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Stein, Melody Hope
Melody Hope Stein was born March 26, 1948 in Oceanside, Long Island, New York. She got her education from SUNY Binghamton, Harpur College, and Hofstra University. She taught art education for 46 years, in New York before moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1996. She served for fourteen years as the arts director and art teacher at the Dr. Miriam and Sheldon Adelson Educational Campus (formerly Milton I Schwartz Hebrew Academy) in Summerlin, Nevada.
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Marjorie Conner oral history interview
Oral history interview with Marjorie Conner conducted by Christine Schaeffer on April 18, 2002 for the Public School Principalship Oral History Project. In this interview, Conner reflects upon her more than 30-year career in education, with the most of her career being an administrator with the Clark County School District during the 1980s and 1990s. She discusses challenges that she often faced as an elementary school administrator, and the challenge of opening new schools. She describes the differences between starting at an established school and establishing a new school, and how such experiences shaped her philosophy of education. She also reflects upon her time as assistant principal, principal, and regional superintendent, and discusses the different job responsibilities associated with each position.
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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate University of Nevada, Las Vegas, October 20, 1997
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Biographical essay by Jacques Ribons, 2014
Jacques Ribons describes his life during the Nazi occupation of Poland. During the liquidation of the Jewish ghetto, his family decided to turn themselves in to the Germans. They were sent to a prison and separated. He and his brother survived and went to France with the OSE, and came to the United States in 1947.
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Nancy Cummings-Schmidt oral history interview
Oral history interview with Nancy Cummings-Schmidt conducted by Stefani Evans and Claytee D. White on October 18, 2016 for the Building Las Vegas Oral History Project. In this interview, Cummings-Schmidt discusses her family background in Nevada dating back to the 1800s. She talks about her educational experiences in Las Vegas, Nevada and her work as a library aid at Nevada Southern University (now University of Nevada, Las Vegas). Later, Cummings-Schmidt discusses her role as the Young People’s Library Coordinator for the Sunrise Library in 1973 and talks about racism and sexism in children’s literature. Lastly, Cummings-Schmidt describes the technological development and changes in libraries.
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Rochelle Hooks oral history interview
Oral history interview with Rochelle Hooks conducted by Rebecca Snetselaar and Binnie Wilkin on April 12, 2016 for the Folklife Program of the Nevada Arts Council and the Oral History Research Center at UNLV Libraries. Hooks begins by talking about who she is and what she does. She explains what storytelling is in the African American community and how she used education to tell them. She describes her experiences with storytelling, the lessons she has learned, and what she appreciates about it. Then, Hooks speaks about important people in the African American community and the impact they had. She talks about the reason she moved to Las Vegas, Nevada, the development of the African American community and arts, and the impacts of storytelling. Lastly, she recalls stories about her family history.
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Bernadine Schneider oral history interview
Oral history interview with Bernadine Schneider conducted by an unknown interviewer on an unknown date in 2006 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. Schneider opens her interview by discussing her childhood in Iowa. She talks about growing up with an abusive, alcoholic father, and how that affected her family and her own development. Schneider then explains that her mother sent her to church, which she credits with ultimately saving and improving her live. She talks about how her job at a telephone company allowed her to escape her family, getting married in 1933, her job as a school teacher, and her husband's and brother-in-law's experiences during World War II. Schneider describes the challenges she faced in getting approval permits to start a domestic violence shelter, Safe Nest in Las Vegas, Nevada, and how she often feels left out of the history of the shelter. She then recalls moving to New Mexico in 1952 and Las Vegas, Nevada around 1962 where her husband worked at the Nevada Test Site and she worked for a telephone company. She recalls working as a stockbroker and real estate agent while living in Las Vegas. She discusses her attempt to gain more education and her husband's resistance to her efforts. Lastly she explains how she got her home in Mount Charleston, Nevada.
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Dr. Percy Poon oral history interview
Oral history interview with Dr. Percy Poon conducted by Lisa Gioia-Acres on February 05, 2007 for the UNLV @ 50 Oral History Project. Poon discusses arriving at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 1989 to teach finance and his career as the dean of the College of Business. He also recalls the different styles and contributions of university presidents Robert Maxson and Carol Harter. Other topics discussed include early Las Vegas, Nevada.
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