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Leaf, Joyce Nelson, 1950-
Hired in 1985, Joyce Nelson-Leaf developed and headed the Educational Equity Resource Center (EERC) at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. The EERC intended to encourage students to explore non-traditional careers, challenge gender bias in classrooms and workplaces, and encourage young women to seek vocational training.The EERC opened in the summer of 1989 and closed on June 30, 2000.
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Photograph of cofferdam construction, Hoover Dam, 1932
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1932
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Before completion of cofferdam on Colorado River. Canyon showing start of fill for cofferdam. Oct 3, 1932. Note on back: ""Crowding river over prior to installation of Coffer Dam. Then diverted river through diversion tunnels. - W. A. Davis.""
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Photograph of tunnel at Hoover Dam site, circa 1932
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1931 to 1933
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View of a few workers starting to create the pilot tunnel; work was completed before diversion tunnel. Note on back: "Starting the portal, 10 ft. bore, not more than 20 ft. deep in this photo - W. A. Davis, 1992."
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