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Audio clip from interview with Raymonde Fiol, August 12, 2015

Date

2015-08-12

Description

In this clip, Raymonde "Ray" Fiol talks about visiting the town in which she and her family were interned in France during the Nazi occupation, and the local woman who helped her tell her story.

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Jewish Federation correspondence, meeting minutes, and other records, item 17

Description

Community Relations Committee meeting mintues for the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas, Nevada, March 28, 1988.

Smith, Fred C. "Cal", 1926-2013

teacher at Boulder City High School, 1940s-1950s

Person

Photographic Postcard of Doris Hancock with her first class, Belmond, Iowa circa 1918

Date

1918

Description

Doris Hancock with her first class in the Fall of 1918 at the Tyrell School; Note on photo sleeve: "Doris (Hancock) with her first class - fall of 1918 - Tyrell school, Belmond, Iowa, Doris in rear wearing black dress; standing to the right of the girl with large bow".

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Photograph of combination of high school first year and District School, Nevada, circa 1927

Date

1926 to 1928

Description

Black and white photo of combination of high school first year and District School. First high school graduates. Graduated in three years. They were: Edna Wadsworth, Sue Heaps, Amy Coverwell, Washington Edwards, Elmer B. Edwards, George Quincy Keele, and Lawrence Wadsworth.

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Transcript of interview with Beula Jane Adams by Maureen Beth Conner, May 11, 1977

Date

1977-05-11

Description

Maureen Conner interviews educator Beula Jane Adams (b. 1902) at her home in Las Vegas, Nevada. Born in Smithfield, Nebraska, Adams relocated to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1932. During the interview Adams explores and highlights the role of education in relation to the social development of Nevada. Adams discusses presidential visits, early above ground atomic tests, and her involvement in local politics. Adams also discusses religion and how she became a Seventh-day Adventist Christian.

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Transcript of interview with Bill Belknap by R. J. Johnson, February 12, 1979

Date

1979-02-12

Description

R. J. Johnson interviews Bill Belknap (b. 1920) at his home about Southern Nevada through the eyes of an established local photographer. Belknap discusses Colorado River, Nevada State Advisory Commission, WWII, Henderson Power Plant during WWII, El Rancho 1940s, Tule Springs Archaeological Project 1966-1967, Atomic Testing, Lake Mead, Boulder City, music and Jazz in Southern Nevada, teaching at UNLV, photography, and the Grand Canyon.

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Mills, Ruth Annette

Ruth Annette Mills was born December 13, 1932 and was raised in Washington, D.C.. Mills and her husband, Charles Mills, lived in Georgia, Texas, and Maryland before coming to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1968. She worked as a typist for the Office of Education at one point and did volunteer work for her church, the Cub Scouts, and the League of Women Voters (LWV). Mills also worked as a clerk-typist for the Clark County School District, and eventually became a teacher through the Teacher Corps program.

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