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Bergman Walls & Associates architectural drawings, 1997 to 2017
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The Bergman Walls & Associates architectural drawings contains projects with scanned digital copies of their physical drawings dating between 1997 and 2017. The digital material also include presentation files, renderings, computer generated drawings, and scanned drawings uniquely available only in digital formats in physical formats. These files are available as access copies generated from four USB flash drives obtained from BWA.
When available, project numbers refer to the original project identification numbers used by BWA for filing purposes. Project number "000000" refer to unbuilt or conceptual drawings and projects filed but not properly identified. Clients refer to the individual, corporation, or group a project is designed for. Location refers to a project's proposed site, current site, or previously existing site of construction.
Also included are unscanned drawings containing unique renderings, sketches, and prints of computer generated drawings only with no digital components or counterparts.
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Collection Name: Bergman Walls & Associates Architectural Drawings
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Linda Chase oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Linda Chase conducted by Claytee D. White on April 01, 2008 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. In this interview, Chase discusses moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1955 and what life was like in the city at the time. She describes living in the Bonanza Village neighborhood, racial integration in Las Vegas, and popular recreational activities of the time. Chase talks about the Nevada Test Site, nuclear weapons tests, and an underground testing accident that lead to leukemia in those exposed to the radiation. Chase also discusses the future of Las Vegas being dependent on its water management and her nonfiction writing on Las Vegas.
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Thomas P. O'Farrell Papers
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The Thomas P. O'Farrell Papers (1900-1999) are comprised of scientific reports collected by Thomas O’Farrell over the course of his career studying wildlife ecology, particularly its connection to nuclear radiation. Materials include original, reprinted, and photocopied editions of scientific reports on animal and plant life around the world, focusing primarily on the Mojave and Great Basin Deserts, Alaska, Washington, and the Pacific Ocean. Reports come from institutions including the Desert Research Institute (DRI), Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Energy Research and Development Administration (ERDA), and the United States Department of Energy (DOE), as well as affiliated universities.
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Transcript of interview with Ashley Hall by Claytee White, September 2, 2015
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Ashley Hall was born April 3, 1943 in Caliente, Nevada. After high school, he worked for the Union Pacific Railroad at the Nevada Test Site as a cashier and as a signalman. He later attended Brigham Young University and the University of Nevada, Reno. After college, Hall served the City of Las Vegas in significant ways. Notably, as City Manager he was instrumental in the initial development of Summerlin, Nevada. Though he has retired from local politics, he remains active as the President of the Old Spanish Trail Association and as the U.S. Army Reserve Ambassador.
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Interview with Gary Hallmark, June 24, 2005
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Interview with Ernest Benjamin Williams, March 26, 2004
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Jacob Paz oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Dr. Jacob Paz conducted by Claytee D. White on September 15, 2014 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. Paz discusses growing up in Israel and obtaining a green card to attend New York University in 1974. He then talks about his sense of community within the Jewish part of Las Vegas, Nevada and his affirmations on the Holocaust.
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