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Transcript of interview with Bernice Jaeger by Joanne L. Goodwin on July 25, 1997, July 30, 1997, & February 3, 1998
Interviewed by Joanne L. Goodwin. Bernice Smith was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, on July 27, 1934. She married Ivan Jaeger in 1955. He and his family were involved in the underground gaming industry in the Midwest. When it shut down in 1961, they moved to Las Vegas where Ivan worked first as a dealer and later in various executive gaming positions. Bernice was one of the fist students to attend Clark County Community College (later Community College of Southern Nevada) when it was founded in 1971. She earned a liberal arts degree in 1973 and a degree in hotel administration in 1974. Bernice worked as the secretary of Inez Rambeau, the director of convention sales at the Riviera Hotel and Casino. After a few years, she became the assistant of the hotel director at the Riviera. Later Bernice was the personal secretary to the owner and general manager of the Aladdin Hotel and Casino. She left that position in 1984, completed a bachelor's degree in the field of women's studies, and started Flex-Time, a temporary employment agency catering to working women. Then she was hired by Ira levy, the new owner of the Continental Hotel and Casino to be his assistant general manager. In 2003 Bernice earned a master's degree in counseling at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and she now works for Legal Rehabilitation Services, leading court-mandated group counseling for people in domestic violence situations
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John Theodore Gilcrease oral history interviews
Oral history interviews with John Theodore Gilcrease conducted by Robert McCracken on October 09 and 10, 2000 and March 21, 2001 for the Women's Research Institute of Nevada (WRIN) on behalf of the Tule Springs Preservation Committee. Gilcrease opens his interview by discussing his family's lineage and Irish heritage. Gilcrease then explains how his family purchased farm land in the Tule Springs, Nevada area in 1920. He discusses how his family modified and changed the land, their irrigation system, and the animals they bred. Gilcrease goes on to talk about the development of the farm and how the development of Las Vegas, Nevada affected the property. Gilcrease recalls the life of his farm and family from the early the 1900s to the 1960s and talks about other prominent farming families in the area.
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Transcript of interview with Keny Stewart by Claytee White, January 16, 2010
Keny Stewart often sits in his backyard and hears the train whistle. In that moment he thinks about what Las Vegas must have been like in the 1940s—a moment made more meaningful by living in historic John S. Park Neighborhood. He enjoys his place, a place he has called home for 20 years. He was there for the beginning of the neighborhood "renaissance". Keny moved from California to Las Vegas in 1984 to work as an entertainer. One day a few years later he accidentally drove through John S. Park neighborhood, admired the architecture of the homes and the nostalgic feeling. Soon he was a homeowner, restoring his investment, a labor of love. At the time he worked nights on the Strip and restored his house day. Along the way he made a career change to educator/librarian for grade school level. He is a former neighborhood association president. He remembers the neighborhood's battle to maintain its integrity as it went up against local casino developer Bob Stupak's (whose home i
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Sammy Davis Jr. and Jack Entratter: photographs
Series III. Jack Entratter with Stars
Sands Hotel and Casino
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U-Wah-Un Study Club Records
U-Wah-Un Study Club Records (1919-1987) include a complete set of the organization's yearbooks from 1919 to 1977, a club scrapbook, meeting minutes, and financial records.
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Pat Geuder oral history interview
Oral history interview with Pat Geuder conducted by Darryel Mayes on On April 15, 1980 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Geuder discusses in detail the changes that occurred over the years to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas campus, from the time she was a student to the then-present date when she worked as a professor.
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