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Mike and Sallie Gordon oral history interview
Identifier
OH-00702
Abstract
Oral history interview with Mike and Sallie Gordon conducted by Adrianne Massa on March 02, 1977 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview Mike and Sallie Gordon talk about being some of the first Jewish people to come to Las Vegas, Nevada when they moved to the city on January 26, 1932. They also discuss being involved members of a group of Jewish pioneers and being founding members of the Temple Beth Sholom, Las Vegas's first synagogue. They also discuss the growth and changes of the valley between the early 1930s and mid-1970s.
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Audio from interview with Mike and Sallie Gordon, March 2, 1977
Date
1977-03-02
Archival Collection
Description
Full interview audio with Mike and Sallie Gordon in March 1977 in which they discuss arriving in Las Vegas and their business enterprises.
Sound
Audio clip from interview with Mike and Sallie Gordon by Adriane Massa, March 2, 1977
Date
1977-03-02
Archival Collection
Description
Part of an interview with Mike and Sallie Gordon on March 2, 1977. In this clip, Gordon discusses moving to Nevada and life in Las Vegas.
Sound
Transcript of interview with Mike and Sallie Gordon by Adriane Massa, March 2, 1977
Date
1977-03-02
Archival Collection
Description
Mike Gordon speaks about their liquor stores and lists his occupation as a bartender. Among the civic organizations that he participated in were: Young Democrats, Eagles Lodge, Lions Club, past president of Temple Beth Sholom and B'nai B'rith Lodge. Together Mike and Sallie recall the growth and changes of the valley they have witnessed between the early 1930s and mid-1970s. Among his anecdotes is one about the carrying of payroll checks to Boulder Dam to avoid "interference" (robberies).
Mike and Sallie were among the very first people of Jewish ancestry to make their way to Las Vegas. They arrived January 26, 1932 to join relatives of Sallie?s who had moved to Las Vegas when the Boulder Dam construction began. They had married in 1930 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Soon they were involved members of a small but growing group of Jewish pioneers and helped found Temple Beth Sholom, the community?s first synagogue. Mike speaks about their liquor stores and lists his occupation as a bartender. Among the civic organizations that he participated in were: Young Democrats, Eagles Lodge, Lions Club, past president of Temple Beth Sholom and B?nai B?rith Lodge. Together Mike and Sallie recall the growth and changes of the valley they have witnessed between the early 1930s and mid-1970s. Among his anecdotes is one about the carrying of payroll checks to Boulder Dam to avoid ?interference? (robberies).
Text
List of Jewish people in Las Vegas, written by Charles Salton and Sallie Gordon, 1946
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File
Archival Collection
Adele Baratz Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00701
Collection Name: Adele Baratz Papers
Box/Folder: Box SH-037
Collection Name: Adele Baratz Papers
Box/Folder: Box SH-037
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Men stand at the Las Vegas Union Pacific station. Identified from left to right: Charles "Pop" Squires, Postmaster General Jim Farley, Lieutenant Governor Fred S. Alward, Mark Gordon, Sally Gordon, Senator Pat McCarran, Mr. Walter Bracken, Tommy Bellis, and Claude Mackey, 1937 October 22
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Item
Archival Collection
Robert Woodruff Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00340
Collection Name: Robert Woodruff Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 03 (Restrictions apply)
Collection Name: Robert Woodruff Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 03 (Restrictions apply)
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Handwritten list of names of Jewish people living in Las Vegas in the 1940s
Date
1946-09-26
Archival Collection
Description
This list was written by Charles Salton, brother of Adele Baratz. Salton lists the names of Jewish people living in Las Vegas in the 1940s. The list is dated September 26, 1946.
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