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Myra Berkovits oral history interview
Oral history interview with Myra Berkovits conducted by Barbara Tabach on August 21, 2014 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. Berkovits discusses her upbringing, owning the Las Vegas, Nevada Menu Service, and working at the Holocaust Resource Center as an interviewer and education specialist.
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Marie Antoinette Antonio oral history interview
Oral history interview with Marie Antoinette Antonio conducted by Cecilia Winchell and Stefani Evans on December 4, 2021 for Reflections: The Las Vegas Asian American and Pacific Islander Oral History Project.
Marie reflects on her upbringing in Cagayan de Oro, Philippines and her love of music that came from her mother. Marie talks about studying music in college and traveling with her husband to Guam to become a music teacher at a Catholic school before immigrating to San Jose, California. She shares the culture shock they faced adapting to life in the United States and the higher cost of living in California, which caused the couple to move to Las Vegas. Marie discusses her life in Las Vegas, traditions and cultural celebrations she partakes in, and the American Dream.
Archival Collection
Interview with Jerome Alexander Zawada, August 9, 2006
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Letter and envelope from Hattie, Brigham City, Utah to Mary Etta Syphus, Panaca, Nevada
From the Syphus-Bunker Papers (MS-00169). The folder contains an original handwritten letter, an envelope, a typed transcription of the same letter, and a copy of original letter attached.
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Audio clip from interview with Freddie Glusman, October 29, 2015
In this clip Freddie Glusman discusses the restaurant he owned and his charitable giving over the years.
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Photograph of a group of children, 1980s
Identifications on reverse of photograph: top to bottom/left to right: Sol Goldin, David, Audrey Funks, Michael McKinnon, Jay Bernstein, Ophir Keter, Stephanie McKinnon, Jason Jesse Funks, Micah Gersten