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Temple Sinai (Las Vegas, Nev.)

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Temple Beth Am (Las Vegas, Nev.)
Adat Ari El (Las Vegas, Nev.)

Temple Sinai is a Jewish Reform congregation in Las Vegas, Nevada. It was founded in 2007 when Temple Beth Am and Congregation Adat Ari El merged. Temple Sinai has over 300 member families and its sub-groups include a Sisterhood, Men’s Club, Chavurah, Youth Group, and committees. Kenneth Segel was the first rabbi of Temple Sinai and was succeeded by Rabbi Malcolm Cohen in 2009.

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Touro University Nevada

Touro University Nevada (TUN) is a private Jewish-sponsored higher education institution in Henderson, Nevada. Founded in 2004, it is part of the Touro College and University System, which consists of 29 schools in five countries. TUN and Touro University California comprise Touro Univeristy Western Division, which is overseen by chief executive officer and senior provost Shelley Berkley. TUN provides educational programs in health care and education.

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Spirit Lake Tribe, North Dakota

The Spirit Lake Tribe is a Native American nation with a reservation located in North Dakota. The Spirit Lake Tribe includes the Sisseton, Wahpeton, and Cut-Head bands of Yanktonai who were placed on the Devil’s Lake Reservation in 1867. As of 2014 the nation has over 7,200 enrolled members. The Spirit Lake Tribe own the Sioux Manufacturing Company, the Spirit Lake Casino and Resort, and a number of other economic enterprises.

“Spirit Lake Nation.” Spirit Lake Nation. Accessed August 24, 2016. http://www.spiritlakenation.com/.

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Astor Pictures

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Southern Nevada Home Builders Association

The Southern Nevada Home Builders Association is dedicated to enhancing the quality of life by meeting the housing and community development needs of Southern Nevada.

Founded in 1953 by 12 local homebuilders and incorporated with the State in 1954, the Southern Nevada Home Builders Association ranks as the oldest and largest local trade organization representing the residential construction industry in the state of Nevada. It has nearly 500 members working in all facets of the homebuilding industry.

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California Hotel and Casino (Las Vegas, Nev.)

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California Hotel & Casino (Las Vegas, Nev.)
The Cal (Las Vegas, Nev.)
Cal (Las Vegas, Nev.)

The California Hotel and Casino is a hotel and casino located in Downtown Las Vegas, Nevada. It still exists today and it was opened back in 1975 near the Freemont Street Experience. The Cal is owned by Boyd Gaming, more specifically Sam Boyd.

California Hotel and Casino. (2020, May 31). Retrieved January 15, 2021, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Hotel_and_Casino

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Siegfried and Roy

Las Vegas, Nevada entertainers and magicians Siegfried and Roy held a popular show at the Mirage Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas from 1990 to 2003. Both from Germany, Siegfried Fischbacher was born in 1939 and Roy Horn was born in 1944. The couple moved to the United States and became naturalized citizens in the 1980s. By 1990 they began headlining a magic show at the Mirage Hotel and Casino on the Las Vegas Strip famous for its illusions and live tigers. For over a decade the show remained one of the most popular attractions in Las Vegas.

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Timeline and Today performance notes and planning documents, Colbert's research citations on index cards, approximately 1967 to 1996

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Margot Mink Colbert Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00901
Collection Name: Margot Mink Colbert Papers
Box/Folder: Digital File 00 (Restrictions apply)

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Performance videos and fliers; personal and professional files from laptop including research, email correspondence, poetry, grant applications, travel, Ballet Mink, UNLV teaching files, 2015 to 2018

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Margot Mink Colbert Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00901
Collection Name: Margot Mink Colbert Papers
Box/Folder: Digital File 00 (Restrictions apply)

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Catering menus from the Landmark Hotel, Chapel of Love brochure, Barrett family photographs, Las Vegas Valley Water District oil derricks photographs, events and landmarks in Las Vegas, Nevada: photographs, 1985-1992, 2016-2018

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"Las Vegas: Snapshots of History" Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00425
Collection Name: "Las Vegas: Snapshots of History" Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Digital File 00

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