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Kathleen Kahn Mahon oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Kathleen Kahn Mahon conducted by Barbara Tabach on December 03, 2018 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. In this interview, Mahon discusses her family’s upbringing in New Mexico and talks about her Jewish education as a child. Mahon describes her family’s role in the founding of Congregation Albert in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Temple Beth Shalom in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She then talks about moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1980, taking on a pediatric ophthalmologist position, and being involved in the pediatric community. Mahon recalls becoming the first female president of the Nevada Chapter of the American College of Surgeons and her involvement with the Junior League of Las Vegas. Lastly, Mahon discusses the Ronald McDonald House, the Pediatric Society, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and being a founding member of the Children's Discovery Museum.
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Photograph of the Hoover Dam construction site, April 23, 1932
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Clip 2 from interview with Doris, Gerald and Marcy Welt, November 30, 2014
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Part of an interview with Doris, Jerry and Marcy Welt on November 30, 2014. In this clip, the Welts talk about Las Vegas in the early 1970s, the opening of Boulevard Mall, and the community of Jewish families who all knew one another.