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Regency Towers construction set: one-half scale reproductions of architectural, structural, mechanical, electrical, and plumbing drawings
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Archival Collection
Description
From the Homer Rissman Architectural Records (MS-00452) -- Regency Towers: Las Vegas, Nevada -- Project drawings file.
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Audio clips from interview with Ruth Urban, August 24, 2015 and September 16, 2015
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Archival Collection
Description
In these clips Ruth Urban discusses how she came to live in Las Vegas, Nevada and her time as the Jewish Family Services President.
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Chenin-Frankl, Lori
Lori Chenin-Frankl was born December 7, 1960. Chenin-Frankl is the child of a Holocaust survivor, Fernande Magalnik Chenin, and Simon Chenin, a barber. In 1963, the Chenin family moved from Cleveland, Ohio, to Las Vegas for her father’s health. The city was already home to her uncle Dr. Joe Chenin, the first licensed Jewish dentist in Southern Nevada and a good place for the family to settle in. Her father worked his barber business and her mother was a clerk for the school bus yard.
Person
KNPR "Las Vegas: Mississippi of the West or Promised Land?" radio documentary
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Abstract
Nevada Public Radio (KNPR) radio documentary entitled ""Las Vegas: Mississippi of the West or Promised Land?" hosted by William J. Drummond and Faith Fancher that aired on June 24, 1991. In this two-part series, the hosts and a variety of guests discuss racial segregation in Las Vegas, Nevada's past and the racial climate of the city in 1991. Guests include, but are not limited to, Peter Lyn Hayes, Joe Williams, Roosevelt Fitzgerald, Eugene Moehring, James West, Eric Cooper, Sarah Knight Preddy, and Frank Hawkins.
Archival Collection
Matteson-Kane, Maureen
Maureen Matteson-Kane is Professor Emeritus of Nursing at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). She taught at the UNLV School of Nursing from 1977 to 2004. She holds a Master of Science in Nursing.
Person
Jean Rambo appointment letter and certificate for the State Health Coordinating Council, 1981 October
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: History of Nursing in Southern Nevada Oral History Project Records
Box/Folder: Box 01 (Restrictions apply)
Archival Component