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County agent project progress report, Drainage, November 1, 1941

Date

1941-11-01

Description

Discussion of forming a Moapa Valley Drainage District. Project Number: State Office 379, Clark County 38.

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Newspaper article, Aunt Donnie a Resident Here Since Early '30s, Las Vegas Sun, February 12, 1965

Date

1965-02-12

Description

Newspaper article featuring Donnie Ensley. "Aunt Donnie" Ensley was 84 at the time the article was written and came to Las Vegas in 1931. She and her husband, Jake, operated a cafe on First St.

Text

Report on water spreading in Clark County, Nevada as a means of controlling floods, May 9, 1949

Date

1949-05-09

Description

Report on the efficacy of water spreading to disperse flood water in Southern Nevada. Under the immediate Supervision of A. T. Mitchelson, State Project Supervisor. Prepared under the direction of George D. Clyde, Chief, Division of Irrigation and Water Conservation

Text

Photograph of Charles B. Thornton, S. Ramo, and others with the first Hughes Aircraft Company radar antenna, 1952

Date

1952

Description

The first radar antenna produced at Hughes on Sept. 28, 1949 was returned for service three years later at the opening of a new service shop. Pictured from left to right are Charles B. Thornton, S. Ramo, Ray B. Parkhurst, and Harold George

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L. J. Bowman oral history interview

Identifier

OH-00228

Abstract

Oral history interview with L. J. Bowman conducted by Lidia Sedano on October 11, 2004 for the Public School Principalship Oral History Project. In this interview, Bowman discusses his upbringing and path to becoming a teacher during the 1970s. He discusses his experience as a teacher in Wisconsin and in Montana, but highlights his 17 years as principal in various Montana school districts prior to becoming a teacher in the Clark County School District in the 1990s. He discusses his personal philosophy of education, and how it influenced his career as an administrator. He also discusses highlights and challenges of his career, and provides suggestions on what makes a successful principal.

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