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Laurents Bañuelos-Benitez oral history interview
Identifier
OH-03783
Abstract
Oral history interview with Laurents Bañuelos-Benitez conducted by Rodrigo Vazquez and Barbara Tabach on June 16, 2021 for the Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project. Laurents is a Las Vegas native, graduate of Clark High School, and son of Mexican and Salvadoran immigrants. He is currently an English teacher at Rancho High School and was a former student worker on the Latinx Voices project.
Archival Collection
#68979: Members of the Lincy Institute including Executive Director Robert Lang, Senior Resident Scholar of Social Services Ramona Denby Brinson, Senior Resident Scholar of Education Sonya Douglass Horsford, Senior Resident Scholar of Information Technology Fatma Nasoz, Director of Health Programs Marya L. Shegog, Associate Vice President for Community Relations Lucy Klinkhammer and Business Manager Alexandra Nikolich pose January 31, 2013 at the Fourth Street School location., 2013 January 31
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
University of Nevada, Las Vegas Creative Services Records (2010s)
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Collection Number: PH-00388-05
Collection Name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas Creative Services Records (2010s)
Box/Folder: Digital File 00
Collection Name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas Creative Services Records (2010s)
Box/Folder: Digital File 00
Archival Component
Transcript of interview with Robert Foster by Kelley Tuchman, March 2, 1978
Date
1978-03-02
Archival Collection
Description
On March 2, 1978, Kelley Tuchman interviewed Dr. Robert Foster (born 1921 in Colorado Springs, Colorado), principal of Helen J. Stewart School, about his experiences in educating and helping the mentally disabled. Foster first talks about his background in the military and his eventual teaching experience in special education at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Foster then discusses his motivations for getting into the special education field and later talks about the growth of the program in Clark County and throughout the country. He also describes the role of legislation in helping the mentally disabled and later goes into detail about the approaches of the training and education program itself. Toward the end of the interview, Foster mentions a few of his personal experiences and discusses the importance of volunteering to help the mentally and physically disabled.
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