Image
Department of the Interior, United States Indian Service 1911 annual report of the conditions on the Moapa River Reservation School. Section I includes reservation law and order. Section II includes reservation health. Section III includes the reservation school. Section IV includes reservation industries (infrastructure).
Text
Materials contain photographs and photographic slides of murals and graphic emblems painted for schools by Robert Beckmann from 1977 to 1993. The photographs primarily depict paintings for schools in Las Vegas, Nevada, including elementary schools, junior high schools, high schools, and several buildings on the University of Nevada, Las Vegas campus.
Archival Component
Archival Component
With the rapidly expanding Hispanic student population in the Clark County school district, a demand for teachers, counselors, and administrators sensitive to the special needs of this segment of the student body became apparent. Gina Valverde White, a Cuban refugee, works to address those needs. Starting her career as a classroom teacher, she went on to become the Assistant Principal at Las Vegas High School and is now Assistant Principal of the Washington Alternative Programs School. She is shown here working with Hispanic high school students.
Image
Image
Image
Image
Image
Image
