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School of Life, 2004

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Guide to the Canadian Film Centre Worldwide Short Film Festival Submissions
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00615
Collection Name: Guide to the Canadian Film Centre Worldwide Short Film Festival Submissions
Box/Folder: Box 2004-038

Archival Component

Westside School Groundbreaking Ceremony

Identifier

OH-02267

Abstract

Westside School Groundbreaking ceremony including Brenda Williams, Hannah Brown, Ricki Barlow, Carolyn Goodman and others on January 17, 2015 for the African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project. In this groundbreaking ceremony, Mayor Carol Goodman and City Councilman Ricki Barlow talk about the significance of the location of the school and its surrounding community. Brown discusses funding for the project and her upbringing in West Las Vegas. Lastly, Williams describes her vision for the Westside community and the renovation of the property.

Archival Collection

Postcard of children outside of a school in Reading, Pennsylvania, circa 1907

Date

1905 to 1909

Archival Collection

Description

Harold Stocker's school in Reading, Pennsylvania.

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Postcard of a high school, Las Vegas, circa 1930s to 1940s

Date

1930 to 1949

Description

An exterior view of a high school. Description given with postcard: "This new Senior High School, built at a cost of $350,000 and a $225,000 grammar school offer preparatory education facilities unexcelled in the entire state of Nevada. School enrollment is now over 2,000."

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Summer School Reading Enrichment Program: documents

Date

1962 (year approximate) to 1972 (year approximate)

Description

From the Clark County Economic Opportunity Board Records -- Series II: Projects. This folder contains documents about the summer school reading enrichment program

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Photograph of Panaca Grammar School, Panaca, Nevada, circa 1916

Date

1916

Description

Photograph of Panaca Grammar School in Panaca, Nevada. Students and teachers are posing in front of the school building.

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Photograph of Las Vegas Grammar School, circa 1920s

Date

1920 to 1929

Description

A view of children playing outside of the Las Vegas Grammar School in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV Records

Identifier

UA-00067

Abstract

The Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV Records (2011-2022) documents the establishment of the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV (formerly known as the UNLV School of Medicine). The materials include meeting agendas and reports from various committees, advisory boards, and the Legislative Counsel Bureau that were assessing economic impact, research strategies, medical education in the state of Nevada, and the development of the Las Vegas Medical District. Promotional and marketing materials in this collection includes event flyers and buttons produced to promote the UNLV School of Medicine. The collection also contains papers from Dr. Barbara Atkinson, the founding dean of the UNLV School of Medicine, such as letters of congratulaions on her appointment and biographical information. Also included are copies of the school's first commencement and hooding ceremony and a memoir written by James Dean Leavitt that details his experience building the School of Medicine as a member of the Board of Regents and as Chairman of the ad hoc Health Sciences Center Committee.

Archival Collection

Photograph of children at Las Vegas School, circa 1912

Date

1910 to 1914

Description

Black and white image of a large group of children in front of the Las Vegas School.

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Bill Yonema Tomiyasu Elementary School: photographic print

Date

1990 to 1999

Description

The Bill Yonema Tomiyasu Elementary School in Las Vegas, Nevada. The wall has a picture of a cartoon dragon breathing fire that reads "Tomiyasu Dragons."

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