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Contract between the Union Pacific and Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad Companies, and the Las Vegas Valley Water District, August 29, 1952

Date

1952-08-29

Archival Collection

Description

Second redraft of contract for the Las Vegas Valley Water District to remove all power lines and water pipelines from railroad property after a yet to be agreed upon number of months.

Text

Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, April 29, 1975

Date

1975-04-29

Description

Agenda and meeting minutes for the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Student Senate. CSUN Session 3 Meeting Minutes and Agendas.

Text

Countess, Jerome "Jerry"

Former director of Combined Jewish Appeal, which became the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas

Person

Mack, Jerome D. "Jerry", 1920-1998

Jerome D. "Jerry" Mack (1920-1998) was a banker, investor, and community leader in Las Vegas, Nevada. Mack and his business partner E. Parry Thomas were the first bankers to loan money to casinos in Las Vegas. Mack was a co-founder of Nevada Southern College in the 1950s, now known as the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). Mack and Thomas established UNLV's land foundation, which added 400 acres to the campus in 1967, and they funded the basketball stadium, which was named the Thomas & Mack Center in their honor.

Person

Noyes, Billie Mott, 1914-2014

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/lvrj/name/wilma-noyes-obituary?id=19446520

Person

Countess, Jerome D.

Jerome Countess was born on December 22, 1920 in Brooklyn, New York. His mother raised him as a single mother, making ends meet with her job in a clothing factory. Countess's father rarely held a job, and his mother divorced him when Countess was three-years-old. Countess grew up in the borough's Jewish neighborhood, and he developed a reputation for being a skillful handball player and a great dancer.

Person