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Crescent Dunes Solar, near Tonopah, Nevada: digital photograph
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Archival Collection
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Photographer's assigned keywords: "110 megawatts; CSP; Concentrated Solar Energy; Concentrated Solar Power; Crescent Dunes; NV; Nevada; Solar Reserve; SolarReserve; Tonopah; concentrated solar thermal; green energy; ground-based photo; molten salt; off-site; renewable energy; storage; tower."
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Harry Reid oral history interviews
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Oral history interviews with Harry Reid conducted by Claytee D. White on July 28, 2017, December 1, 2017, August 8, 2019, and September 12, 2019 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. In the first interview, Senator Harry Reid talks about his experiences as chairman of the Nevada Gaming Commission from 1977 to 1981. He discusses casino decisions related to the Stardust Resort and Casino, the Fremont Hotel, the Aladdin Hotel and Casino, and the Hacienda Resort Hotel and Casino as well as the FBI requesting wiretaps and the Nevada Gaming Commission issuing gaming licenses at that time. In the second interview, Reid shares details as city attorney in Henderson, Nevada, his work with the University Medical Center Hospital Board, and case details as an attorney with the firm of Singleton, DeLanoy, and Jemison. Some of the cases he describes include litigation against Safeway stores, charges of drugs and murder, and evictions.
In the third interview, Reid discusses his term serving the United States House of Representatives and his role as Senate Majority Leader. He recalls his election to Nevada Assembly in 1968, his tenure as Lieutenant Governor of Nevada from 1971 to 1975, his position as chairman of the Nevada Gaming Commission from 1977 to 1981, and his position as Nevada's delegate in the United States House of Representatives from 1983 to 1987. Reid also talks about his political defeats when running for United States Senate and for Mayor of Las Vegas. In the fourth interview, Reid talks about various significant sites in Nevada including Searchlight, Yucca Mountain, and the Nevada Test Site.
Archival Collection
Postcard of the Stardust Hotel pool, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1958-1975
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Archival Collection
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Adobe Springs Apartment Complex, 1986 December 03; 1987 December 28
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This set includes: redlining, process drawings, index sheet, site plans, floor plans, exterior elevations, foundation plans, framing plans, roof plans, building sections, construction details, interior elevations, finish/door/window schedules, electrical details, fixture schedules, electrical schematics, fire alarm plans, HVAC plans, plumbing plans, plumbing schematics, general specifications, water and sewer plans, grading plans and utility plans.
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Gary Guy Wilson Architectural Drawings
Box/Folder: Roll 014
Archival Component
Jerry Eppenger oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Jerry Eppenger conducted by Claytee D. White on September 09, 2011 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. In this interview Jerry Eppenger discusses working as a security guard at the Bonanza Hotel and the Nevada Test Site. He then talks about attending dealer school and starting a career in dealing. He then discusses segregation and racial relations in Las Vegas, Nevada in the 1970s.
Archival Collection
Washington City Hall, 1981 July 08
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This set includes: exterior perspectives, site plans, landscape plans, index sheet, utility plans, floor plans, exterior elevations, foundation plans, construction details, framing plans, roof plans, building sections, wall sections, finish/door/window schedules, interior elevations, reflected ceiling plans, electrical plans, mechanical plans and plumbing plans.
This set includes drawings for Washington City (client).
This set contains two duplicates of the same drawings.
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Gary Guy Wilson Architectural Drawings
Box/Folder: Roll 591
Archival Component
Paul H. Bowerman oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Paul Bowerman conducted by Frances Harelik on March 05, 1976 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview Bowerman provides insight into life in Las Vegas, Nevada from 1954 to 1976. Bowerman discusses weather, wildlife, and interesting recreational sites in Nevada.
Archival Collection
James Earl Fisher oral history interview
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Oral history interview with James Earl Fisher conducted by Dawn Smith on April 23, 1986 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Fisher discusses the history of Indian Springs, Nevada, the atomic testing site, Nellis Air Force Base, and his family background.
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Warren A. Bechtel Album of Hoover Dam: photographic print
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Mandalay Bay is seen through a gate where flowers and name tags honoring the 58 people who were killed during a 2017 mass shooting were placed at the Route 91 Harvest Festival grounds, looking southwest, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph
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Archival Collection
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Following the October 1, 2017 killing of 58 people at the Route 91 Harvest Music Festival on the Las Vegas Strip, the Las Vegas community responded in a variety of ways. To honor the second anniversary of the shooting, various items were left at the site.
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