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Photograph of concrete mixing plant, Hoover Dam, March 28, 1932
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Archival Collection
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Film transparency of the gravel testing laboratory, Las Vegas, September 20, 1929
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Archival Collection
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Film transparency of the gravel testing laboratory, Las Vegas, September 20, 1929
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Archival Collection
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Edgewater Hotel, 1983 February 28; 1983 June 17
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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
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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
MGM construction party, image 10
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Stuart Mason talks to an unidentified woman at the MGM construction site.
Transcript of interview with Lomie Heard by Stephen Singer, February 9, 1980
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Archival Collection
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On February 9, 1980, collector Stephen M. Singer interviewed schoolteacher, Lomie Heard (born January 22nd, 1906 in Carlsbad, New Mexico) in her home in Las Vegas, Nevada. This interview covers education over the span of thirty years, and includes an overview on the building of the University of Nevada Las Vegas. Also discussed during this interview: Nellis Air Force Base, jet airplanes at Nellis, military families, and the Nevada Test Site.
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