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Spicer, Jim, 1929-1985

Jim Spicer was a rancher and miner in Nye County, Nevada. James Ray Spicer was born in 1929 in Kennie Mill, Florida. He was a co-owner of the Boiling Pot Outfit ranch near Beatty, Nevada. James Ray Spicer passed away on September 17, 1985 at the age of 56.

Source:

McCracken, Robert D. "Interview with James C. Weeks." Beatty Museum. Accessed June 18, 2020. https://www.beattymuseum.org/oral/weeksjames/weeks.pdf.

Person

Dr. Sylvia J. Springer oral history interview

Identifier

OH-01749

Abstract

Oral history interview with Dr. Sylvia J. Springer conducted by Sharon Beatty and Bernard Chamberlain on July 23, 2001 for the Public School Principalship Oral History Project. In this interview, Dr. Springer reflects upon her 20 years as an administrator in Nevada’s Clark County School District (CCSD) from the 1980s to the time of the interview. She compares working with CCSD to working in Colorado, and describes the different priorities in each school district. She describes her personal approach to school administration, her regular responsibilities, and challenges that she faced as principal. She also comments on different management styles, and provides her opinion on management issues within CCSD.

Archival Collection

Postcard of men watching train, Tonopah, circa 1930s

Date

1930 to 1939

Description

Men standing by a car, watching a train passby. Caption says "Train to Tonopah." Probably Tonopah & Tidewater near Beatty.

Image

Staley, Jim

No description.

Person

Tonopah Club and Ace Club, Tonopah: photographic print

Date

1951-07-04

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series III. Beatty, Nevada -- Subseries III.G. Reidhead Family

Image

Portrait of Frank Brockman: photographic print

Date

1980 to 1989

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series III. Beatty, Nevada -- Subseries III.A. Brockman Family

Image

Christmastime in the dugout dwelling occupied by Josiah Irving Crowell: photographic print

Date

1915

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series III. Beatty, Nevada -- Subseries III.D. Crowell Family

Image

Negative: Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad as it crossed the Amargosa River, Nevada: photographic print

Date

1915

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series III. Beatty, Nevada -- Subseries III.D. Crowell Family

Image

Panoramic view of Rhyolite, Nevada: photographic print

Date

1920 (year approximate)

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series III. Beatty, Nevada -- Subseries III.D. Crowell Family

Image

Camp at the Crowell fluorspar mine located at Bare Mountain, Nevada: photographic print

Date

1940 to 1943

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series III. Beatty, Nevada -- Subseries III.D. Crowell Family

Image