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Desert Inn Country Club Newsletter, Volume XVI, 1978 spring
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project Community Collection
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B’nai B’rith installation program, 1954 January 24
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project Community Collection
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Opening and dedication of Temple Beth Sholom, Summerlin campus building photo album, 2000
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project Community Collection
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Correspondence, 2006-2007
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project Community Collection
Box/Folder: Box SH-035
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Life & Style: The Las Vegas Jewish Magazine, November/December 2004
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project Community Collection
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Hank Greenspun oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Hank Greenspun conducted by Perry Kaufman in 1975 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview Hank Greenspun discusses the newspaper industry, the Las Vegas Sun (local Las Vegas, Nevada newspaper), the Las Vegas Review-Journal, economic expansion in Las Vegas, Nevada, atomic testing, and the Local 226 Culinary Union.
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Bess Rosenberg oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Beth Rosenberg conducted by Jerry Masini on November 18, 1975 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview, Rosenberg describes coming to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1942 and the desert landscape she saw when she came here. She gives an in-depth recollection of the first atomic test, and talks about the weather and the seasons in Las Vegas. Rosenberg describes several clubs and hotels around downtown and the recreation at Lake Mead and Mount Charleston.
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Herb Tobman oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Herb Tobman conducted by Deborah Fischer on March 13, 1981 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview Herb Tobman talks about moving to Las Vegas, Nevada while working for Standard Oil as a tire, battery and accessory salesman, then working for the Moulin Rouge as the general manager in 1955. He gives a description of the hotels on Las Vegas Boulevard and downtown. Tobman then discusses the types of gambling that were popular. He also talks about the accommodations, transportation, entertainment, and the economy.
Archival Collection
Jewish community events photo album (includes dedication of Sigesmund Center for Jewish Federation), 1990s
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project Community Collection
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Weiner, Stanley
Stanley Weiner was born on May 11, 1946. He arrived in Las Vegas, Nevada in 1953 from New York City. He worked as busboy and at a Sears department store.
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