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Photograph of architectural plans for Will Beckley's store, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1929
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Archival Collection
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Interview with Benjamin Clinton Diven, March 10, 2004
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Archival Collection
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Convenience Market, 1985 August 10; 1985 September 05
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Scope and Contents
This set includes: 7-Eleven reference sheets, site plans, canopy details, reflected ceiling plans, general specifications, grading plans, utility plans, site plans, electrical plans and mechanical plans.
This set includes drawings by James Calvin Smith (engineer).
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Gary Guy Wilson Architectural Drawings
Box/Folder: Roll 090
Archival Component
Transcript of interview with Elmore Curtis by Judy Curtis, March 1, 1975
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Archival Collection
Description
On March 1, 1975, collector Judy L. Curtis interviewed fire department captain, Elmore B. Curtis (born December 17th, 1896 in Minnesota) in his home in Las Vegas, Nevada. This interview covers life in Southern Nevada since 1942, including Mr. Curtis’s personal history and the early development of the Nevada Test Site. During the interview Mr. Curtis also discusses early tourism and socio-economic progress in Southern Nevada.
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Building surveys, 1930 to 2001, 1973 to 1985
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Scope and Contents
The building surveys series (1930-2001) contains historic building surveys created by students from multiple semesters of Ralph Roske's History 117 course. Locations include private homes, businesses, and government-owned sites. The materials compiled include histories provided by interviews with informants, building material types, blueprints, photographs, and fliers or pamphlets related to the sites.
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Historic Building Survey Collection
Box/Folder: N/A
Archival Component
Cheryl Leonard oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Cheryl Leonard conducted by Claytee D. White on February 12, 2013 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. Leonard discusses her life growing up in 1950s and 1960s, including school activities at Rancho High School and attending college in California. She then discusses working as a telephone operator for Central Telephone Company, and as a clerk at the Nevada Test Site before marrying and quitting to concentrate on raising her daughters.
Archival Collection
Interview with Jacob "Chic" Hecht, May 11, 2004
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Archival Collection
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Interview with Duane C. Sewell, May 20, 2004
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Archival Collection
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