Glass, Mary Ellen, 1927-

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The Commission on the Status of Women Records consist of Affirmative Action material, correspondence, membership rosters, minutes, federal guidelines, an Intercollegiate Athletic Programs for Women position paper about Title IX, and other reports. There is also the Proceedings of Two Workshop Conferences: “Training Women to Meet the Challenge of Today’s New Dimensions,” sponsored by the Governor’s Commission on the Status of Women (June 1969), and miscellaneous publications.

Abstract The Committee on Equal Opportunity, also known as the Equal Opportunity Board, was the 1975 merger of the Human Relations Commission, the Commission on the Status of Women, and the Affirmative Action Compliance Committee. The goal was to study and propose policies to ensure equitable treatment of all members of the University of Nevada community and to consult with the Affirmative Action Officer and President of the University. The collection contains committee records including minutes and...

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Includes correspondence and a biographical checklist on Maude Frazier, Nevada politician and educator, and Glass' biographical sketch on Frazier as submitted to Notable American women.

Abstract Arranged in alphabetical order by name Governor's Day was an annual occasion for honoring ROTC cadets. In 1970, the event was scheduled the same week that American troops went into Cambodia, and four student protestors were killed by National Guard troops at Kent State University in Ohio. Students who opposed the war in Vietnam held a peace rally the same day as Governor's Day, which became a march toward the stadium where the military review was being held. The students marched into the...

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This table of yearly highs and lows of Lake Tahoe elevations was compiled by Alton and Mary Ellen Glass from U.S.G.S. Water Supply papers and records of the U.S. District Court Water Master, Reno.

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Mary Ellen Glass was a historian who worked for the University of Nevada Oral History Project. The collection contains an essay written by Glass about Samuel P. Davis (April 4, 1850–March 17, 1918), former oral historian at the University of Nevada Reno, efforts to honor John W. Mackay with a statue sculpted by John Gutzon Borglum; the statue was placed on the campus of the University of Nevada, Reno.

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Research compiled by Kosso and Mary Ellen Glass, formerly head of the Oral History Program at the University of Nevada, Reno. The collection contains material from 1980 created by Lenore M. Kosso.

Abstract The president is the chief administrative officer of the University of Nevada, Reno. Duties and responsibilities are prescribed by the Board of Regents and may be assisted in the conduct of the duties of the office by vice-presidents and other administrators. The president may also establish and appoint boards and committees. In 1965-1968, the position title was "Chancellor" instead of "President." The collection contains correspondence, reports, campus publications, and other records from...

Abstract The Presidential Search Committee was formed in 1978, with Mary Ellen Glass as chair of the committee. Joseph N. Crowley served as interim president, and then submitted his name as candidate for the permanent position. When Crowley was not listed among the finalists, petitions were circulated by students and staff to place his name on the final list to be submitted to the Board of Regents. The effort was successful, and he was appointed president of the University of Nevada on March 23,...

Abstract Th University Archives Sound Recordings Collection consists of recordings of a University group that toured Europe in 1950, commencement programs between 1953-1979; Honors Convocations, 1970-1979; KUNR's inaugural program, 1963; a memorial service for student body president, Mike Ingersoll, 1966; interviews taken for the University Centennial, 1974, that include students and administrators; interviews by Dale Bohmond and Bernard Jones about the College of Agriculture, 1983, 1984, 1986; taped...