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Hyman Gold Papers (MS-00496)

Abstract

The Hyman Gold Papers (1935-2004) primarily document the career of Las Vegas, Nevada performer Hyman Gold, and consist of newspaper clippings from various engagements, correspondence, and fliers. Materials also include handwritten musical scores and reel to reel tapes, both from his personal and professional life.

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Date

1935-2004

Extent

2.5 Linear Feet (5 boxes and 1 oversized box)

Scope and Contents Note

The Hyman Gold Papers (1935-2004) primarily document the career of Las Vegas, Nevada performer Hyman Gold, and consist of newspaper clippings from various engagements, correspondence, and fliers. Materials also include handwritten musical scores and reel to reel tapes, both from his personal and professional life.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Publication Rights

Materials in this collection may be protected by copyrights and other rights. See Reproductions and Use on the UNLV Special Collections and Archives website for more information about reproductions and permissions to publish.

Arrangement

Material is arranged by format.

Biographical / Historical Note

Musician Hyman Gold was born in Cleveland, Ohio on August 26, 1914. A cellist since the age of twelve, Gold attended the Cleveland Institute of Music. He performed with many major symphonies and opera companies throughout the country. He was president of the Gold 'N' Cello Recording Company and performed on many albums.

Gold moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1973 where he played in many Strip hotel showrooms and also taught the class "Beginning Strings" at Cashman Jr. High School for four years. He was the founder and conductor of the Las Vegas Pops Orchestra and concentrated on free-to-the-public concerts. He regularly performed for hospitals, schools and churches.

Gold and his wife, Sue, both passed away on the same day, October 17, 2004.

Preferred Citation

Hyman Gold Papers, 1935-2004. MS-00496. Special Collections, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.

Acquisition Note

Materials were dontated by the Hyman Gold estate in 2005; accession number 2005-001.

Materials were collected by the director of the Arnold Shaw Popular Music Research Center and transferred to Special Collections.

Processing Note

Materials were processed by Joyce Moore, 2005. In 2014, as part of a legacy finding aid conversion project, Kayla McDuffie revised and enhanced the collection description to bring it into compliance with current professional standards and entered the data into ArchivesSpace.

Resource Type

Papers

Collection Type

EAD ID

US::NvLN::MS00496

Separated Materials

Albums and other recorded music removed from this collection and placed in the Arnold Shaw Room in the Music Library.

Finding Aid Description Rules

Describing Archives: A Content Standard
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