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Steven Henick oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Dr. Steven Henick conducted by Jackie Beck on March 03, 2006 for the Public School Principalship Oral History Project. In this interview, Dr. Henick reflects upon his 25-year career as a teacher and administrator with Nevada’s Clark County School District (CCSD). He describes his approach to school administration, and the ways in which his approach shaped his interactions with teachers and experiences with testing. He also discusses his experience working as a central office administrator, and explains different pressures that the central office encounters.
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Transcript of interview with Chris Guinchigliani by Suzanne Becker, July 20, 2007
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Transcript of interview with Melody Stein by Barbara Tabach, August 16, 2016
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In this interview, Stein lovingly describes various forms and mediums of art, especially rubber stamping, which included starting and managing a related craft publication, National Stampagraphic, as well as working with polymer clay. She talks about her involvement with the local Polymer Clay Guild, of which she is president, and their various projects, including Bottles of Hope and Hearts for Heroes. Stein also discusses her teaching career at the Hebrew Academy and Adelson Educational Campus.
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Patrice Johnson oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Dr. Patrice Johnson conducted by Kiley Veigel on November 16, 2009 for the Public School Principalship Oral History Project. In this interview, Johnson reflects upon her more than 20-year career as a teacher and school administrator in California and in the Clark County School District. She discusses her upbringing and how she always wanted to be a teacher, her training to become a teacher, and experiences in teaching. She describes her path to becoming a school principal, and eventually assistant superintendent for the Clark County School District. She also discusses how her family life has shaped her approach to teaching, in addition to regular job duties that she faced as a teacher and administrator.
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Committee for the Center for Continuing Education and Special Events and the Architectural Committee correspondence and planning documents; Thomas & Mack Center correspondence and architectural drawings; Nevada Southern University operating budget; University of Nevada, Las Vegas requisitions; and Title I grant documents, 1968-1982
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Collection Name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas Office of Continuing Education Records
Box/Folder: Box 03 (Restrictions apply)
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Richard Erbe oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Richard Erbe conducted by Marcela Yepes on March 19, 1978 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview Erbe discusses his educational background, his first teaching position as a fifth grade teacher, and his military experience. He also talks about church activity, politics, and social activities in Las Vegas, Nevada. Erbe also discusses his views on the educational system, his experiences as a principal, and some challenges he encountered at the administrative level.
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Curtis Jones oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Curtis Jones conducted by Lisa Holm on November 18, 2006 for the Public School Principalship Oral History Project. In this interview, Jones reflects on his nearly 30-year career in the Clark County School District as a teacher, assistant principal, and principal from the late 1970s to the early 2000s. He discusses his family upbringing and early inspirations that led him to pursue principalship, and challenges that he faced as a school administrator. He also discusses pressures that teachers and administrators face on a regular basis, and offers suggestions for how to manage job demands.
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Royal Caledonian Asylum 87th anniversary festival, menu, Wednesday, June 18, 1902, at Hotel Cecil Grand Hall
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Correspondence, reports, and budgets regarding UNLV campus buildings including the Tonopah Residence Complex, Bureau of Business and Economic Research, Classroom and Physical Education Building, Science and Engineering Building, Maude Frazier Hall, Archie C. Grant Hall, and Chemistry Building, 1958-1975
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Collection Name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas Physical Plant Planning and Development Committee Records
Box/Folder: Box 02
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Beverly Mathis oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Beverly Mathis conducted by Claytee D. White on July 20, 2016 for the African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project. In this interview, Mathis discusses her early life in Trenton, Tennessee. She talks about experiencing discrimination, the importance of voting, and attending the University of Tennessee at Martin. Mathis describes moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1976 and being an African American elementary teacher at the time. Lastly, Mathis discusses her thoughts on education in Nevada.
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