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Warren V. Turner oral history interview

Identifier

OH-01853

Abstract

Oral history interview with Warren V. Turner conducted by Arnol D. Wilks on March 10, 1975 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview, Turner discusses arriving to Boulder City, Nevada in 1948 while working for the Bureau of Reclamation. Turner recalls aboveground testing of atomic weapons at the Nevada Test Site and describes the magnitude of the blasts. Turner also describes the development of Las Vegas, Nevada, specifically the growth in population, casinos, and hotels. Turner later discusses the natural environment surrounding the Las Vegas valley.

Archival Collection

Kings Manor Apartments: preliminary drawings, 1969 December 12; 1970 March 04

Level of Description

File

Scope and Contents

This set includes: site plans, site sections, floor plans, and building sections.

Archival Collection

Martin Stern Architectural Records
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Collection Number: MS-00382
Collection Name: Martin Stern Architectural Records
Box/Folder: Roll 005

Archival Component

Esther Langston oral history interview

Identifier

OH-01059

Abstract

Oral history interview with Esther Langston conducted by Claytee D. White on February 22, 2005 for the UNLV @ 50 Oral History Project. In this interview, Langston provides an overview of her early life and career in social work. She describes how the women in her family are positive and empowering role models. Langston moves on to explain how she become a social worker over a period of many years. She states that a job experience that helped her gain the qualifications of a social worker was working as an office manager at the Nevada Test Site. She also mentions how she has had to work with conflicts such as racial inequalities.

Archival Collection

Sister Rosemary Lynch Photograph Collection

Identifier

PH-00176

Abstract

The Sister Rosemary Lynch Photograph Collection contains color photographs featuring or pertaining to Sister Rosemary Lynch participating in nuclear weapons protests at the Nevada Test Site and in international locations (approximately 1980-2002).

Archival Collection