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Ackerman, Elizabeth
Elizabeth Ackerman was the second President of the Las Vegas Jewish Federation Women's Division from 1976-1978.
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"Jewish Federation of Las Vegas Past Presidents and Chairman of the Board," 2015, Jewish Federation of Las Vegas Records, MS-00602. Special Collections, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. Accessed October 20, 2016, http://d.library.unlv.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/jhp/id/4214/rec/43.
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Newsletter from Temple Beth Sholom (Las Vegas, Nev.), April 1998
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Archival Collection
Description
The Bulletin is the monthly newsletter from Temple Beth Sholom. This issue includes columns by the Temple President and the Cantor, religious school news, announcements and calendars, event photographs, and advertisements.
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Stella Butterfield oral history interviews
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Abstract
Oral history interviews with Stella Butterfield conducted by Joanne L. Goodwin on October 14, 2005 and October 25, 2005 for the Women's Research Institute of Nevada (WRIN) Las Vegas Women Oral History Project. Butterfield opens her interviews discussing her family and childhood in the Bronx, New York, in the 1930s and 1940s. Butterfield then talks about her work for the U.S. Coast Guard as a typist during World War II and as a teletype operator for the U.S. Air Force. Butterfield then describes how her teletype operator job eventually moved her to Panama, and her experiences there. She then discusses her move with her husband Frank to Las Vegas, Nevada for his assignment at Nellis Air Force Base (AFB). Butterfield discusses becoming a court reporter at Nellis AFB and describes the city of Henderson, Nevada. Lastly, Butterfield talks about becoming a civilian court reporter for U.S. District Judge Roger T. Foley and her experiences as a freelance court reporter.
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