Abstract
Oral history interview with Alice Waite conducted by Carole Terry and Donna Andress on October 19, 2011 on behalf of the Junior League of Las Vegas. Waite opens her interview by discussing her family's move to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1940 so her father could work as a school teacher. She talks about her childhood education and her father's civic engagement. Waite then discusses her husband, children, and working on her education while raising a family. She then describes her time as a teacher, and the events she helped produce for the Junior League, including a puppetry convention. Waite ends the interview discussing her childhood in Las Vegas and what the city was like in the 1940s.
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Oral history interview with Alice Waite conducted by Carole Terry and Donna Andress on October 19, 2011 on behalf of the Junior League of Las Vegas. Waite opens her interview by discussing her family's move to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1940 so her father could work as a school teacher. She talks about her childhood education and her father's civic engagement. Waite then discusses her husband, children, and working on her education while raising a family. She then describes her time as a teacher, and the events she helped produce for the Junior League, including a puppetry convention. Waite ends the interview discussing her childhood in Las Vegas and what the city was like in the 1940s. Digital transcript available; no audio recording.
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Alice Waite oral history interview, 2011 October 19. OH-02749. [Cite format consulted: Audio recording or Transcript.] Oral History Research Center, Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Acquisition Note
This interview was joint effort between the Oral History Research Center (OHRC), which is part of the UNLV University Libraries Special Collections and Archives Division, and the Junior League of Las Vegas.
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Interview materials were processed by UNLV Libraries Special Collections and Archives in 2019. Hana Gutierrez wrote the collection description.
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A bound transcript is available for use in UNLV Libraries Special Collections and Archives. See call number: F849 L35 .W247 2014