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Brooks, Jewel, 1925-2015

Jewel Brooks came to Las Vegas, Nevada with her husband Bob Brooks and opened the Nevada Biltmore. She was involved in the community for many years and passed away in 2015.

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http://obits.reviewjournal.com/obituaries/lvrj/obituary.aspx?pid=176786633

Person

Letter from C. A. Earle Rinker to Frank Crampton, March 8, 1957

Date
1957-03-08
Description
C.A. Earle Rinker's reminiscences of mining and assaying life in Goldfield, Nevada, in the first decade of the 1900s. He recalls two different shootings, drilling contests, water use by the local hotels and a 1907 influenza epidemic.

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George Levine oral history interview

Identifier
OH-02287
Abstract

Oral history interview with George Levine conducted by Barbara Tabach on April 16, 2015 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. Levine recalls arriving in Las Vegas, Nevada in 1963 from New York and working at Sands Hotel and Casino for 36 years, 10 years as maitre'd of the famous Copa Room. He also talks about his daughter, former United States Congresswoman Shelley Berkley.

Archival Collection

Lilly Fong: photographic print

Date
1983-01
Description
From the UNLV Libraries Single Item Accession Photograph Collection (PH-00171)

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