Search Results
Subject Files, 1963-2006
Level of Description
Scope and Contents
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.
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Nevada Desert Experience Records
Box/Folder: N/A
Archival Component
Ford Family, 1931-1988
Level of Description
Scope and Contents
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.
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: N/A
Archival Component
Best Evidence, "John Wayne's Death," The Discovery Channel, 2007
Level of Description
Scope and Contents
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."
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Scott Rayer Collection of Television Programs about Las Vegas, Nevada
Box/Folder: Digital File 00
Archival Component
Edgewater Hotel, 1983 June 17
Level of Description
Scope and Contents
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, exiting plans, interior elevations and finish/door schedules.
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Gary Guy Wilson Architectural Drawings
Box/Folder: Roll 158
Archival Component
Apartment Project: Maryland and Fremont Park, 1987 June 30
Level of Description
Scope and Contents
This set includes drawings for L.A. Land Company (client).
This set includes: site plans, roof plans, framing plans, exterior perspectives, building sections, construction details, exterior elevations and electrical plans.
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Gary Guy Wilson Architectural Drawings
Box/Folder: Roll 270
Archival Component
River Cove Townhomes, 1992 September 29; 1992 October 30
Level of Description
Scope and Contents
This set includes: site plans, index sheet, foundation plans, framing plans, construction details, exterior elevations, redlining, general specifications and floor plans.
This set includes drawings for Gilvert Grove (client).
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Gary Guy Wilson Architectural Drawings
Box/Folder: Roll 443
Archival Component
Indian Springs Complex: Recreation Center
Level of Description
Scope and Contents
This set includes: index sheet, site plans, floor plans, foundation plans, framing plans, exterior elevations, roof plans, finish/door/window schedules, plumbing plans and electrical plans.
This set includes drawings for Irwin Frank (client).
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Gary Guy Wilson Architectural Drawings
Box/Folder: Roll 231
Archival Component
Edgewater Hotel, 1983 February 28; 1983 June 17
Level of Description
Scope and Contents
This set includes: redlining, index sheet, construction details, foundation plan, framing plans, wall sections, site plans, exterior elevations, roof plans, preliminary sketches, building sections, floor plans and interior elevations.
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Gary Guy Wilson Architectural Drawings
Box/Folder: Roll 151
Archival Component
Elizabeth von Till Warren oral history interviews
Identifier
Abstract
Oral history interviews with Elizabeth von Till Warren conducted by Claytee D. White and Ashley Guthre on July 07, 2010 and November 18, 2011 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. In her first interview, Warren describes living in Freeport, Long Island and her education in anthropology. She talks about her involvement in preserving historical sites in Goodsprings, Nevada and discusses the significance of these sites. In her second interview, Warren describes voluntary desegregation in Clark County schools and her experience working with the Clark County Schools’ Professional Growth Services. She then explains her employment at Clark County Community College and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), and doing preservation work in the Desert Research Institute (DRI) Museum. Lastly, Warren discusses Rails to Trails, a program that manages old railroad beds, and her employment for the Southern Nevada Historical Society, the Preservation Association of Clark County, and the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
Archival Collection