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Letter and envelope from John M. Bunker, Logan City, Utah to Mary Etta Syphus, Panaca, Nevada
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Archival Collection
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From the Syphus-Bunker Papers (MS-00169). The folder contains an original handwritten letter, an envelope, a typed transcription of the same letter, and a copy of original letter attached.
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Mabel and David Hoggard oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Mabel and David Hoggard conducted by Perry Kaufman on February 23, 1977 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. David first discusses working at Nellis Air Force Base, how the armed forces weren’t segregated, and that segregation was not as big as it was outside of the base. David then explains the hostility between the civilian black community and the military black community. Mabel discusses education in West Las Vegas, Nevada, working with the American Red Cross, Teachers Local, and her membership with the National Education Association.
Archival Collection
Goodall, Lois
Lois Goodall was born July 18, 1938 in Odessa, Missouri to a father who was a farmer and a teacher mother. Goodall went to college to become a teacher, and her freshman year met a young sophomore gentleman by the name of Pat Goodall. They married and while Goodall attended graduate school at the University of Missouri, she taught fifth grade.
Person
Olive, Fern S., 1895-1992
Fern S. Olive was a Las Vegas, Nevada elementary school teacher. She was born September 24, 1895 in Minnesota. Olive later married Wilford Clay Olive on June 5, 1928 and lived in Las Vegas for sixty-five years. She was a member of the Retired Teachers Association and the Daughters of the American Revolution. Olive died July 16, 1992.
Sources:
"Deaths." Las Vegas Review-Journal. July 19, 1992.
Person
Photograph of Morry Mason teaching a class at the University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, circa 1950s-1960s
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of faculty members at the Universtiy of Nevada, Las Vegas, 1983
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Archival Collection
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Handwritten description provided on back of image: "Lilly Fong Excellence in Teaching 4th Annual Award; Second place presented to: Rudolph Johnson, Physical Education, 1983. L-R: Rudolph Johnson, Dean Richard Kunkel (College of Education), Regent Lilly Fong."
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Photograph of Tom Wright and John Wright, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, circa 1970s
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Archival Collection
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