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Young, Christie: correspondence, 1983 to 1995
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Dennis McBride Personal Papers
Box/Folder: Box 13 (Restrictions apply)
Archival Component
McBride, Dennis Collins, Dacoda: correspondence, 2021
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Dennis McBride Personal Papers
Box/Folder: Box 30 (Restrictions apply)
Archival Component
Mangubat, Raul: correspondence, 2002 January to 2002 June
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Dennis McBride Personal Papers
Box/Folder: Box 07 (Restrictions apply)
Archival Component
Mangubat, Raul: correspondence, 2002 July to 2002 December
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Dennis McBride Personal Papers
Box/Folder: Box 07 (Restrictions apply)
Archival Component
Transcript of interview with Patricia Deverell by Patrick Kiser, April 26, 1986
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Archival Collection
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Wilner, Linda C.
Linda Wilner was born July 15, 1944 in New York. She moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1970 to be closer to her family after divorcing her first husband, leaving her a single mother of two children. She met her husband, Martin at a Jewish Singles event. They were married on December 22, 1974 and adopted a son, Robert. She was a real estate agent in one of the most robust housing markets in the country at the time.
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Photograph of Floyd Francis and Jake Beckley in the swimming hole on the Von Tobel and Beckley property, circa 1910
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Archival Collection
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Floyd Francis (center), Jake Beckley (right), and unidentified man in the "Old Swimming Hole" on the Von Tobel and Beckley property
Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from photo sleeve: "Floyd Francis (center), Jake Beckley (right), and unidentified man (on left) in an old swimming hole formed on the property of Von Tobel and Beckley."; Transcribed background history: "Early Las Vegas History by Florence Lee Jones, April 1969: Creating their own oasis in the Las Vegas Valley was the hobby of the late Ed Von Tobel, Sr., and his partner, the late Jake Beckley, when they came to Las Vegas in 1905 as gay young bachelors. At their ranch in Paradise Valley, where they owned the 120 acres now comprising the Sierra Vista Ranchos, exclusive residential area, they used the facilities at hand to form an 'old swimming hole.' From one of the three wells they drilled they diverted the free-flowing water into a nearby creek bed, built a cement dam to contain the water, and had their own pleasure resort. In this picture, from left, an unidentified man; Floyd Francis, early employee of the Von Tobel Lumber Company; and Jake Beckley, a partner in the fi
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Transcript of interview with Bobby Morris by Cork Proctor, September 7, 2004
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Archival Collection
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This interview conducted by Cork Proctor and is part of the Arnold Shaw Collection at UNLV University Libraries Special Collections. It has been added to the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project with Mr. Morris?s permission. In this conversation, Morris reflects upon his career, how he got started as a musician, and the wide range of influential artists he has worked with over the years, as a drummer, musical director and talent manager. Stories include playing with Louis Prima, live and on his albums; serving as Elvis? musical director; filling in for Frank Sinatra?s drummer; entertaining Howard Hughes; and playing at President John F. Kennedy?s inauguration.
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