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Leain Vashon oral history interview

Identifier

OH-02120

Abstract

Oral history interview with Leain Vashon conducted by Claytee D. White on July 29, 2014 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. Vashon discusses joining and eventually getting elected the Vice President of the Culinary Workers Union Local 226. He also discusses union benefits, strikes, today's union members, the future of the union movement, why unions are still necessary, family participation, and his 30 year employment as a bellman.

Archival Collection

Hermina Washington oral history interview

Identifier

OH-02428

Abstract

Oral history interview with Hermina Washington conducted by B. Leon Green on March 02, 2013 for the African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project. Washington discusses her career with the State of Nevada, working under different governors, and raising her three sons with her high school sweetheart. Washington also discusses her various residences on the Westside over the years, her role of church growing up, and changes of Las Vegas, Nevada as a city.

Archival Collection

Dr. Ed Goldman oral history interview

Identifier

OH-02637

Abstract

Oral history interview with Dr. Edward Goldman conducted by Barbara Tabach on March 22, 2016 and April 04, 2016 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. Goldman discusses his career as a Clark County School District teacher, negotiator, and regional superintendent over the span of thirty years. He also talks about his activity in the Las Vegas, Nevada Jewish community at Temple Beth Sholom and being a founding member of Midbar Kodesh Temple.

Archival Collection

Gary Delvin oral history interview

Identifier

OH-00417

Abstract

Oral history interview with Gary Delvin conducted by Roberta Threatt on April 08, 2003 for the Public School Principalship Oral History Project. In this interview, Delvin reflects upon his nearly 30-year career as an elementary school teacher and administrator in Oregon from the 1970s to the early 2000s. He discusses his upbringing and path to becoming a teacher, his philosophy of education, and training that he feels was most helpful throughout his career.

Archival Collection

JoAnne K. Schlekewy oral history interview

Identifier

OH-01654

Abstract

Oral history interview with JoAnne K. Schlekewy conducted by Wanda Renfrow on November 26, 2002 for the Public School Principalship Oral History Project. In this interview, Schlekewy reflects upon her nearly 30-year career as an administrator with Nevada’s Clark County School District from the 1970s to the 2000s. She describes the process by which she became a counselor and eventually principal, describes her regular responsibilities, and discusses the importance of establishing working relationships with teachers.

Archival Collection