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Fort Mojave Indian School Records

Identifier

MS-00034

Abstract

The Fort Mojave Indian School Records (1890-1923) consist of correspondence, finance and administrative records, pump station blueprints, and policy implementation and fact finding records. The school served the Hualapai and Mojave Indians at a site near present-day Kingman, Arizona. The information is contained in two bound volumes.

Archival Collection

Craddock, Patricia Carmichael

Ms. Patricia Craddock was born in Las Vegas in 1928. In this interview, she discusses growing up in Las Vegas, becoming a teacher, the educational system in Nevada. She also discusses the perception of Las Vegas from other people across the country, and recrational activities available to young people at the time. 

Person

University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) 18th commencement program

Date

1981-05-23

Description

Commencement program from University of Nevada, Las Vegas Commencement Programs and Graduation Lists (UA-00115).

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University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) 28th commencement program

Date

1991-05-19

Description

Commencement program from University of Nevada, Las Vegas Commencement Programs and Graduation Lists (UA-00115).

Text

Glynda White oral history interviews

Identifier

OH-01967

Abstract

Oral history interviews with Glynda White conducted by Claytee D. White on March 12, 2013 and August 23, 2014 for the African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project. Glynda White begins by discussing her upbringing in Jackson, Tennessee, where her father was a member of the local National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and was involved in the litigation to desegregate schools in the city. She explains how her father's activism inspired her to pursue a legal career and go to law school after graduating from Lambuth University. White discusses arriving in Las Vegas, Nevada in the 1970s to work as a teacher, later being on the board of the Las Vegas NAACP and working for the Nevada Black Chamber of Commerce. She describes her role at the College of Southern Nevada as a lead faculty member for the Department of Business Administration and Legal Studies, her teaching, and the work she has done to establish African American businesses in the Westside area of Las Vegas, as well as in North Las Vegas, Nevada.

Archival Collection

Jewish Federation correspondence, meeting minutes, and other records, item 10

Description

Community Relations Committee meeting minutes for the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas, Nevada, January 19, 1988.

Karen Grant oral history interview

Identifier

OH-00713

Abstract

Oral history interview with Karen Grant conducted by Leslie Brinks on November 29, 2003 for the Public School Principalship Oral History Project. In this interview, Grant reflects upon her experience as a teacher and school administrator in the Pacific Northwest. She discusses challenges with changing curricula and school safety, and provides her opinion on changing student values and contemporary trends within public schools.

Archival Collection

Southern Nevada school, college, and university photographs, 1962-1994

Level of Description

Series

Scope and Contents

The Southern Nevada school, college, and university photographs depict schools in Las Vegas, Nevada from 1962 to 1994. The photographs depict the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), Nevada Southern University before it became UNLV, St. Viator Catholic School, the Clark County Classroom Teachers Association, Las Vegas High School, and Rancho High School.

Archival Collection

Frank Mitrani Photographs
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Collection Number: PH-00332
Collection Name: Frank Mitrani Photographs
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Archival Component

Photograph of a two dozen roses for a special dinner, Las Vegas, May 23, 1963

Date

1936-05-23

Description

Two dozen American Beauty Roses given to the Classroom Teachers Association Testimonial dinner given by J.S. Park P.T.A.

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