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Dunes Hotel and Casino: Proposed Showroom, 1984 July 13; 1984 October 30
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This set includes: preliminary sketches, site plans, floor plans, building sections, aerial images and site surveys.
This set includes drawings by Gerald A. Estes (architect) and Schipporeit Inc. (architect).
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Gary Guy Wilson Architectural Drawings
Box/Folder: Roll 135
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U.S. Government Records, 1944-2014
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The government records series, from 1944 to 2004, include atomic testing schedules, detonation reports and ship's log books for Bikini Islands and Marshall Islands and detailed material on the Nevada Test Site (NTS) operations. The NTS information includes underground nuclear test census information from Reynolds Electric and Engineering Company (REECo), the main government contractor for the site. The NTS and general reports are comprised of fallout reactions to the environment and in ground personnel, contamination estimates, analysis of information, and legislative actions.
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Alice P. Broudy Papers on Broudy v. United States
Box/Folder: N/A
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Byron Thornton oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Byron Thornton conducted by Kay Harris on October 27, 1986 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview, Thornton discusses his personal history and arriving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1931. Thornton then recalls working for the Las Vegas Gas Company and starting his own concrete business. Lastly, Thornton describes installing petroleum gas tanks and pipes inside of homes used for testing atomic bombs at the Nevada Test Site and recalls the destruction caused by the explosions.
Archival Collection
Interview with Harrie Fox Hess, March 5, 2005
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Archival Collection
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Transcript of interview with Robert M. Fisher by DeeAnn Coombs, March 20, 1978
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