Public School Principalship Oral History Project

The Oral History of the Public School Principalship project, initiated in 1986, contains interviews with former elementary, middle, and high school principals. Conducted by Professor Patrick W. Carlton, Ph.D. and his graduate students, the documents capture the views, reminiscences, and accumulated knowledge of these veteran administrators. The collection consists of approximately 400 first-person accounts of service in public school administration by men and women serving in Nevada, Virginia, and 24 other states. Initiated at Virginia Tech, the project and collection activities “migrated” to UNLV in 2000, when Professor Carlton joined the faculty of the College of Education. Collection continued until late 2010. Follow this link to search an online database of interviewees: https://www.library.unlv.edu/faculty/research/principalship/index.php