Zuckerman Collection

DONOR:

Jane LaDell (Stern) Zuckerman

SIZE:

3 cu ft

SCOPE & CONTENT:

Slides, movies, papers, wedding scrapbook, eight additional scrapbooks and photos; Sun News and El Paso Herald, May, August 1945. Primarily family and travel.

Materials relating to Stern family property in Las Cruces, NM, 1852-1939; Contract for artistic work for the City of Las Cruces (NM) Municipal Building by E.J. Stern, 1968 (lions); WWII correspondence including postcards, letters and V-mail.

BIOGRAPHY:

Jane LaDell (Stern) Zuckerman, 1927-2013, was born in Las Cruces, NM where she spent her childhood. Upon graduation from Las Cruces Union High School, “Dell” attended college in Boulder, Colorado, and went on to fashion school in Manhattan, NY, where she worked as a hosiery buyer.

Dell married Dr. Burton Zuckerman in N.Y. and raised a family in Yonkers, N.Y. She and her husband retired to Las Cruces in 1982 where they remained active in the community until their deaths

 

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