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Proposal for the MGM Grand Hotel (Las Vegas), circa 1972
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Bound proposal for the MGM Grand including artist's conception, elevation drawings, vicinity map, site plan, and architectural plans for all major components. The MGM Grand Hotel was built in 1973, burned down in 1980, rebuilt in 1981, and sold to Bally's Corporation to become Bally's Las Vegas in 1985.
Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel
Address: 3645 Las Vegas Boulevard South, Las Vegas, NV
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Dunes Hotel and Country Club: Shopping Mall, 1976 May 24; 1981 February 25
Level of Description
Scope and Contents
This set includes: site plans, floor plans and land surveys.
This set includes drawings by Marnell Corrao Associates (architect), Alca Engineering and Surveying Inc (engineer).
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Gary Guy Wilson Architectural Drawings
Box/Folder: Roll 132
Archival Component
Edgewater Hotel: As Built Drawings, 1984 May 30; 1984 June 21
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 and interior elevations.
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Gary Guy Wilson Architectural Drawings
Box/Folder: Roll 159
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
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
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
Photograph of power house, Hoover Dam, July 20, 1934
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Archival Collection
Description
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Brochure, Pioneer Trail of West Las Vegas community
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Brochure highlights and maps historic points of interest in West Las Vegas.
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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