This set includes: index sheet, construction details, foundation plans, framing plans, wall sections, site plans, exterior elevations, roof plans, preliminary sketches, building sections, floor plans and interior elevations.
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Materials contain photographs from the Ford Family from 1931 to 1988. Materials include photographs of cowboys working, mushroom clouds from the Nevada Test Site, the First Pahrump Harvest Festival, ranchers, the Pahrump School, and photocopies of documents such as the front page of the Pahrump Valley Times and the telephone directory.
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The subject files series (1963-2006) is comprised of the Nevada Desert Experience's (NDE) research files on topics such as Congressional testimony, nuclear facilities and testing, the Nevada Test Site, nuclear weapons and waste, notable people, treaties, and organizations related to the NDE. The materials include publications, government reports, notes, treaties, and newspaper clippings.
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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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