Abstract
The Ilene Bittle Collection on Basic High School (1942-1982) is comprised of assorted memorabilia and visual materials from Basic High School in Henderson, Nevada. Materials includes scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, event programs and invitations, newsletters, and other school mementos. Black-and-white negatives, photographs, and transparencies of various school events, faculty and staff, and student life are also included in the collection.
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Scope and Contents Note
The Ilene Bittle Collection on Basic High School (1942-1982) is comprised of assorted memorabilia and visual materials from Basic High School in Henderson, Nevada. Materials includes scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, event programs and invitations, newsletters, and other school mementos. Black-and-white negatives, photographs, and transparencies of various school events, faculty and staff, and student life are also included in the collection. Images include various sporting events, early graduating class photographs, campus clubs, and faculty portraits.
Access Note
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
Materials in this collection may be protected by copyrights and other rights. See Reproductions and Use on the UNLV Special Collections and Archives website for more information about reproductions and permissions to publish.
Arrangement
Materials are arranged alphabetically.
Biographical / Historical Note
Basic High School opened in Henderson, Nevada in 1942 and was the first and only high school for the city of Henderson until Green Valley High School opened in 1991. The school was originally named Railroad Pass High School and was located across the street from where Henderson City Hall now stands. In 1945, it was renamed Basic High School and later relocated to a new site near Van Wagenen Street and Pacific Aveunue, which is now the location of Lyal Burkholder Middle School. Now Basic Academy of International Studies, the school again relocated to 400 North Palo Verde Drive and remains open as of 2018.
Sources:
"Getting back to Basic High School"
"Beliefs & Goals" Basic Academy of International Studies website. Accessed December 5, 2018. http://www.basicacademy.org/beliefs-goals
Preferred Citation
Ilene Bittle Collection on Basic High School, 1942-1982. MS-00331. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Acquisition Note
This material was donated in 1993 by Ilene Stokes Bittle; accession number 93-20.
Processing Note
In 2017, as part of a legacy finding aid conversion project, Hana Gutierrez created the collection description in ArchivesSpace. In 2018, as part of an archival backlog elimination project, Sarah Jones rehoused and arranged the materials, and revised the collection description to bring it into compliance with current professional standards.