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Barbara Tabach Papers (MS-01101)

Abstract

The Barbara Tabach Papers (1978-2022) mainly contain project files kept by oral historian Barbara Tabach throughout her experiences managing different oral history community documentation projects for the Oral History Research Center at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) from 2010 to 2022. Oral history projects represented in this collection include Documenting the African American Experience in Las Vegas, Nevada, Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project, Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada, Remembering 1 October, and The Great Pause: Las Vegas Chronicles of the Covid-19 Pandemic. The majority of the collection represents Tabach's involvement as project manager for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. Other materials include correspondence, newspaper clippings, event invitations, interview questions, memorabilia and books gifted to Tabach from oral history narrators, and publicity for the projects, along with digital files and photographs documenting Tabach's involvement with the Midbar Kodesh Temple.

Finding Aid PDF
Date
1978 to 2022
bulk 2012 to 2018
Extent
2.91 Cubic Feet (5 boxes, 1 oversized box)
3.42 Linear Feet
442 digital_files (0.341 GB)
Related People/Corporations
Creator: Tabach, Barbara
Scope and Contents Note

The Barbara Tabach Papers (1978-2022) mainly contain project files kept by oral historian Barbara Tabach throughout her experiences managing different oral history community documentation projects for the Oral History Research Center at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) from 2010 to 2022. Oral history projects represented in this collection include Documenting the African American Experience in Las Vegas, Nevada, Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project, Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada, Remembering 1 October, and The Great Pause: Las Vegas Chronicles of the Covid-19 Pandemic. The majority of the collection represents Tabach's involvement as project manager for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. Other materials include correspondence, newspaper clippings, event invitations, interview questions, memorabilia and books gifted to Tabach from oral history narrators, and publicity for the projects, along with digital files and photographs documenting Tabach's involvement with the Midbar Kodesh Temple.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Publication Rights

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Arrangement

Materials remain in the order they were received.

Preferred Citation

Barbara Tabach Papers, 1978-2022. MS-01101. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/f1jb5d

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Acquisition Note

Materials were donated in 2022 by Barbara Tabach; accession number 2022-055.

Processing Note

In 2022, Tammi Kim minimally rehoused the materials and created the finding aid in ArchivesSpace. In 2025, Olivia Rodriguez created access copies of digital files following UNLV Special Collections and Archives Digital Preservation guidelines and updated the descriptions in the finding aid.

Subjects
African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project
Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project
Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project
Remembering 1 October Oral History Project
The Great Pause: Las Vegas Chronicles of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Midbar Kodesh Temple (Henderson, Nev.)
Project files
Oral histories (document genres)
photographs
born digital
Resource Type
Papers
Collection Type
Manuscript collections
EAD ID
US::NVLN::MS01101
Appraisal Note

Tammi Kim de-duplicated promotional materials. Four optical discs that contain video interviews that are duplicate of files from MS-00820 Joshua Abbey Papers were appraised and disposed from the collection per express permission from the donor.

Separated Materials

A selection of monographs that were donated as part of this collection have been separated, reviewed, and cataloged separately in the University Libraries' catalog.

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