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Blaine Benedict oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Blaine Benedict conducted by Barbara Tabach on November 12, 2015 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. Benedict talks about growing up Jewish in Las Vegas, Nevada and being the son of Al Benedict, who is a MGM executive.
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Audio clips from interview with Blaine Benedict, November 12, 2015
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Archival Collection
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In these clips, Blaine Benedict dicusses how his family came to live in Las Vegas, Nevada; his father's career in Las Vegas casinos; and working in the casinos as a youth.
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Audio clip 1 from interview with Blaine Benedict, November 12, 2015
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In this clip, Blaine Benedict dicusses how his family came to live in Las Vegas, Nevada
Audio clip 2 from interview with Blaine Benedict, November 12, 2015
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In this clip, Blaine Benedict dicusses his father's career in Las Vegas casinos and also discusses working in the casinos as a youth.
Transcript of interview with Blaine Benedict by Barbara Tabach, November 12, 2015
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Throughout this interview, Blaine shares stories of his father, Alvin Benedict. Al owned and operated Benedict and Remy Plumbing Business for a few years before entering into casino management. He is considered to be the first college educated executive and had an illustrious executive career at the MGM. He also was a co-founder with Susan and Irwin Molasky of Nathan Adelson Hospice.
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Jewish Federation correspondence, meeting minutes, and other records, item 38
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A letter to the Jewish Federation Board of Directors from President Dr. Marvin A. Perer, May 21, 1991.
Benedict Family Papers
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The Benedict Family Papers materials date from roughly 1905-1998 and are comprised of correspondence and letters (1969-1971) written to Howard Hughes by the public. The collection also contains correspondence written to Robert Maheu, former chief executive of Nevada operations for Howard Hughes. The collection also includes a variety of casino and gambling related product catalogs, gaming guides for Las Vegas casinos, and of research papers and reports primarily relating to sports betting and cheating.
Archival Collection
Program for State of Israel Commendation Dinner, December 4, 1977
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Archival Collection
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This program is for the State of Israel Commendation Dinner to recognize E. Parry Thomas as a distinguished Citizen of Nevada in 1977. The dinner was held at the Dunes Hotel.
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Benedict, Blaine, 1948-
Blaine C. Benedict, born June 3, 1948, spent his early years in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania until the family relocated to Las Vegas, Nevada in the early 1950s. His parents, Alvin and Jayne Benedict, followed his paternal grandfather, Meyer (Mike) Benedict, who was involved in gambling and liquor businesses.
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Jewish Federation correspondence, meeting minutes, and other records, item 41
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Annual report for the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas, January 1990-June 1991.