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Dr. Carolyn Reedom oral history interview

Identifier

OH-01544

Abstract

Oral history interview with Dr. Carolyn Reedom conducted by Kristina Knebl on November 22, 2006 for the Public School Principalship Oral History Project. In this interview, Dr. Reedom reflects upon her 28 years as a principal in Nevada’s Clark County School District (CCSD). She discusses the process by which she became an elementary school principal, and compares it with when she served as a high school principal. She discusses her approach to school administration, and how her experience as a 27-year old principal of Red Rock Elementary School shaped her career. She also describes her experience with school desegregation, and explains why she believes it was desegregation instead of integration.

Archival Collection

Margie Llorente Gonzales oral history interview

Identifier

OH-03804

Abstract

Oral history interview with Marietta "Margie" Llorente Gonzales conducted by Cecilia Winchell, Vanessa Concepcion, and Stefani Evans on November 1 and 22, 2021 for Reflections: The Las Vegas Asian American and Pacific Islander Oral History Project. Margie Llorente-Gonzales discusses her upbringing in Manila, the Philippines and her family history within the country, recalling the lives of her parents, grandparents, and great grandparents. She talks about her childhood, educational pursuits, and courtship with her husband in the Philippines. Margie shares how she and her husband immigrated to the United States, how she adapted to her new life as an immigrant dependent on her extended family, and how she and her husband came to settle in Las Vegas. She talks about her artistic pursuits in the forms of dance choreography and performing, scriptwriting, broadcasting, and publishing newsletters. Margie also discusses her employment at McCarran Airport and her political activism, canvassing, and committee work in the Philippines and the United States.

Archival Collection

Washington's birthday at the Hotel Atlas, menu, Friday, February 22, 1901

Date

1901-02-22

Archival Collection

Description

Note: Menu is printed on textured red paper in gold ink. Full-length portrait of George Washington on one side Restaurant: Hotel Atlas Location: Dayton, Ohio, United States

Text

Photograph of Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra performing in the Copa Room, Las Vegas, January 22, 1964

Date

1 to 22

Archival Collection

Description

Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra onstage in the Sands Hotel Copa Room in Las Vegas on Martin's 1964 opening night.

Image

Riviera Hotel and Casino: Las Vegas, Nevada, 1954 May 22; 1984 April 23

Level of Description

Series

Scope and Contents

This series includes drawings of the both original Riviera Hotel building prepared by Roy F. France & Son Architects (architect) and J. Maher Weller (architect) and later drawings for additions, alterations, and renovations by Martin Stern Jr., (architect).

Archival Collection

Martin Stern Architectural Records
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Collection Number: MS-00382
Collection Name: Martin Stern Architectural Records
Box/Folder: N/A

Archival Component