Oral history interview with Liliam Lujan Hickey conducted by Claytee D. White on September 7, 2018 for the Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project. Hickey speaks about working on building her educational “village” and the challenges of building in East Las Vegas, Nevada. Hickey discusses her early life in Cuba and life in Cuba before and after the Castro regime and her husband’s decision for both of them to flee Cuba for the United States. She also describes arriving in Las Vegas in 1964, working in real estate, and selling homes to the Cuban community. Hickey details her work with the Latin Chamber of Commerce and her involvement with Career Day at the Latin Chamber. She later discusses being elected to the State Board of Education. The interview ends with Hickey speaking on the neighborhoods she lived in and the political climate in 2018.
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Part of an interview with Dr. William Sullivan by Claytee White on December 20, 2006. Sullivan talks about his work with educational programs, including Upward Bound, the NASA Program, and STEM.
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Commencement program from University of Nevada, Las Vegas Commencement Programs and Graduation Lists (UA-00115).
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Commencement program from University of Nevada, Las Vegas Commencement Programs and Graduation Lists (UA-00115).
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Commencement program from University of Nevada, Las Vegas Commencement Programs and Graduation Lists (UA-00115).
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Commencement program from University of Nevada, Las Vegas Commencement Programs and Graduation Lists (UA-00115).
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Commencement program from University of Nevada, Las Vegas Commencement Programs and Graduation Lists (UA-00115).
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Commencement program from University of Nevada, Las Vegas Commencement Programs and Graduation Lists (UA-00115).
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This collection contains material that documents the career of technology educator Jerry Morlan (1938-2000), primarily in Las Vegas, Nevada. The bulk of the materials date between 1986-1996 and refer to Morlan's role in integrating technology into the classroom in the Clark County, Nevada School District. They include numerous letters of thanks and recommendation from schools throughout the county, as well as Morlan's professional writings and newspaper clippings related to his advocacy of vocational learning in the industrial arts. Also included in the collection is a group of photographs that visually document student projects Morlan directed during the 1980s, as well as a videocassette program from 1991 that offered an introduction to technology.
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