Teacher Verna Mortensen (1904-1979) was born to Frank and Elthera Cox in Bunkerville, Nevada. The family relocated to St. George, Utah in 1910. Verna Mortensen went on to graduate from Dixie State Junior College in St. George. She served a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to the Eastern United States.
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Black and white group portrait of several women, with the following handwritten description: "Helen Bunker, Martha Kramer, Zella Peterson, Miss Senn (house mother & teacher), Mary Syphus." Also pictured is Florence Bishop. Note: Image is from a family photo album that was loaned to UNLV Libraries Special Collections and returned to the family on July 17, 1984.
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Oral history interview with Thomas Holder conducted by Suzanne Becker on August 08, 2006 for the UNLV @ 50 Oral History Project. In this interview Thomas Holder describes coming to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 1971, changes in the university, and changes in the city of Las Vegas, Nevada. He also talks about supporting First Friday, an arts event in Downtown Las Vegas, his time as the UNLV Art department chair, and working to get the art department accredited with the National Association of Schools of Art and Design.
Archival Collection
The UNLV and Clark County Community College (CCCC) files (1970-2010) sub-series consists of graduate program files and teaching files related to von Till Warren’s time teaching at the two institutions.
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