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Transcript of interview with Mozella Sheds Scott by Claytee D. White, November 30, 2010

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Interview with Mozella Sheds Scott conducted by Claytee D. White on November 30, 2010. Scott discusses her varied work history and career as a directory assistance telephone operator for Centel (Sprint) in Las Vegas. Observing reading deficiencies in the community, she created the Parent-In-Charge and Word-on-a-Rock programs to improve reading skills.An Interview with Mozella Sheds Scott An Oral History Conducted by Claytee D. White The Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project Oral History Research Center at UNLV University Libraries University of Nevada Las Vegas ©The Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project University of Nevada Las Vegas, 2007 Produced by: The Oral History Research Center at UNLV - University Libraries Director: Claytee D. White Editors: Barbara Tabach Transcribers: Kristin Hicks Interviewers and Project Assistants: Barbara Tabach and Claytee D. White ii The recorded interview and transcript have been made possible through the generosity of Dr. Harold Boyer. The Oral History Research Center enables students and staff to work together with community members to generate this selection of first-person narratives. The participants in this project thank the university for the support given that allowed an idea the opportunity to flourish. The transcript received minimal editing that includes the eliminaMozella Sheds Scott was raised in the rural, sharecropper setting of Friars Point, Mississippi. She shares the tale of being a member of a family of cousins and siblings woven together by a caring aunt and uncle after the death of her mother. In 1965, her visit to Las Vegas began just...
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Keywords

  1. Activity Programs
  2. Employees
  3. Hotels
  4. Literacy Programs
  5. Reading (Elementary)
  6. Telephone Operators

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