He was a service member of the Army and once getting out of the service he started his work with his father at a Ford dealership. Jim went on to work and own dealership in several different areas, Colorado, California, New Mexico, and Washington states before arriving in Las Vegas, NV in 1971. Once arriving in Las Vegas Marsh purchased a dealership called American Auto Mart. Around 1976 Jim Marsh bought the Santa Fe Saloon along with the twenty lots surrounding it for 12,500. This was his first experience in the gaming industry Marsh was the only dealership in the world for 25 years to have a gaming license in a new-car dealership. Marsh discovered interest in Belmont when there was a lone resident Rose Walter. The two bartered and Jim gained land in Belmont and went on to build a bar and church for the town. Marsh eventually went on to own the Skyline Casino. Jim Marsh founded the Nevada Auto Auction in 1987 on Las Vegas Boulevard South Eventually sold it and used the investment to build the Longstreet Casino. Marsh was' also a member of business organizations, Better Business Bureau and The Red Cross Marsh has been a member of the Salvation Army Advisory Board for at least 25 years. Tonopah is another location that Marsh has invested in. After leasing the gaming at the Mizpah Hotel to later buying the Valley Bank building and moving the gaming from Mizpah. It is still successful today. He also purchased the Tonopah Station House which is a hotel bar, and restaurant; along with owning the grocery store Scolari's next-door. Tonopah has proved to be a very good investment for Jim Marsh.

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Newspaper clippings, various topics, 1973 to 1975

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Ida Brewington Pittman Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00243
Collection Name: Ida Brewington Pittman Papers
Box/Folder: Box 01

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Newspaper clippings about the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and oil production, approximately 1970 to 1977

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Ida Brewington Pittman Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00243
Collection Name: Ida Brewington Pittman Papers
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Poems, articles, and games, approximately 1965 to 1977

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Ida Brewington Pittman Papers
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Collection Name: Ida Brewington Pittman Papers
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Correspondence to and from Ida B. Pittman, 1976

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Ida Brewington Pittman Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00243
Collection Name: Ida Brewington Pittman Papers
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Address list, approximately 1960 to 1970

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Ida Brewington Pittman Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00243
Collection Name: Ida Brewington Pittman Papers
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Photographs and gun registration cards, approximately 1960 to 1969

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Ida Brewington Pittman Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00243
Collection Name: Ida Brewington Pittman Papers
Box/Folder: Box 01

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Notes regarding phone calls, approximately 1960 to 1977

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Ida Brewington Pittman Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00243
Collection Name: Ida Brewington Pittman Papers
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Financial papers, approximately 1954 to 1977

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Ida Brewington Pittman Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00243
Collection Name: Ida Brewington Pittman Papers
Box/Folder: Box 01

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