In this clip, Hank Greenspun speaks with Perry Kaufman about arriving in Las Vegas in 1946, and his first encounter with Bugsy Siegel.
No release form is on file for this interview. The interview is accessible onsite only, and researchers must seek permission from the interviewee or heirs for quotation, reproduction, or publication. Please contact special.collections@unlv.edu for further information.
This scrapbook for the years 1964 and 1965 documents the Las Vegas Chapter of Hadassah, which was established in 1964. The scrapbook contains photographic prints, newspaper clippings and other ephemera at the beginning of the group's existence in Las Vegas.
This folder contains loose scrapbook pages documenting the years 1968 and 1969 for the Las Vegas Chapter of Hadassah. The pages hold photographs, pamphlets, invitations, newspaper clippings and other ephemera about the active chapter.
Part of an interview with Jerrry Countess and Dorothy Eisenberg on October 28, 2014. In this clip, Countess talks about the early days of the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas and an event held by B'nai B'rith.
Muriel Stevens discusses her early life in Las Vegas, including her experience as a Jewish woman and as a former newspaper columnist, author, chef, and radio and television host.
Hank Greenspun discusses coming to Las Vegas in the 1940s, his journalistic endeavors, and some of the politics that affected him.
No release form is on file for this interview. The interview is accessible onsite only, and researchers must seek permission from the interviewee or heirs for quotation, reproduction, or publication. Please contact special.collections@unlv.edu for further information.
Newspaper clippings and ephemera from Dorothy Eisenberg including the program and invitation for the opening of the Dorothy Eisenberg Elementary School.