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Photograph of a group at a banquet, date unknown
Left to right, seated: Irwin Molasky, Susan Molasky, unknown, unknown. Left to right, standing: Nat Hart, Silvia Hart, Jean Weinberger, Joyce Mack, Jerry Mack
Photograph of Wilbur Clark's birthday party, Las Vegas, December 27, 1956
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Photograph of past presidents of Temple Beth Sholom, approximately 1978
Standing, left to right: Mel Moss, Jack Entratter, Harry Wallenstein, Al Goot, David Zenoff, Jerry Mack. Seated, left to right: Nate Mack, Mike Gordon, Lloyd Katz.
Joyce Mack Papers
The Joyce Mack Papers are mainly comprised of photographs and ephemera documenting Joyce Mack and her family from the 1970s to 2014. Photographs in the collection depict political and community events, the Mack family, and their interaction with politicians. An invitation, newspaper clipping, and transcript of a speech by Joyce Mack document various honors that were betstowed upon Joyce Mack and her husband, Jerome D. "Jerry" Mack.
Archival Collection
Group photograph at the CJA Ball, May 1973
Clockwise: Flora Mason in chair with back to camera, Stuart Mason, Dorothy Cannon, Howard Cannon, Joyce Mack's daughter?, Simcha Dinitz (Israeli Ambassador to U.S.), Joyce Mack, Jerry Mack? (hidden), and 3 other unidentified people.
Minutes Temple Beth Sholom Board of Directors meetings, September 1952 - December 1956
The meeting minutes of the board of directors of Temple Beth Sholom, then known as the Jewish Community Center of Las Vegas, Inc., include the proceedings of meetings held from 1952 to 1956. Also included are periodic reports from committees of the board such as Jewish education, cemetery, and building committees, and budget reports.
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Joyce Mack oral history interview
Oral history interview with Joyce Mack conducted by Barbara Tabach on February 23, 2015 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. In this interview, Joyce Mack discusses meeting her husband, Jerry Mack, their early life as a couple, and moving to Las Vegas, Nevada at the suggestion of Jerry's father, Nate Mack. She discusses how Jerry met Parry Thomas and their banking and real estate investments. Mack talks about the opening of the Thomas and Mack Center at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and the development of the strip hotels, and discusses her children.
Archival Collection
Handwritten list of names of Jewish people living in Las Vegas in the 1940s
This list was written by Charles Salton, brother of Adele Baratz. Salton lists the names of Jewish people living in Las Vegas in the 1940s. The list is dated September 26, 1946.
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Desert Inn Country Club family album, page 11
Three photographs of various people at the Desert Inn in Las Vegas, Nevada. Going clockwise, from left to right: handwritten text under the top image: "an easy Halloween party"; handwritten text under the bottom right image: "Dennis Crosby, Bob Hope, and Cecil Simmons getting ready to tee off"; and handwritten text under the left image: "Jack Doyle, Hank Greenspun, and the New Years baby Jerry Mack."