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Micheal Reese oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Micheal Reese conducted by Helen Nader on February 27, 1979 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview, Reese discusses his career as a teacher and how the school system has changed in Las Vegas, Nevada over time.
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Beatty Primary School picture: photographic print
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From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series III. Beatty, Nevada -- Subseries III.G. Reidhead Family. Back row, left to right: Shirley Gibbens, Jeanette Poland, Claudia Davies, Mary Lu Bright, teacher Irma Cunningham, Georgina Shirley, Esther Ray McCann, Rowina McLean and Jean Bacoccina. Front row, left to right: Robert Bright, Virginia Revert, Sherry Looney, Julia Landis, Jimmy Shoshone, (?), (?), Tilford Landis.
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Dr. Douglas Dickerson oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Dr. Douglas Dickerson conducted by Chris Sivels on March 28, 2005 for the Public School Principalship Oral History Project. In this interview, Dr. Dickerson reflects upon his career as a high school teacher and administrator in Nebraska. He discusses his upbringing that influenced his decision to teach, the process by which he became an administrator, and challenges that he routinely faced.
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Emmell J. Beech oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Dr. Emmell J. “E. J.” Beech conducted by Salvatore Maranto on November 27, 2006 for the Public School Principalship Oral History Project. In this interview, Dr. Beech reflects upon his career as an elementary and middle school teacher and administrator in California. He discusses how he entered education, his experiences desegregating schools in multiple school districts, and his approach to school administration.
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Clifford J. Lawrence oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Clifford J. Lawrence conducted by Stephany Herrera on April 02, 2001 for the Public School Principalship Oral History Project. In this interview, Lawrence reflects upon his career as a teacher and administrator with Nevada’s Clark County School District (CCSD) from the 1950s to the 1980s. He describes how he first started teaching at the Las Vegas Union School District, before it was named the Clark County School District. He discusses his experiences with school bussing and integration, his approach to school administration, and how his experiences as a teacher shaped his approach to administration. He discusses the importance of principals' community involvement, and their working relationship with assistant principals and the Board of Education.
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Dean Otteson oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Dean Otteson conducted by Felicia McCabe on November 04, 2008 for the Public School Principalship Oral History Project. In this interview, Otteson reflects upon his experiences as a teacher and administrator in Alaska and with the Department of Defense Dependent Schools. He discusses his experiences working with vocational training, working with assistant principals, and challenges that he faced.
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Walter V. Long oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Walter V. Long conducted by Brenda Baechle on February 19, 1979 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In the interview, Long discusses his arrival to Las Vegas, Nevada from Tonopah, Nevada in 1930. Long also discusses his experiences as a teacher and principal in various Las Vegas schools. Other subjects Long discusses include his education, the Boulder (Hoover) Dam's construction, laws for obtaining a teaching certificate during the 1930s, his experiences with Las Vegas High School, and his early life in Tonopah.
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Belia C. Cruz oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Belia C. Cruz conducted by Janel Houldsworth on October 25, 2004 for the Public School Principalship Oral History Project. In this interview, Cruz reflects upon her career as an elementary school teacher and principal in Imperial County, California from the 1970s to the 1990s. She discusses her upbringing, and how her family influenced her involvement with programs such as Head Start, and how this translated into a teaching career. She describes the process by which she eventually became a principal, and her work in bilingual education. She also offers her stance on the contemporary status of the education system, and the standing of bilingual education in the Clark County School District (CCSD). She concludes by describing her experience as a substitute teacher in CCSD, and her involvement with bilingual education.
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Arlen Simonson oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Arlen Simonson conducted by Marc Rogers on April 05, 2004 for the Public School Principalship Oral History Project. In this interview, Simonson reflects upon his 10 years of experience as principal at Indian Springs School in Nevada’s Clark County School District (CCSD) from the 1980s to the 1990s. He discusses his working relationship with students and teachers as the school’s only administrator. He also discusses the school’s relationship with the local United States Air Force base and the Thunderbirds.
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