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Rochelle Hornsby papers: photographs, clippings, and ephemera, 1970-1986

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Archival Collection

Rochelle Hornsby Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00835
Collection Name: Rochelle Hornsby Papers
Box/Folder: Box 01

Archival Component

Transcript of interview with Rochelle Hornsby by Barbara Tabach, November 30, 2016

Date

2016-11-30

Description

Rochelle (nee Winnick) Hornsby was born in New York in 1937. Her father was a scrapyard and auto parts dealer and her mother was a homemaker. She has one brother, Roy Winnick. After high school, Rochelle attended the prestigious Fashion Institute of Technology and then accepted a position with a T-shirt manufacturer. During this experience, she discovered her inspirational talent as a sales person. When she married her former husband, Len Hornsby, she followed him in his successful sales career. When his job moved him westward, they lived briefly in Beverly Hills, California. Soon Len saw a better career fit in Las Vegas in radio ad sales for radio. The next step was to take him into sales and management positions at the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority. Meanwhile, Rochelle enjoyed getting involved with the Jewish community, volunteering with the Temple Beth Sholom Sisterhood, playing tennis, and starting her own business furnishing models for conventions. In this oral history, Rochelle shares stories of her various jobs in Las Vegas and of eventually thriving as a real estate agent with Century 21, a company that she continues to work for at the time of this interview. She and Len had one child, Even Scot Hornsby.

Text

Photographs of Israel Independence Day Celebration planning, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1973

Date

1973

Archival Collection

Description

Rochelle Hornsby and others planning for an Israel Independence Day celebration for Temple Beth Sholom in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Image

International Belly Dancers Convention Aladdin Hotel, image 2

Description

Handwritten description provided on back of photo: "Wearing Marliya Pors' Costume, Rochelle Hornsby, 1982."

International Belly Dancers Convention Aladdin Hotel, image 1

Description

Handwritten description provided on back of photo: "Marliya Pors, Rochelle Hornsby, International Belly Dancer Convention, Aladdin Hotel, October 1977."

Israeli Independence Day Celebration planning, image 2

Description

Handwritten description provided on back of photo: " Rochelle Hornsby, Muriel Stevens, Sara Saltzman Planning Israel Independence Day 25 years 1973."

Israeli Independence Day Celebration planning, image 1

Description

Handwritten description provided on back of photo: "Rochelle Hornsby- Muriel Stevens - Etta Harmell (Chairman) - Planning the menu- Israel Independence Day Celebration may 6 - 7pm Public Welcome 734-1203-735-7562."