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Photographs of Shelley Berkley, 2000-2007

Date

2000 to 2007

Archival Collection

Description

Group of photographs of Shelley Berkley, including an official portrait photograph.

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Shelley Berkley photographs, 1950s and 1999

Date

1955-19-59
1999

Archival Collection

Description

Group of photographs show Shelley Berkley (nee Levine) with her parents, and on the occasion of her wedding with Dr. Lawrence Lehrner.

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Photograph of Shelley Berkley and Al Gore, probably 1987

Date

1987

Description

Shelley Berkley poses with Presidential candidate Al Gore during his campaign.

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Speech transcripts from Shelley Berkley on Yucca Mountain, 1999-2000

Date

1999 to 2000

Archival Collection

Description

Transcripts from speeches delivered and testimony given by U.S. Representative Shelley Berkley regarding the transporation and storage of nuclear waste in Nevada at Yucca Mountain. The statements urge members of Congress to oppose H.R. 45, the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1999, and propose amendments to H.R. 1655, the Department of Energy Research, Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act of 1999.

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Photograph of George Levine and Shelley Berkley, Las Vegas, Nevada, May 05, 2016

Date

2016-05-05

Description

George Levine poses with his daughter Shelley Berkley on the campus of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

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Audio clip of interview with Shelley Berkley by Barbara Tabach, February 13, 2015

Date

2015-02-13

Description

Part of an interview with Shelley Berkley on February 13, 2015. In this clip, Berkley shares her family history and talks about her involvement within the Jewish community, and more broadly as a public servant, in all levels of government.

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Correspondence and proposed legislation from Shelley Berkley on joint resolution to recognize women suffragists, 2005

Date

2005

Archival Collection

Description

Correspondence and petition from Shelley Berkley, initiated by third graders in Southern Nevada, to recognize women suffragists with a designated holiday.

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Transcript of interview with Shelley Berkley by Barbara Tabach, February 13, 2015

Date

2015-02-13

Description

In this interview, Berkley shares her family history, from her great-grandparents? immigration to the United States to her immediate family?s own migration from New York to Las Vegas. She reflects upon her childhood experience in Las Vegas, including her varied leadership positions with Jewish organizations as well as at school, from junior high school through college. Berkley also talks about her involvement as an adult within the Jewish community and more broadly as a public servant, in all levels of government.

Former United States Democratic Congresswoman Shelley Berkley represented Nevada?s 1st Congressional District from 1999 to 2013, an area that includes most of Las Vegas. During her seven terms as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, the district benefited from millions of dollars of federal funding for education, transportation, and other projects. She also successfully fought against storing nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain in Nevada. Shelley Berkley was born Rochelle Levine in New York City in 1951 and moved to Las Vegas during junior high in 1963. She practiced law in Las Vegas and served in the Nevada Assembly for two years. She was also a member and vice chair of the Nevada University and Community College System Board of Regents. Berkley attended the University of Nevada, Las Vegas where she served as student body president and graduated with honors in 1972 with a B.A. in political science. After obtaining her J.D. in 1976 from the University of San Diego, she returned to Las Vegas to practice law. From 1976 to 1979 Berkley was Deputy Director of the Nevada State Department of Commerce. She provided legal counsel to several casinos at various points in her career, served as national director of the American Hotel-Motel Association, and founded the Southern Nevada Association of Women Attorneys and the Senior Law Project. In 1977 she married Frederic Berkley and had two children, Max and Sam. She remarried in 1999 to Dr. Lawrence Lehrner of Las Vegas, who also had two children from a previous marriage. Before being elected to Congress, Berkley served on the board of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. She continued her vocal support of Israel in Congress and was heavily involved in all matters related to the Middle East. She was a member of several committees, including: Foreign Affairs, Veterans Affairs, Ways and Means, Small Business, and Transportation. Building a new Veterans Administration medical complex in Southern Nevada and sponsoring many pieces of healthcare legislation are also among her accomplishments as a U.S. Representative. In 2013, she was appointed CEO and Senior Provost of the Touro College and University System?s Western Division.

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Correspondence from Shelley Berkley regarding appropriations for fiscal year 2002

Date

2001

Archival Collection

Description

Selected correspondence and documentation for fiscal appropriations for transportation, police and construction projects in Southern Nevada requested for 2002.

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Correspondence and statements from Shelley Berkley on the construction of a new veterans' medical complex in Las Vegas, 2003-2004

Date

2003 to 2004

Archival Collection

Description

Group of floor statement transcripts from Shelley Berkley regarding veterans' facilities.

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