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Buer, David Alan, 1953-

David Alan Buer was born on October 25, 1953, in San Antonio, Texas.

Buer is affiliated with the Nevada Test site as a Franciscan brother and as a former staff with NDE. At the time of his oral history interview, Buer was working with homeless and migrant people.

Buer took two years of college at Southwest Missouri State.

Person

Colbert, Paul

Paul A. Colbert was born July 28, 1954, in Louisville, Kentucky.

Colbert was affiliated with the Nevada Test Site as part of the Nevada Desert Experience.

Colbert’s work history consists of being a program director and office manager with the Nevada Desert Experience; an environmental engineer registered as a professional engineer in Nirth Carolina; an ordained priest in the Episcopal Diocese of Nevada.

Person

McWilliam, Charles

Charles McWilliam was born on December 26, 1950, in Pasadena, California. Charles married Katie on January 15, 1993, and they had four children: Charles Jr., Rebecca, Amy, and Jamie.

McWilliam was a professional engineer and employed by Application Engineering Company (AEC), Energy Research and Development Administration (ERDA), and the Department of Energy (DOE) in affiliation with the Nevada Test Site.

Person

"Thesis Problem: Studying Southern Nevada Migration": manuscript draft by Roosevelt Fitzgerald

Date

1970 (year approximate) to 1996 (year approximate)

Description

From the Roosevelt Fitzgerald Professional Papers (MS-01082) -- Unpublished manuscripts file.

Text

Slide of Hoover Dam taken on the downstream side, circa 1970s

Date

1970 to 1979

Description

The face of Hoover Dam as seen from the river. Part of the power plant's hydroelectric generators, as well as the canyon wall outlets and stoney gate are visible on the Nevada (left) side. The spillway tunnel is visible on the Arizona (right) side. During the years of lobbying leading up to the passage of legislation authorizing the dam in 1928, Hoover Dam was originally referred to "Boulder Dam" or as "Boulder Canyon Dam", even though the proposed site had shifted to Black Canyon. The Boulder Canyon Project Act of 1928 (BCPA) never mentions a proposed name or title for the dam. When Secretary Wilbur spoke at the ceremony starting the building of the railway between Las Vegas and the dam site on September 17, 1930, he named the dam "Hoover Dam", citing a tradition of naming dams after Presidents, though none had been so honored during their terms of office. After Hoover's election defeat in 1932 and the accession of the Roosevelt administration, Secretary Ickes ordered on May 13, 1933 that the dam be referred to as "Boulder Dam". In the following years, the name "Boulder Dam" failed to fully take hold, with many Americans using both names interchangeably and map makers divided as to which name should be printed. In 1947, a bill passed both Houses of Congress unanimously restoring the name to "Hoover Dam".

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Photograph of Dorothy's plane and car at ranch, Pahrump (Nev.), November 1957

Date

1957-11

Description

Dorothy's home and modes of transportation: car and plane. Lettering on the plane reads "Reynolds Soil Conditioner." The Dorothy's lived on land they called the Lazy 88 Ranch. They often traveled by both modes of transportation since no roads were surfaced in Pahrump until 1954. Site Name: Lazy 88 Ranch

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Photograph of airplanes at Lazy 88 Ranch, Pahrump (Nev.), 1950s

Date

1950 to 1959

Description

The 99's landing on the private 'airport' at the Lazy 88 Ranch in Pahrump guests of Dale and Dorothy Dorothy. The project: to form the huge 15 ft. by 4 ft. letters of Pahrump on the side of the mountain (white-washed) for planes flying over to locate their position. (handwritten inscription) Site Name: Lazy 88 Ranch

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Photograph of a dancer at the Moulin Rouge, Hollywood (Calif.), 1955

Date

1955

Archival Collection

Description

A promotional photo of a female dancer in Donn Arden's production "Paris Toujours" taking place at the Moulin Rouge in Hollywood, California in 1955. This was Arden's third production at the Moulin Rouge, and the woman is in full costume and posing with her right leg up in the air. Site Name: Moulin Rouge (Hollywood, Calif.)

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Photograph of dancers at the Moulin Rouge, Hollywood (Calif.), 1950s

Date

1950 to 1959

Archival Collection

Description

A promotional photo of a pair of dancers in Donn Arden's "Paris Toujours" that was staged at the Moulin Rouge in Hollywood, California some time in the 1950s. Both dancers are in full costume, and the woman is seated with the man standing behind her, holding his top hat. Site Name: Moulin Rouge (Hollywood, Calif.)

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Photograph of atom bomb blast view, Pahrump (Nev.), 1950s

Date

1950 to 1959

Description

Small white cloud, identified as an atom bomb cloud, can be seen in the distance to the left of the tree in the center of the photograph. Inscription with image reads: "Atom bomb (blast view) from the Lazy 88 Ranch". See Images 0131 143-146 for others. Site Name: Lazy 88 Ranch

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