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Kenny Bayless oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Kenny Bayless conducted by Eric Billington on November 20, 2014 for the African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project. Bayless begins the interview by talking about his childhood in California and his religious upbringing. He then discusses moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1972 in order to pursue a career in teaching and coaching track. Bayless discusses his views of Las Vegas upon his arrival, namely the perceptions towards black people in the area. He then details his life as a teacher for the Clark County School District (CCSD), and teaching at the juvenile detention center after his retirement from CCSD. Bayless also discusses the night life in Las Vegas from the 1970s to the present, he talks about the exclusion of black people from certain establishments and the Moulin Rouge Hotel as a respite for black night life in West Las Vegas.
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Jane McCarthy oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Jane McCarthy conducted by Claytee D. White on November 06, 2006 for the UNLV @ 50 Oral History Project. In this interview, McCarthy discusses her involvement with the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) College of Education and their outreach program with the Navajo Nation. She explains that UNLV professors visit the reservation and offer graduate classes to teachers. McCarthy describes the reservation she visited, doing her sabbatical on the reservation in 2002, and the challenges that come with teaching Navajo children. Later, McCarthy recalls how she became involved with the Accelerated Schools Project, starting her career at Stanford University, and the differences between Stanford and UNLV. Lastly, McCarthy talks about the No Child Left Behind Act and the shortage of teachers in the Clark County School District (CCSD).
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Pamela Goynes-Brown oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Pamela Goynes-Brown conducted by Kane Toomer on November 26, 2014 for the African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project. In this interview, Goynes-Brown discusses her upbringing and describes her life in Las Vegas, Nevada. She talks about her education, being involved in music, and explains why her parents decided to move to Las Vegas. Goynes-Brown recalls experiencing racism in school, her employment at Mabel Hoggard Elementary School as a music teacher, and working in the Clark County School District. Later, Goynes-Brown talks about African American community leaders in Las Vegas and serving on the City Council of North Las Vegas. Lastly, Goynes-Brown talks about the importance of voting, especially the African American community, and the development of the West Las Vegas.
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Elizabeth Ku oral history interview, 2024 August 26
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Oral history interview with Elizabeth Ku conducted by Claytee D. White and Stefani Evans on August 26, 2024 for the UNLV Remembers: an Oral History of the 6 December 2023 Shootings project. In this interview, Ku, a UNLV mechanical engineering major, describes planning to meet friends for lunch at the Student Union, but when schedule conflicts delayed their lunch, she instead went to the UNLV community garden. As she started heading for the Thomas T. Beam Engineering Complex - Building B (TBE-B), she saw people running and received the first text alert. As she neared the Science and Engineering Building (SEB), some professors waved her inside the teachers' lounge, where she sheltered with three other students and about four professors. The group in the teachers' lounge played Uno to keep themselves calm; the professors also shared snacks. Ku shares that this experience taught her she is loved; she has a support system; and she has reasons for joy and to live. Digital audio and transcript available.
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Collection Name: UNLV Remembers: an Oral History of the 6 December 2023 Shooting interviews
Box/Folder: Digital File 00 (Restrictions apply)
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Letter and envelope from Mary Etta Syphus, Provo City, Utah to John M Bunker, Logan City, Utah
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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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Elsa Lopez-Martinez oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Elsa Lopez-Martinez conducted by Barbara Tabach on June 21, 2021 for Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project.
Elsa, one of the original student interviewers for the Latinx Voices project, talks about her family, her Mexican-American roots, and her experience learning Spanish and English. She discusses her education at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and her work as an interviewer with Latinx Voices before her graduation. Elsa also shares what it has been like entering the workforce as an elementary school teacher during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Linguistics teaching and research files, 1953 to 1998
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The Linguistics teaching and research files (1953-1998) contain articles, speeches, correspondence, interviews, workshops, conference materials, and audio/visual material. There are files on graffiti, symbolism, ethnic and regional speech difference, language usage, and National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) material.
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Collection Name: Thomas Clark Professional Papers
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Erica Mosca oral history interview: transcript
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Oral history interview with Erica Mosca conducted by Cecilia Winchell, Stefani Evans, and Jerwin Tiu on February 3, 2023 for the Reflections: the Las Vegas Asian American and Pacific Islander Oral History Project. In this interview, Mosca reflects on her life journey from a low-income Asian American to a current serving Nevada State Assemblywoman. She recalls that most of her childhood was in Palm Springs, California where she enjoyed a diverse community of students within her education system. It was not until she moved to Navato, California where she first experienced the economic and resource gap between economically diverse areas. Mosca went on to be involved in a college readiness program and received a scholarship to Boston University. After college, Mosca went on to work for Teach for America where she was stationed on the east side of Las Vegas at Goldfarb Elementary School where she grew a passion for leadership. She eventually returned to school and graduated from Harvard University, returning to Las Vegas to start her nonprofit "Leaders in Training." Mosca hopes to inspire change in her communities by enacting legislation and initiatives targeted towards the communities she was and continutes to be a part of.
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