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