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Adele Baratz Papers

Identifier
MS-00701
Abstract

The Adele Baratz papers mainly consist of photographs documenting Adele Baratz's life in Las Vegas, Nevada from the 1930s to 2010. An essay and list of names written by Baratz's brother, Charles Salton, document the early history of the Jewish community in Las Vegas.

Archival Collection

"Chapter 7: Civil Rights in a Resort City": manuscript by Roosevelt Fitzgerald

Date
1970 (year approximate) to 1996 (year approximate)
Description

From the Roosevelt Fitzgerald Professional Papers (MS-01082) -- Unpublished manuscripts file. Pages 274 -313 of unknown manuscript.

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Photograph of Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme cutting their wedding cake, Las Vegas (Nev.), December 29, 1957

Date
1957-12-29
Description

Steve Lawrence, left, and Eydie Gorme, center, cut into a slice of wedding cake at their wedding held in the home of Beldon Katleman, an El Rancho Vegas Hotel owner, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Standing to the far right, Joe E. Lewis looks on.

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Photograph of Eydie Gorme, Steve Lawrence, and their sons, Las Vegas (Nev.), November 18, 1977

Date
1977-11-18
Description

Eydie Gorme, far left, Steve Lawrence, far right, and their two sons, David (center left) and Michael (center right), onstage in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Newsletter, Women Organized to Respond to Life-threatening Diseases (WORLD), January 1998

Date
1998-01
Description

Newsletter from WORLD with columns by women affected by HIV and AIDS.

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Photograph of Vassili Sulich at his art exhibit in the Tropicana Hotel, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1960s

Date
1960 to 1969
Description

Vassili greeting Mr. and Mrs. William Shapiro at his art exhibit in the Gold Room at the Tropicana Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. Handwritten description provided on back of image: "Vassili Sulich greeting Mr. & Mrs. William Shapiro at his art exhibit - Gold Room, Tropicana Hotel, Las Vegas, Jan 27. (Mrs. Shapiro behind Vassili). Others l. to. r. : Mrs. Maury Stevens, Mrs. Preston Feinberg, Maury Stevens, Mrs. Q. E. Fortier. (Maury Stevens is editor and publisher of Las Vegas Life Magazine). Preston Fienberg is exec. V. P. of Tropicana. Mrs. Fortier is wife of Dr. Q. E. Fortier, owner of Women's Hospital (L.V.) and one of the nations leading gynecologists, former prof. of anatomy at Univ. of Minn. and Colonel in Air Force attached to Nellis Air Force (L.V.). He also was called in on the recent tragedy of the Apollo at Cape Kennedy; he flew out the same day, Jan 27th."

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