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Washington University (Saint Louis, Mo.). School of Fine Arts
The Washington University College of Art, located in St. Louis, Missouri, was founded in 1879. In 1878, Wayman Crow, one of the founders of Washington University, sought to dedicate a new museum to his late son, Wayman Crow, Jr. To accompany the museum, the University also created an independent school, creating the St. Louis School and Museum of Fine Arts, the first art school west of the Mississippi River. In 1906, the museum moved to Forest Park and was rededicated as the St. Louis Museum of Fine Arts.
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Morgan, Richard
Richard Morgan was born in 1945 Fresno, California. His parents moved to the San Francisco Bay, California area a few months later, where Morgan grew up and attended school. His father had moved there for the express purpose of giving his children the opportunity to attend the University of California, Berkeley. Morgan did, in fact, graduate from Berkeley in 1967 with a degree in political science.
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Silva, Astrid
Astrid Silva was born in the state of Durango, Mexico. In 1992, she was barely four years old when immigrated with her mother to the United States. After a few months in Los Angeles, California, her father found a better work situation and relocated the family to Las Vegas, Nevada. Astrid attended Doris Hancock Elementary School, Garside Middle School, and was a 2006 graduate of the Advanced Technology Academy (A-Tech).
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Morgan, Richard
Richard Morgan was born in 1945 Fresno, California. His parents moved to the San Francisco Bay, California area a few months later, where Morgan grew up and attended school. His father had moved there for the express purpose of giving his children the opportunity to attend the University of California, Berkeley. Morgan did, in fact, graduate from Berkeley in 1967 with a degree in political science.
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Morlan, Jerry Duane, 1938-2000
Jerry Duane Morlan (1938-2000) was born and raised in Victorville, California. He worked as a letter carrier for the U.S. Post Office from 1960 to 1965 before his eight-year tenure as an industrial photographer at Teledyne Semiconductor in Hawthorne, California. After Teledyne, Morlan was a successful general supervisor of the graphic arts department of leading toy manufacturing company Mattel, continuing to work as a photographer and sometimes acting as a consultant for the Yankee Photo Products company.
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Barbara Givens oral history interview
Oral history interview with Barbara Givens conducted by Claytee D. White on October 05, 2005 for the UNLV @ 50 Oral History Project. Givens discusses moving to Las Vegas, Nevada from Reno, Nevada in 1952 and receiving a degree in teaching from what is now the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She also talks about teaching in two Las Vegas high schools and a class for new teachers at UNLV.
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Yvonne Wade oral history interview, 2025 August 07
Oral history interview with Yvonne Wade conducted by Stefani Evans on August 7, 2025 for the Game On! An Oral History of Las Vegas Sports project. In this interview, Wade talks about her athletic career, both as a competitor and coach. Born in Tokyo, Japan to a Jamaican father and Japanese mother, she and her younger sister traveled extensively and around age two, Wade and her family moved to California. Wade recalls joining the track team during her senior year of high school, and earning a scholarship for track to attended the University of Colorado, Boulder. After initially wanting to major in engineering, Wade realized she enjoyed learning about people and their thought processes and switched to sociology. After graduation, Wade decided to continue competing in track, but could not be on the United States Olympic team as a Japanese citizen. She decided to compete for Japan and made the 1996 and 2000 Olympic teams. While training for the 2004 Games, Wade was injured and had to retire.
Wade eventually combined her sociology experience and love of sports working as an assistance coach at California State University, Long Beach. For Wade, a focus on academics was crucial for success amongst her teams. She brought this mentality to UNLV in 2007, and succeeded in boosting the team's overall performance. Eventually she left UNLV, worked as assistant athletic director at the College of Southern Nevada, and eventually as Director of Athletics at Nevada State University. The university has introduced its first two sports, women's flag football and men's track and field. Wade has a passion for finding opportunities for young students, and is fully committed to the Las Vegas community and its growth. Digital audio and transcript available.
Collection Name: Game On! The Oral History of Las Vegas Sports Interviews
Box/Folder: Digital File 00
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Robin Greenspun oral history interview: transcript
Oral history interview with Robin Greenspun conducted by Barbara Tabach on February 09, 2017 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. In this interview, Greenspun discusses her family background and growing up in Las Vegas, Nevada. She talks about her early interest in the arts, working in television productions, and becoming a film director.
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