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Photograph of Emerson Avenue front doors in the Joyce & Jerome Mack Sanctuary of Congregation Ner Tamid, Henderson, Nevada, May 24, 2016
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Archival Collection
Description
The Emerson Avenue front doors were saved from the previous location, refurbished, and installed in Congregation Ner Tamid's Joyce & Jerome Mack Sanctuary on the Greenspun Campus for Jewish Life, Learning & Spiritual Renewal.
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Prospectus for the premier of CineVegas, December 1998
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Archival Collection
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A prospectus for the premier of CineVegas, an international film festival held in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Saharan Magazine from the Sahara Hotel and Casino, July 1966
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Archival Collection
Description
An issue of the Saharan Magazine from the Sahara Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. Some of the headlines in the magazine include: "Liberace Heads Show with Special Appearance of "Day of Decision" Artist", "Sahara Maestro Louis Basil Tells All (about work with Super Stars)", "Sahara news in pictures", "Crowds Hail Opening of $3 Million Sahara-Tahoe Theatre, largest in U.S.", and "We Get Visitors!"
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Saharan Magazine from the Sahara Hotel and Casino, February 1966
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Archival Collection
Description
The February 1966 edition of The Saharan Magazine, a magazine created by the Sahara Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. Headlines in the magazine include: "Sahara Winder Lineup: Kinds and DeCastros", "Canadian Tops Winners in Sahara Anniversary", "Sahara Airlines Attendance Soars Over 6,000 Mark", "Sahara Becomes "Shooting Headquarters" in 1966", and "Thunderbird Cash Binge!"
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Correspondence and synopsis for Good Ole Hank, television series proposal, June 1955
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Archival Collection
Description
The manuscript synopsis for the television series Good Ole Hank is accompanied by a letter from Harry Cohn of Columbia Pictures (Hollywood, Calif.), rejecting the proposal.
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Transcript of interview with Irving Kirshbaum by Cheryl Rogers, February 23, 1979
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Archival Collection
Description
Interview with Irving Kirshbaum by Cheryl Rogers on February 23, 1979. In this interview, Kirshbaum discusses the Riviera Hotel where he began working in 1955. He also talks about the landscape of the Las Vegas Strip in the 1950s, and the state of gambling, comps, customer service, and dealer training. The interviewer asks about the treatment of minorities at the Riviera, and in Las Vegas generally, and the effect of corporate ownership on casinos.
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Transcript of interview with Hank Greenspun by Perry Kaufman, 1975
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Archival Collection
Description
Hank Greenspun discusses coming to Las Vegas in the 1940s, his journalistic endeavors, and some of the politics that affected him.
No release form is on file for this interview. The interview is accessible onsite only, and researchers must seek permission from the interviewee or heirs for quotation, reproduction, or publication. Please contact special.collections@unlv.edu for further information.
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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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