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Fayle Family Papers

Identifier
MS-00404
Abstract

The Fayle Family Papers (1895-1998) document the family's personal and business interests in Goodsprings, Nevada and Las Vegas, Nevada. The collection contains mining documents, business records, and photographs from Leonard Fayle’s work with the Las Vegas Valley Water District, where he documented reservoirs, dams, and both abandoned and functioning mines. The photographs also include family members, vacations, and Southern Nevada fraternal organization pictures.

Archival Collection

Bet Knesset Bamidbar

Congregation Bet Knesset Bamidbar or ‘Congregation in the Desert” is the largest age 50-and-over Jewish congregation in the Las Vegas Valley. It was founded in 1990 and meets in Sun City, Summerlin.  BKB is a traditional reform temple.
 
With services in the heart of community, BKB grew under the leadership of Rabbi Hershel Brooks. Its membership peaked to over 1,100 members in 1999.

Interview with Robert Hahn, October 29, 2004

Date
2004-10-29
Description
Narrator affiliation: Department Manager, Edgerton, Germeshausen, and Grier (EG&G) Energy Measurements

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Bluebell Girls: scrapbook of newspaper clippings and photographs

Date
1939 to 1960
Description

From the Margaret Kelly Collection on the Bluebell Girls, MS-00604. The scrapbook includes newspaper clippings about the Bluebell Girls, Folies-Bergère, and dancer Catherine Dunne's experiences in Milan, Italy at the start of World War II.

Mixed Content

Stewart family real estate tax records

Date
1931 to 1954
Description

Stewart family real estate tax records

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Interview with Duane L. Lawrence, June 24, 2004

Date
2004-06-24
Description
Narrator affiliation: Quality Control Division, Reynolds Electrical and Engineering Company (REECo)

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Interview with Philip Wymer Allen, August 26, 2004

Date
2004-08-26
Description
Narrator affiliation: Meteorologist-in-Charge, Weather Bureau Research Station, Nevada Test Site

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Interview with Charles McWilliam, July 9, 2004

Date
2004-07-09
Description
Narrator affiliation: Engineer; Administrator, U.S. Department of Energy

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