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Photograph of Jimmy Durante, Las Vegas, Nevada, circa 1970s
Date
1970 to 1979
Archival Collection
Description
Jimmy Durante (left) with unidentified veteran and group of children.
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Interview with Robert William Mackenzie, January 1, 2005
Date
2005-01-05
Archival Collection
Description
Narrator affiliation: Atomic Veteran, Pacific Proving Ground; Curtiss Atomic Marines
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Interview with George Robert Maynard, Sr., January 26, 2004
Date
2004-01-26
Archival Collection
Description
Narrator affiliation: Atomic Veteran, Armed Forces Special Weapons Project
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Julian Taber Collection on Gambling Addiction
Identifier
MS-00578
Abstract
The Julian Taber Collection on Gambling Addiction (1977-1988) includes papers, proposals, internal reports, memoranda, and newspaper articles chronicling the work of Julian Taber, an early specialist in the field of gambling addiction. The majority of the collection relates to Taber’s work and pilot programs at the Brecksville Veterans Administration (VA) Hospital in Brecksville, Ohio, with select materials pertaining to an alcohol dependency treatment program he coordinated at the VA hospital in Reno, Nevada.
Archival Collection
Audio recording clip of interview with Robert Mackenzie with Kari Chipman by Mary Palevsky, January 5, 2005
Date
2005-01-05
Archival Collection
Description
Narrator affiliation: Atomic Veteran, Pacific Proving Ground; Curtiss Atomic Marines
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Transcript of interview with Fermin De Leon by Generoso E. Sayon, March 15, 1981
Date
1981-03-15
Archival Collection
Description
On March 15, 1981, Generoso E. Sayon interviewed his adoptive father, Fermin De Leon (born July 8, 1899 in the Philippines) at his home in Las Vegas, Nevada. This interview covers the Filipino experience in Las Vegas, Nevada, during the 1950s. During this interview, De Leon discusses being a veteran, who served in World War II. De Leon also recalls that most of the Filipinos living in Las Vegas worked as kitchen help in the hotels on the Strip.
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