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Hanford Searl oral history interview
Oral history interview with Hanford Searl conducted by Dennis McBride on November 02, 1996 for the Las Vegas Gay Archives Oral History Project. Searl discusses being gay and the struggles he faced in religion and university before moving to Las Vegas, Nevada.
Archival Collection
Berkeley Bunker oral history interview
Oral history interview with Berkeley Bunker conducted by Vickie Whitehead on October 13, 1972 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Bunker discusses religion, education, work, family life, politics, and economic changes in early Las Vegas, Nevada.
Archival Collection
Dorothy Thompson oral history interview
Oral history interview with Dorothy Thompson conducted by Patricia Moore on February 18, 1980 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview, Thompson discusses the growth of Las Vegas, Nevada. Thompson also describes her life as the wife of a railroad worker. She briefly discusses religion, specifically Mormonism.
Archival Collection
Audio clip from interview with Greg Goussak on May 19, 2015
In this clip, Greg Goussak describes his family's involvement with the Albert Einstein Hebrew Day School where his mother was the director in the 1970s.
Sound
Photograph of event, undated
Groundbreaking ceremony for Congregation Or Bamidbar. (Post-it on back: Left of center Sam Ventura, rt of Rachel Ventura. Left of sam: Yaffa Dahan and David Dahan, JFLV Federation President
Arne Rosencrantz oral history interview
Oral history interview with Arne Rosencrantz conducted by Barbara Tabach on February 18, 2015 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. Rosencrantz discusses his family’s immigration story, him moving to Las Vegas, Nevada, and growing up within the Jewish community. Rosencrantz also discusses his involvement in the Las Vegas Jewish community over the decades.
Archival Collection
Audio clip 1 from interview with Lori Chenin-Frankl, June 7, 2016
In this clip Lori Chenin Frankl discusses the role of Judaism in her childhood and growing up Jewish in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Harold M. Ayers III oral history interview
Oral history interview with Harold M. Ayers III conducted by Nancy Neuteboone on March 05, 1980 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Ayers III discusses his career as a blackjack dealer, religion, gaming, and atomic testing in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Archival Collection