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Hadassah Scrapbook, 1964-1965

Date

1964 to 1965

Description

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.

Mixed Content

Scrapbook pages from the Las Vegas Chapter of Hadassah, 1968-1969

Date

1968 to 1969

Description

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.

Mixed Content

Audio clip from interview with Hank Greenspun, 1975

Date

1975

Description

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.

Sound

Audio clip from interview with Jerome "Jerry" Countess, October 28, 2014

Date

2014-10-28

Description

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.

Sound

Video of interview with Muriel Stevens by Adat Ari El Sisterhood, Las Vegas (Nev.), circa 2007

Date

2006 to 2008

Archival Collection

Description

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.

Moving Image

Transcript of interview with Hank Greenspun by Perry Kaufman, 1975

Date

1975

Description

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.

Text

Preprint, Where I Stand: The Record of a Reckless Man, by Hank Greenspun with Alex Pelle, 1966

Date

1966

Archival Collection

Description

Book proof with annotations from editors in the margins.

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Jewish Family Service Agency Picnic program and clippings, May 1987

Date

1986 to 1987

Archival Collection

Description

Newsletter and newspaper clippings from the Jewish Family Service Agency about a picnic honoring the Katz family.

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Ephemera documenting Dorothy Eisenberg's involvement with Clark County education and the Dorothy Eisenberg Elementary School, 1969-1999

Date

1969 to 1999

Archival Collection

Description

Newspaper clippings and ephemera from Dorothy Eisenberg including the program and invitation for the opening of the Dorothy Eisenberg Elementary School.

Text

Transcript of interview with Susan Fine by Cecillia Boland, February 18, 1976

Date

1976-02-18

Archival Collection

Description

Interview with Susan Greenspun Fine by Cecillia Boland on February 18, 1976. In this interview, Fine talks about growing up in Las Vegas and her schooling. The interview is geared towards the growth of Las Vegas from her childhood to her adulthood, including roads, air travel and medical facilities. She is the daughter of Hank and Barbara Greenspun, owners of the Las Vegas Sun newspaper, and discusses being involved in all the happenings around town because of that.

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