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Eighth grade class, Tonopah, Nevada: photographic print
From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VI. Tonopah, Nevada -- Subseries VI.F. Potts-Cirac Family. In the back row, Fred Inman, Eddie Warren, Joe Friel, Bill Kendall, Ed Conley, Harvest Hooper, Bob Bab, and teacher Chet Howard. In the middle row, Dorothy Caven, Wanda Barrego, Jeanne Cirac (Potts), Clara West, Norma Morris, Doris Perchetti, Consuelo Morales, and Iris Infield. In front row, Bob Wardle, Roy Sam, Crispin Gallegos, Ilia Barsanti, Ed Olsen, and Loren (?) (identified from left to right).
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Hicks, Pamela Calos, 1946-
On February 16, 1979, collector Elaine Broniecki, interviewed local Clark County School District teacher, Pamela Calos Hicks, (born in Dayton, Ohio, on November 23rd, 1946) in her home in Las Vegas, Nevada. Hicks moved from Ohio to Southern Nevada in 1947. This interview covers Hicks’ recollections of Las Vegas from 1955 to 1979. Hicks’ also lists the addresses of where she has lived within Las Vegas.
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Wright, Lucille, 1913-2001
Lucille Wilson was born to Emma Fineel and Thomas H. Wilson in Verona, Missouri on January 13, 1913. She spent most of her young life in Illinois. She worked as a teacher and married John S. Wright in 1939. The couple moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1956 when he got a job at Nevada Southern University, now known as the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. The couple had three children. Lucille passed away on November 19, 2001 in Las Vegas.
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Gavrin, David
David Gavrin, a former teacher, has been an on and off resident of Las Vegas since 1974 until he moved permanently to the town in 2003. He and his wife, Rosa, a former CPA, were from New York and were members of Temple Beth Sholom in Roslyn New York. When they moved to Las Vegas they purchased a house near Midbar Kodesh Temple and have been active members ever since with David serving as the Men's Club President.
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Gavrin, David
David Gavrin, a former teacher, has been an on and off resident of Las Vegas since 1974 until he moved permanently to the town in 2003. He and his wife, Rosa, a former CPA, were from New York and were members of Temple Beth Sholom in Roslyn New York. When they moved to Las Vegas they purchased a house near Midbar Kodesh Temple and have been active members ever since with David serving as the Men's Club President.
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Judge Jack Lehman oral history interview
Oral history interview with Jack Lehman conducted by Claytee D. White on October 17, 2007 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. Jack Lehman discusses his military career, the Korean War, and the civil rights movement in Nevada. He also discusses being a lawyer at the biggest law firm in Las Vegas, Nevada, a district court judge, and an instructor of a hotel law class at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
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Edith Leavitt oral history interview
Oral history interview with Edith Leavitt conducted by Enrico Mecina on February 07, 1977 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview, Leavitt talks about moving to Las Vegas, Nevada from St. George, Utah for a teaching position in August of 1945. She discusses the history of the school district and racial integration of the school system.
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