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Transcript of interview with Mazie Martin Jones by Jane P. Kowalewski, November 3, 1978
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Archival Collection
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On November 3, 1978, Jane P. Kowalewski interviewed Mazie Martin Jones (born in Las Vegas, Nevada) about her father, Doctor Roy Martin, the first doctor to own a private practice in Las Vegas. Jones explains how her father first arrived in Nevada and his different investments in real estate, hospitals, and hotels. She goes on to explain her father’s hotel pursuits after retiring from medicine in the late forties.
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Series V: Local History, 1935-1994
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Series V contains miscellaneous materials on social and cultural community issues in Las Vegas. These materials include newspaper clippings and lengthy news editorials on general Las Vegas and Nevada history, as well as two Las Vegas High School Reunion Yearbooks from 1983 that contain remembrances and biographical sketches from graduates of the classes of 1935 and 1936. There are two guides showing the state of the real estate market in the late 1980s.
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Ronzone Family Papers
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Archival Component
Southern and Central Nevada Papers, 1950-1984
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The Gilbert Buck Papers on southern and central Nevada (1950-1984) focus on water, sewer, public lands, (master reports, designs, standards, flood and drainage reports, and land specifications) and real estate (reports, housing and mobile home development information, newsletters, surveys, and Buck Realty negotiations). Also included are the books and information on seminars Gilbert Buck hosted on investing in raw land.
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Gilbert Buck Papers
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Business and Financial, 1908 to 1982
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The business and financial series (1908-1982) contains the family’s business and financial records. The series centers on Leonard’s files on the family's real estate properties within Boggs building, located in downtown Las Vegas, his Quality Bakery storefront, and family businesses, such as the Fayle Hotel (Goodsprings Hotel) and their grocery store. The series also contains financial documents, insurance policies, and stock in various companies.
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Fayle Family Papers
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