Jerry Morlan Collection. 1956-1998.

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Jerry Morlan Collection. 1956-1998.

This collection comprises elements that document the career of technology educator Jerry Morlan, primarily in Las Vegas, Nevada, spanning the 1970s to 1990s. The bulk of the materials refer to Morlan's role in the Clark County School District in integrating technology into the classroom, primarily supported by numerous letters of thanks and recommendation from schools all over the county. Morlan's professional writings and news clippings demonstrate his advocacy of vocational learning by way of industrial arts. Also included in the collection is a group of photographs that visually document projects Morlan engaged students in during the 1980s, as well as a videocassette program from 1991 that seeks to act as an introduction to technology. The collection is housed in one document box and one flat oversize box.

2 boxes (1.5 linear feet).

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Morlan, Jerry, 1938-2000.

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Jerry Duane Morlan was born in 1938 and attended high school in Victorville, California. He worked as a letter carrier for the U.S. Post Office from 1960 to 1965 before his eight year tenure as an industrial photographer at Teledyne Semiconductor in Hawthorne, Calif. After Teledyne, Morlan was a successful general supervisor of the graphic arts department of leading toy manufacturing company Mattel, still dabbling in the field of photography and sometimes acting as a consultant for the Yankee Ph...

Clark County School District (Nev.)

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Morlan, Jerry

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