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Dan Hill oral history interview

Identifier

OH-00856

Abstract

Oral history interview with Dan Hill conducted by John L. Bennett on March 1, 1979 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Hill goes in-depth about his experience as a worker at the Nevada Test Site, and different mining sites that he had also worked at. The two briefly discuss the different sheriffs that had been in charge of Las Vegas, Nevada and how many people came to Las Vegas to work at the Henderson Magnesium Plant and Boulder (Hoover) Dam.

Archival Collection

Interview with Helen Marguerite (Troester) Draper, June 24, 2004

Date

2004-06-24

Description

Narrator affiliation: Paymaster, Reynolds Electrical and Engineering Company (REECo)

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Pauline Esteves, O. Suleĭmenov, and unidentified protestors: photographic print

Date

1980 (year approximate) to 2000 (year approximate)

Description

Protestors at the Nevada Test Site. Pauline Esteves is pictured on the left with O. Suleĭmenov, the Kazakh poet and leader of Nevada Semipalatinsk Movement, pictured leaning down in the center of the group. The other individuals are unidentified.

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Sister Rosemary Lynch and Bill Rosse at protest: photographic print

Date

1987-09

Description

Sister Rosemary Lynch with Bill Rosse, a Western Shoshone, protesting at the Nevada Test Site September 1987.

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Report, Description of flood control problems of the Meadow Valley Wash and Muddy River Water sheds - Clark and Lincoln Counties, Nevada, circa 1940

Date

1940 (year approximate)

Description

List of flood control features in the Meadow Valley Wash and the Muddy River Watershed.

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Earl R. Sorom oral history interview

Identifier

OH-01737

Abstract

Oral history interview with Earl R. Sorom conducted by his son, Earl M. Sorom, on March 06, 1980 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview, Sorom discusses his personal history and Las Vegas, Nevada. Sorom describes his life before moving to Nevada to work at the Nevada Test Site, and later working there as a contractor for Reynolds Electrical and Engineering Co., Inc. (REECO). Sorom discusses his career in radiological health, nuclear tests that he was involved with, and radioactive decontamination of the Test Site. Sorom goes on to discuss his interest in gardening, his travels, and how Las Vegas has changed.

Archival Collection

Interview with Lawrence E. Lermusiaux, July 14, 2005

Date

2005-07-14

Description

Narrator affiliation: Family member

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Interview with Julia Occhiogrosso, June 17, 2004

Date

2004-06-17

Description

Narrator affiliation: Protester, Loyal Dissenter

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Sister Rosemary Lynch by the NTS entrance: photographic print

Date

1997-05-10

Description

Sister Rosemary Lynch protesting at the Nevada Test Site near Camp Desert Rock July 7, 1987.

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