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Application and supporting documents for the naming of Mark L. Fine Elementary School, 2007

Date

2007

Archival Collection

Description

The application and supporting documents provide details about Mark Fine and his contributions to Clark County and Las Vegas, Nevada. There are letters of support from many members of the community, including his children and elected officials, and from leaders in religious groups, non-profit organizations and business enterprises.

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Grant Application to the Nevada Humanities Committee, circa 1984

Date

1983 to 1985

Description

Grant Application to the Nevada Humanities Committee, Inc. for the Nevada Student Conference on the Holocaust and Human Rights.

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Transcript of interview with Lt. Col. Jane A. Bigelow by Rebecca Shurley, November 05, 1985

Date

1985-11-05

Description

Rebecca Shurley interviews Lieutenant Colonel Jane A. Bigelow, born in Buffalo, New York in 1943, about her career as a nurse in the Air Force. Bigelow discusses her experiences mainly as a flight nurse and its unique challenges as well as her experiences in the intensive care unit during the Vietnam War. She provides details on her career progression from staff nurse to her then current position of chief nurse of the United States Air Force Hospital at Nellis Air Force Base. Bigelow also describes some of the educational requirements for becoming a nurse as well as the demands of the nursing profession.

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Nevada Southern University Department of Political Science Records

Identifier

UA-00017

Abstract

The Nevada Southern University Department of Political Science Records (1966-1968) is comprised of departmental meeting minutes, course syllabi, and promotional flyers for summer sessions. The collection also contains marketing materials, event planning documents, and correspondence relating to the Four-State Labor Relations seminar that took place in 1968.

Archival Collection

Grant M. Bowler oral history interview

Identifier

OH-00226

Abstract

Oral history interview with Grant M. Bowler conducted by David N. Cunningham on February 20, 1972 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. During this interview, Bowler discusses his personal family history in relation to Nevada, education, employment, and his thirty seven years of experience as a principal in Moapa Valley, Nevada.

Archival Collection

Nevada Southern University law program: reports and correspondence

Date

1966 to 1968

Description

Folder contains memorandums, correspondence related to the law program at Nevada Southern University (later UNLV). It includes a report on the NSU law program (fall term 1967-1968), a report of the Association of American Law Schools Committee on Guidelines for New Law Schools (1966), and a report of Dean Willard H. Pedrick, Arizona State University College of Law (1967). From the University of Nevada, Las Vegas William S. Boyd School of Law Records (UA-00048).

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Transcript of interview with Lonnie G. Wright by Claytee D. White, October 23, 2009

Date

2009-10-23

Description

Interview with Lonnie G. Wright conducted by Claytee D. White on October 23, 2009. Wright played basketball at UNLV and became a successful local educator and businessman. His grandmother worked as a maid for prominent Las Vegans.

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Dorothy Eisenberg oral history interview

Identifier

OH-02176

Abstract

Oral history interview with Dorothy Eisenberg conducted by Barbara Tabach on October 23, 2014 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. In this interview, Eisenberg discusses her childhood in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania during the Great Depression, her religious upbringing, and attending Hebrew school. She talks about her early passion for civic involvement, attending Temple University, and moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1964. Eisenberg then discusses Temple Beth Sholom Las Vegas, receiving a teaching certificate at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and her involvement with the League of Women Voters. Lastly, Eisenberg recalls her participation with school desegregation, her involvement with the Public Education Foundation, and having a school named in her honor.

Archival Collection

University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) Fall 2019 commencement program

Date

2019-12-17

Description

Commencement program from University of Nevada, Las Vegas Commencement Programs and Graduation Lists (UA-00115).

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