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Marie Wakefield oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Marie Wakefield conducted by Ashley Hardison on November 30, 2008 for the Public School Principalship Oral History Project. In this interview, Wakefield reflects upon her career as an administrator with Nevada’s Clark County School District. She describes her experience as principal of Myrtle Tate Elementary School, her regular job responsibilities, and challenges that she faced. She also describes her experience as an African American woman, and the importance of student and faculty diversity within schools.
Archival Collection
Crooks, Jean (Jeannette Mactaggart), 1924-2009
Jeanette "Jean" M. Crooks (née Mactaggart) was born May 20, 1924, in Richmond, California. Jean married Lawrence on August 8, 1947, and had two children: James Lawrence and Kathryn Jean. Lawrence Crooks works for Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL).
Crooks obtained a bachelor of arts the the University of California located in Berkeley, California; she also took one year of teacher training at California State at Hayward.
Crooks is a teacher and substitute teacher in Oakland, California and Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Photograph of Michael James, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 1973
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Archival Collection
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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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Norman, Neosha, 1912-2001
teacher at Boulder City High School, 1940s-1950s; wife of B. Lee Norman, also a teacher at BCHS
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Chris Giunchigliani oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Chris Giunchigliani conducted by Stefani Evans and Claytee D. White on October 20, 2016 for the Building Las Vegas Oral History Project. Giunchigliani talks about her career in the Nevada State Assembly, as a Clark County Commissioner, and as a Clark County School District special education teacher.
Archival Collection