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Otis and Tisha Harris oral history interview
Oral history interview with Otis R. Harris Jr. and Tisha Harris conducted by Claytee White on September 15, 2010 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. In their interview Otis and Tisha talk about growing up in Las Vegas, Nevada during a time of racial change. Otis discusses working for the convention and visitors authority, working on economic development for West Las Vegas, and serving as an Assemblyman. Sylvia "Tisha" Harris discusses working as a teacher in Las Vegas for 29 years. Tisha and Otis also discuss how they have remained active in the community and operate Unibex Global Corporation.
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Ann Lynch oral history interview
Oral history interview with Ann Lynch conducted by Emily Powers on May 27, 2008 for the Heart to Heart Oral History Project. In this interview Ann Lynch discusses moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1959, being camp director for the Girl Scout program at Mount Charleston, and being highly involved with the Parent Teacher Association (PTA), not only at the local level, but at the state level as well. She also discusses being elected as Nevada PTA President, being one of the founding members of the Sunrise Hospital Children's Foundation and the Public Education Foundation, and lobbying in the Nevada State Legislature and in Washington, D.C.
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Burgwardt, Lestor, 1926-
Lestor Burgwardt was born May 24, 1926 in Hamburg, New York. He moved to Henderson, Nevada in 1954 to work as a biology teacher.
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Gaston, Kathleen Bryan, 1949-
Kathleen Bryan was born on June 25, 1949 in Las Vegas, Nevada. She was a student at the University of Nevada, Reno and was a teacher.
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Schoolhouse at Eden Creek, Kawich Mountains, Nevada: photographic print
From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.C. Fallini Family (Twin Springs, Nevada). The school was located in front of the stone house, which belonged to Giovanni Fallini. The children are, Hazel Aragoni, Alice Pete, Dick Pete, and Lawrence Aragoni (identified from left to right); the teacher is Helen Humphrey.
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Group of women standing in a spring: photographic print
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Foutz, Pauleen, 1906-
Pauleen Foutz was born in Provo, Utah on November 26, 1906. She moved to Pioche, Nevada in 1936 and moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1940. She was a school teacher, businesswoman, and a genealogist.
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Bryan, Roger M., 1938-
Roger M. Bryan was born September 13, 1938 in Cedar City, Utah to Marvin Bryan and Ardella Williams. Bryan worked as a journeyman painter and as a teacher and administrator in the Clark County School District.
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Crocker, Clark Hamilton, 1920-
Clark Crocker was born in 1920 in Westfield, Massachusetts and had various careers such as a pilot in the United States Navy and a teacher in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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