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Video Interview with Eva G. Simmons at Vegas PBS, November 19, 2013

Date

2013-04-12

Description

Eva is a founder of Les Femme Douze, a teacher for nearly four decades, community leader. Talks about recruitment of black teachers; Mabel Hoggard among other topics from the 1960s-1980s; and the future of the Westside.

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Photograph of Adalberto Meneses and woman, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, circa 1970s

Date

1970 to 1979

Description

Adalberto Meneses, teacher, and a woman at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

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Photograph of a school group photo, Beatty (Nev.), 1937-1938

Date

1937 to 1938

Description

A picture of students and teachers in front of the schoolhouse posing for a group photo.

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Transcript of interview with Judith Ann Allaire by Tracye Ann Collins, March 10, 1980

Date

1980-03-10

Description

Tracye Ann Collins interviews teacher Judith Ann Allaire in her classroom at Valley High School in Las Vegas, Nevada. Allaire was born in Chicago, Illinois on March 24th, 1944, and relocated to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1955. This interview covers education, growing up in Las Vegas, and politics in Nevada. Allaire also discusses the various job titles she has held, such as medical social worker, secretary, cocktail waitress, drug counselor, dancer, and teacher, in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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State of Nevada Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 78

Date

1989

Archival Collection

Description

From the Mabel Hoggard Papers (MS-00565) -- Personal papers file. Resolution expressing condolences about the death of Mabel Hoggard, and listing her accomplishments. State of Nevada Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 78, adopted by the Assembly June 6, 1989; adopted by the Senate June 7, 1989

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Transcript of interview with Dr. Porter Troutman by Claytee D. White, November 20, 2006

Date

2006-11-20

Description

Interview with Dr. Porter Troutman conducted by Claytee D. White on November 20, 2006. Active in the civil rights movement during college in the 1960s, Troutman became a teacher and later Director of National Teacher Corps, a competency-based teacher education program. His courses at UNLV focus on multicultural education.

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Betty Henderson Professional Papers

Identifier

MS-00253

Abstract

The Betty Henderson Professional Papers (1963-1985) are comprised of materials produced by Betty Henderson in her capacity as a private music teacher in Las Vegas, Nevada and as a member of the Nevada Music Teachers Association (NMTA). The collection includes scrapbooks of concert programs and NMTA events, materials from Henderson's experiences in Europe as a People-to-People ambassador with the Music Teachers National Association, and recordings on reel-to-reel tapes of concerts Henderson performed in or judged.

Archival Collection

Kaweeda Adams oral history interview

Identifier

OH-00007

Abstract

Oral history interview with Kaweeda Adams conducted by Kim Kershaw on March 05, 2004 for the Public School Principalship Oral History Project. In this interview, Adams reflects upon her career as a teacher in Louisiana from the 1980s to the 1990s, and as a teacher and administrator with Nevada’s Clark County School District (CCSD) from the 1990s to the early 2000s. She discusses her upbringing, and how her upbringing influenced her pursuit of education. She describes the process by which she became a teacher and eventually administrator, and compares her experiences working in Louisiana and Nevada. She discusses how these experiences shaped her philosophy of education, as well as changes that she has observed in the students over time. She describes her regular job duties, as well as challenges that she faced as a school administrator such as teacher dismissal and evaluations.

Archival Collection

Transcript of interview with Dr. Agnes Lockette by Shannon Smith, February 26, 1980

Date

1980-02-26

Description

Interview with Dr. Agnes Lockette conducted by Shannon Smith on February 26, 1980. Lockette moved to Nevada to be an elementary school teacher and an early childhood education professor at UNLV. She reviews the evolution of education in Las Vegas from the 1950s through the 1980s.

Text

Vassili Sulich, image 015: photographic print

Date

1950 to 2011

Archival Collection

Description

Vassili Sulich teaching at the Professional Dance Teachers Association Conference in Boston n.d.

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