Additional information from donor: Hosted by Mark Hall-Patton. Roundtable discussion with panelists: Colonel Steve Winklmann of Nellis Air Force Base; T.D. Barnes of the Roadrunners Veterans' Group; Nick Aquilina, fomerly with Nevada Test Site; and Dr. Michael Green, historian.
Archival Collection
Scott Rayer Collection of Television Programs about Las Vegas, Nevada
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Collection Number: MS-01130 Collection Name: Scott Rayer Collection of Television Programs about Las Vegas, Nevada Box/Folder: Digital File 00
Additional information from donor: Suspicious links between high cancer rates in Southern Utah to the radioactive fallout from the nuclear explosion tests at the Nevada Test Site, with John Wayne's death from cancer being a high-profile study. People affected by the nuclear fallout in Southern Utah are known as "down-winders."
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Scott Rayer Collection of Television Programs about Las Vegas, Nevada
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Collection Number: MS-01130 Collection Name: Scott Rayer Collection of Television Programs about Las Vegas, Nevada Box/Folder: Digital File 00
Photo album documenting the International Lion of Judah conference for United Jewish Community/Jewish Federation. Photographs show Sharon Sigesmund, Shelley Berkley, Ruth Bader Ginsberg, and President Bill Clinton, among others.
The Public events series contains Culinary Workers Union Local 226 photographs of press conferences, meetings with political figures, political rallies, and toy and food drives from the 1960s to the 2000s, with a bulk of the material from the 1990s and early 2000s. Materials contain photographic prints, photographic negatives, and a small number of slides. Each file contains multiple images.
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Culinary Workers Union Local 226 Las Vegas, Nevada Photographs
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Collection Number: PH-00382 Collection Name: Culinary Workers Union Local 226 Las Vegas, Nevada Photographs Box/Folder: N/A