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Photograph of Las Vegas School students, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1910

Date

1910

Archival Collection

Description

A class portrait at the Las Vegas School in Las Vegas, Nevada. The teacher is Mrs. Boohauer. Harold Stocker is the 3rd from the left in the back row. The last girl on the right is Quay Hughes Powers.

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Slide of Tom Cassese, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, circa 1972

Date

1970 to 1974

Description

Tom Cassese, UNLV Department of Education Department.

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Minutes from Temple Beth Sholom Board of Directors meetings, January 1957 - April 1963

Date

1957 to 1963

Archival Collection

Description

The meeting minutes of the board of directors of Temple Beth Sholom, then known as the Jewish Community Center of Las Vegas, Inc., include the proceedings of meetings held from 1957 to 1963.

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Harvey Munford oral history interview

Identifier

OH-02439

Abstract

Oral history interview with Harvey Munford conducted by Claytee D. White on August 21, 2015 for the African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project. Munford begins by discussing his career as a Nevada State Assemblyman and the Nevada legislative process. He then describes his early history, detailing his college education and athletic career as a basketball player for the University of Akron and later at Montana State University Billings. Munford also describes the discrimination he faced as an African American throughout his life particularly during the 1960s and 1970s, arriving in Las Vegas, Nevada in 1966, and his thirty-eight year career as a teacher in the Clark County School District.

Archival Collection

Audio recording clip of interview with Mary Louise Williams by Claytee D. White, June 19, 1998

Date

1998-06-19

Description

Part of an interview with Mary Louise Williams conducted by Claytee D. White on June 19, 1998. Williams recalls working as a showgirl at the Moulin Rouge and traces her subsequent careers as a social worker and school teacher.

Sound

Photograph of Mary Eaton, circa mid-late 1930s

Date

1935 to 1939

Description

Portrait of Boulder City, Nevada teacher and civic leader Mary Eaton. She was the wife of Bruce M. Eaton, who worked on the Hoover Dam project.

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Photograph of Michael James, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 1973

Date

1973

Description

A portrait of Michael James, the Program Development Specialist for Teacher Corps Program, lecturer, and member of the Department of Elementary Education at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV).

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Dr. Douglas Dickerson oral history interview

Identifier

OH-00448

Abstract

Oral history interview with Dr. Douglas Dickerson conducted by Chris Sivels on March 28, 2005 for the Public School Principalship Oral History Project. In this interview, Dr. Dickerson reflects upon his career as a high school teacher and administrator in Nebraska. He discusses his upbringing that influenced his decision to teach, the process by which he became an administrator, and challenges that he routinely faced.

Archival Collection

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority 75th Far Western Region conference materials

Date

2004-04-30

Description

From the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, Theta Theta Omega Chapter Records (MS-01014) -- Chapter records file.

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