Abstract
The Reynolds Electrical and Engineering Photograph Collection contains black-and-white photographs of locations on or near the Nevada Test Site (NTS) from 1963 to 1965 as documented by the Nevada Test Site News from 1963 to 1981. The collection includes photographs of Cat Canyon, Native American artifacts, cabins formerly occupied by prospectors and miners, caves, the town of Rhyolite, Nevada, buildings for the set of the film The Reward, Wahmonie Mining District, and White Rock Spring.
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Scope and Contents Note
The Reynolds Electrical and Engineering Photograph Collection contains black-and-white photographs of locations on or near the Nevada Test Site (NTS) from 1963 to 1965 as documented by the Nevada Test Site News from 1963 to 1981. The collection includes photographs of Cat Canyon, Native American artifacts, cabins formerly occupied by prospectors and miners, caves, the town of Rhyolite, Nevada, buildings for the set of the film The Reward, Wahmonie Mining District, and White Rock Spring.
Access Note
The collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
Materials in this collection may be protected by copyrights and other rights. See Reproductions and Use on the UNLV Special Collections website for more information about reproductions and permissions to publish.
Arrangement
Materials are arranged by geographical location.
Biographical / Historical Note
The Reynolds Electrical and Engineering Company (REECo) was a corporation that managed personnel, operation maintenance, and administration at the Nevada Test Site (NTS) from 1952 until 1995 when it was dissolved. REECo was a subsidiary of the company Edgerton, Germeshausen, and Grier, Inc. (EG&G), which oversaw testing and research at the NTS as a contractor for the United States Department of Energy.
Preferred Citation
Reynolds Electrical and Engineering Company Photograph Collection, 1963-1981. PH-00200. Special Collections, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Acquisition Note
Materials were donated in 1982 by the Reynolds Electrical and Engineering Company; accession number 1985-035.
Processing Note
Materials were processed by in 1985. In 2015, as part of a legacy finding aid conversion project, Lindsay Oden wrote the collection description in compliance with current professional standards.