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Oral history interviews with Wayne Tanaka conducted by Patrick Cartlon on July 18, 22, and 29, 2002 and August 5, 2002 for the Public School Principalship Oral History Project. In this interview, Wayne Tanaka discusses being born and raised in Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii to first and second-generation immigrants from Japan. He recalls first meeting and later marrying his wife, Sadie. He received a bachelor's degree in geography from University of Utah in 1971, and a master's degree in education administration in 1974 from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). Tanaka discusses his past employment for many different Clark County School District schools, and his current position as Executive Director and Principal for the Andre Agassi College Preparatory Academy in Las Vegas, Nevada. Digital audio and transcript available.
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Collection is open for research. Where use copies do not exist, production of use copies is required before access will be granted; this may delay research requests. Advanced notice is required.
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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. Some transcripts do not exist in final form, therefore any editing marks in a transcript (deletions, additions, corrections) are to be quoted as marked.
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Wayne Tanaka oral history interviews, 2002 July 18-August 05. OH-01801. [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
Materials from this oral history project were transferred to UNLV Libraries Special Collections and Archives by Professor Patrick Carlton of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas College of Education. Transfers began in 2002 and are ongoing.
Processing Note
Interview materials were processed by UNLV Libraries Special Collections and Archives in 2017. Sarah Jones wrote the collection description. The audio cassette(s) for this interview have been reformatted by an external vendor into a digital format. MP3 files of the audio are available for research use. Access copies were created for born-digital transcript files.
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Existence and Location of Copies
A bound transcript is available for use in UNLV Libraries Special Collections and Archives. See call number: CT247 .T36 2002