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Audio clip from interview with Doug Unger, August 26, 2014
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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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Document from Mark L. Fine & Associates offer to purchase land from the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas, 2005
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Archival Collection
Description
Proposal from Mark L. Fine and Associates to purchase land from the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas at the northwest corner Park Run Drive and Canyon Bluff Court in Summerlin.
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Audio clip of interview with Shelley Berkley by Barbara Tabach, February 13, 2015
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Archival Collection
Description
Part of an interview with Shelley Berkley on February 13, 2015. In this clip, Berkley shares her family history and talks about her involvement within the Jewish community, and more broadly as a public servant, in all levels of government.
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Audio clip from interview with John Wanderer, May 9, 2016
Date
Archival Collection
Description
In this clip, John Wanderer discusses how his family came to Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Collection on the Las Vegas, Nevada Jewish Community
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Abstract
The Collection on the Las Vegas, Nevada Jewish Community spans from 1964 to 2006 and is comprised of scrapbooks, genealogies, ephemera, and other material produced by or for the community. The Hadassah scrapbooks date from 1964 through 1971 and contain invitations, photographs, and records of events and fundraising efforts. Material related to various congregations includes bulletins, fliers, correspondence (form letters), photographs, newspaper clippings, and recorded media. The Jewish Genealogy Society records include bulletins, newsletters, and meeting agendas. Also included is a family genealogy.
Archival Collection
Testimony by Shelley Bristol for National Association for People with AIDS, February 1994
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Transcript of testimony given by Shelley Bristol in which she discusses her lifestyle as a legal prostitute, her relationships, and being tested regularly for HIV.
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Evaluation of the Holocaust and Human Rights Nevada Student Conference in Reno (Nev.), March 16, 1984
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Archival Collection
Description
Evaluation of the Holocaust and Human Rights Nevada Student Conference held in Reno, Nevada on March 15, 1984.
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Audio clip from interview with Andy Katz, February 16, 2016
Date
Archival Collection
Description
In this clip, Andy Katz discusses the programs at Manpower, an employment agency franchise that his parents established in Las Vegas in the 1960s, and still exists today. Katz became involved at an early age, and talks about employment opportunities he had growing up.
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Program for State of Israel Commendation Dinner, December 4, 1977
Date
Archival Collection
Description
This program is for the State of Israel Commendation Dinner to recognize E. Parry Thomas as a distinguished Citizen of Nevada in 1977. The dinner was held at the Dunes Hotel.
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Audio clip from interview with Max Goot by Charles Collins, March 22, 1976
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Archival Collection
Description
Part of an interview with Max Goot on March 22, 1976. In this clip, Goot discusses moving to Nevada, life in Las Vegas, and his businesses.
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