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Marie Wakefield oral history interview
Oral history interview with Marie Wakefield conducted by Ashley Hardison on November 30, 2008 for the Public School Principalship Oral History Project. In this interview, Wakefield reflects upon her career as an administrator with Nevada’s Clark County School District. She describes her experience as principal of Myrtle Tate Elementary School, her regular job responsibilities, and challenges that she faced. She also describes her experience as an African American woman, and the importance of student and faculty diversity within schools.
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Robert Skaggs oral history interview
Oral history interview with Robert Skaggs conducted by Dr. David Emerson on May 06, 2006 for the UNLV @ Fifty Oral History Project. Skaggs discusses teaching engineering at the University of Nevada Las Vegas, starting in 1969. He also discusses being involved in getting accreditation with Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) Inc. for the engineering college, establishing a chapter of Tau Beta Pi, the engineering honor society, and building an engineering master's and a PhD program.
Archival Collection
Kathryn Howell Papers on Civic Engagement in Nevada
The Kathryn Howell Papers on Civic Engagement in Nevada (1960-2002) contain newspaper articles, correspondence, newsletters, photographs, and personal writings of Kathryn Howell, a teacher, activist, and lobbyist in Southern Nevada. The collection also includes memorabilia from the election of President John F. Kennedy and the 1964 Nevada Centennial celebration, as well as a photograph and letter from former Nevada governor and U.S. senator, Richard H. Bryan.
Archival Collection
Transcript of interview with Roscoe Wilkes by Claytee White, March 19, 2009
Roscoe Wilkes was born in Bonanza, Colorado, and moved with his family to Pioche, Nevada for what his sister called a 75-year pit stop. Soon after their move to this rural Nevada town, Roscoe’s mother became a widow, raising two children during the Depression. Like many families in Pioche, the Wilkes’ made due with what they had, and were creative in sustaining their livelihoods. Roscoe has never stood still. Before enlisting in the military, Roscoe worked various jobs, as a PBX systems operator, a lead zinc miner, and grade school teacher, before enlisting. During World War II, Roscoe became a prisoner of war in Romania, and was rescued a few months later when the Germans began retreating. Returning to the United States after his release, he relocated to a base in California, and married. As soon as Roscoe was relieved of his military service, he took advantage of the then new G.I. Bill and enrolled in the University of Southern California School of Law. He immediately took his degree to Pioche, soon becoming its district attorney, and later a judge. He spent 18 years based in Seattle as a federal administrative law judge, hearing cases prosecuted by the Coast Guard. Roscoe ended his 45-year career in law in 1990, and moved to Boulder City, where four generations of Wilkes live.
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Phi Delta Kappa sorority records
Folder of materials from the Mabel Hoggard Papers (MS-00565) -- Civic engagement file. National Sorority of Phi Delta Kappa certificate, journal, meeting minutes, program, and poem.
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Dr. Agnes Lockette oral history interview
Oral history interview with Agnes Lockette conducted by Shannon Smith on February 26, 1980 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview, Lockette discusses her time as a professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, the early childhood education program she was responsible for developing, and the evolution of education in Nevada from the 1950s to 1980.
Archival Collection
Jack Schofield Papers
The Jack Schofield Papers are comprised of Dr. Jack Lund Schofield's scrapbooks, photographs, and awards from 1968 to 2014. Dr. Schofield was a Nevada System of Higher Education (NSHE) regent, member of the Nevada legislature, and teacher. The scrapbooks document Schofield's involvement with the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) Aerospace program from the 1960s to the 1990s. The awards and photographs are from NSHE and document Schofield's involvement as a regent.
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Crooks, Jean (Jeannette Mactaggart), 1924-2009
Jeanette "Jean" M. Crooks (née Mactaggart) was born May 20, 1924, in Richmond, California. Jean married Lawrence on August 8, 1947, and had two children: James Lawrence and Kathryn Jean. Lawrence Crooks works for Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL).
Crooks obtained a bachelor of arts the the University of California located in Berkeley, California; she also took one year of teacher training at California State at Hayward.
Crooks is a teacher and substitute teacher in Oakland, California and Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Crooks, Jean (Jeannette Mactaggart), 1924-2009
Jeanette "Jean" M. Crooks (née Mactaggart) was born May 20, 1924, in Richmond, California. Jean married Lawrence on August 8, 1947, and had two children: James Lawrence and Kathryn Jean. Lawrence Crooks works for Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL).
Crooks obtained a bachelor of arts the the University of California located in Berkeley, California; she also took one year of teacher training at California State at Hayward.
Crooks is a teacher and substitute teacher in Oakland, California and Las Vegas, Nevada.
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