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Miriam Shearing oral history interview (OH-03224)

Abstract

Oral history interview with Miriam Shearing conducted by Claytee D. White on August 15 and September 6, 2017 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project.

Justice Miriam Shearing is the first female member of the Nevada Supreme Court. She talks about her move to Las Vegas in 1968 and the difficulties she faced early on as a woman in the profession of law. Shearing shares how she successfully became a Justice Court Judge and recalls memories from her time on the Supreme Court. She also talks about her husband, Steven Paul Shearing, an ophthalmologist who invented the lens necessary for Lasik eye surgery.

Subjects discussed in first session include: Jim Joyce; Helen Foley; Board of Pardons.

Subjects discussed in second session include: Judge Guy; President Carter; child abuse

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Date

2017-08-15
2017-09-06

Extent

3 digital_files (0.126 GB) MP3

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Scope and Contents Note

Oral history interview with Miriam Shearing conducted by Claytee D. White on August 15 and September 6, 2017 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project.

Justice Miriam Shearing is the first female member of the Nevada Supreme Court. She talks about her move to Las Vegas in 1968 and the difficulties she faced early on as a woman in the profession of law. Shearing shares how she successfully became a Justice Court Judge and recalls memories from her time on the Supreme Court. She also talks about her husband, Steven Paul Shearing, an ophthalmologist who invented the lens necessary for Lasik eye surgery.

Subjects discussed in first session include: Jim Joyce; Helen Foley; Board of Pardons.

Subjects discussed in second session include: Judge Guy; President Carter; child abuse

Digital audio available; no transcript available.

Access Note

To protect sensitive content, while also ensuring that the interviews are preserved for the historical record, some oral history interviews in our collections may be restricted (closed for an agreed-upon number of years), or may require permission from the narrator or interviewer before allowing a researcher access to a restricted interview.

The audio from Session One (2017-08-15) is available for research use, but access of the audio from Session Two (2017-09-06) and supplementary information are closed for 50 years from the interview date. The full collection is open for research use on January 1, 2067. Please contact special.collections@unlv.edu for further information.

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Preferred Citation

Miriam Shearing oral history interview, 2017 August 15 and September 06. OH-03224. [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.

Acquisition Note

This interview was conducted by the Oral History Research Center (OHRC) which is part of the UNLV University Libraries Special Collections and Archives Division.

Processing Note

Interview materials were processed by UNLV Libraries Special Collections and Archives in 2017 and 2022. Kelsey Mazmanyan wrote the collection description. Access copies were created for born-digital audio files. The audio has been minimally reviewed and all readily available information has been included in the description.

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US::NvLN::OH03224

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