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Alan Cummings Research Files

Identifier

MS-01038

Abstract

The Alan Cummings Research Files (1974-2004) are comprised of research files compiled by Cummings, an elementary school teacher for the Clark County School District (CCSD) in Southern Nevada. The files represent Cummings's work to persuade the Teacher's Health Trust, the employee benefit plan for the school district, to consider domestic partnership benefits for CCSD educators and administrators. Materials include personal correspondence, newspaper clippings, magazines, and court cases.

Archival Collection

Fredric Watson oral history interview

Identifier

OH-02977

Abstract

Oral history interview with Fredric “Rick” Watson conducted by Mark Romonoski on April 19, 2001 for the Public School Principalship Oral History Project. In this interview, Watson reflects upon his more than 30-year career with Nevada’s Clark County School District as a teacher and administrator from 1964 to 2000. He describes the process by which he became an elementary school principal, and discusses his personal approach to education. He describes challenges that he faced at different elementary schools, discusses political challenges within the school district, and comments on having a school named after him.

Archival Collection

Tom Maveal oral history interview

Identifier

OH-01227

Abstract

Oral history interview with Tom Maveal conducted by Cheryl Peters on April 13, 2004 for the Public School Principalship Oral History Project. In this interview, Maveal reflects upon his nearly 30-year career as a teacher and administrator with Nevada’s Clark County School District from the 1970s to the 2000s. He discusses his experiences working as an administrator with Title I, and compares this with his experience as a principal. He describes his regular job responsibilities and challenges, and discusses bilingual education programs.

Archival Collection

Geneva Stark Merwin oral history interview

Identifier

OH-01289

Abstract

Oral history interview with Geneva Stark Merwin conducted by Elizabeth Nelson Patrick on August 24, 1983 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview, Merwin discusses her career and experiences as a teacher in Pahrump, Nevada after moving there in 1941. Merwin also discusses some of the people in the town and its layout. Merwin goes on to describe her teaching career in Las Vegas, Nevada after being recommended to the school board by Maude Frazier.

Archival Collection

Slide of Stanley Grenda, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, circa 1968

Date

1968

Description

A view of UNLV chemistry professor Stanley Grenda lecturing.

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Photograph of Dr. Friedwardt Winterberg, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 1969

Date

1960 to 1979

Description

Dr. Friedwardt Winterberg, a professor of Physics at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV).

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Photograph of Dr. Friedwardt Winterberg, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 1969

Date

1960 to 1979

Description

Dr. Friedwardt Winterberg, a professor of Physics at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV).

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Photograph of Dr. Joseph Fromme, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 1977

Date

1977

Description

A portrait of Dr. Joseph Fromme, the Assistant Professor of Engineering, at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV).

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Photograph of Dr. Aaron Goldman, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 1973

Date

1973

Description

Dr. Aaron Goldman, Professor of Mathematics, at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

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Photograph of Charles (Chuck) Lee, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, circa 1978

Date

1978

Description

Charles (Chuck) Lee, band director, in action at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV).

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