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Architectural drawing of the Hacienda (Las Vegas), placemat with rough sketches, after 1956
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Archival Collection
Description
Hacienda placemat with some rough drawings of Hacienda renovations on the back.
Site Name: Hacienda
Address: 3590 Las Vegas Boulevard South
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Video interview with Rose Hamilton, Carolyn Haywood, Marilyn Armstrong, Hannah Johnson, Bobbie Gilmore and Delores "Dodi" Johnson, January 20, 2007
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Archival Collection
Description
Oral history conversation with Rose Hamilton, Carolyn Haywood, Marilyn Armstrong, Hannah Johnson, Bobbie Gilmore and Delores (Dodi) Johnson. The group shares memories of how they and their families came to live in Las Vegas during the late 1940s and early 1950s.
Moving Image
Merlino, James Donald "Jim", 1928-
Nye County, Nevada Sheriff who oversaw police activities at anti-nuclear protests at Nevada Test Site. See: http://articles.latimes.com/1988-07-11/news/mn-4277_1_nevada-test-site
Date of birth: 11/25/1928
Place of birth: Wallace, Idaho
Person
Transcript of interview with Richard Caldwell F. Sr. by Melvin Thompson, March 11, 1981
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Archival Collection
Description
Text
Leroy Burt, Joseph Kine, and Tommy Nelson oral history interviews
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Oral history interviews with Leroy Burt, Joseph Kine, and Tommy Nelson conducted by Dennis McBride on November 10 and 11, 1986 for the Boulder City Library Oral History Project. The men discuss what they had been doing when the depression started in 1929, when they moved to Nevada, and their first jobs in Boulder City and the dam site. They share stories about their work experiences and discuss the different types of work at the dam, including high scalers, form strippers, jackhammer operators, and concrete pouring and puddling. They also talk about incidents and accidents that occurred during production, and the differences in safety standards in the 1930s and the 1980s.
Archival Collection
Harrie Fox Hess oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Harrie Fox Hess conducted by Scot Siegel on February 26, 1979 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Hess discusses how he felt as a young adult moving to Las Vegas, Nevada, his contributions to Nevada through his work as a psychologist, and the first law to be drafted on psychology certification in Nevada. Hess then describes the Wildcat Lair as an important site of social recreation for early Las Vegas youth. He also discusses how workers from the Great Depression paved the way for industrial success in gambling due to their employment on the Boulder (Hoover) Dam.
Archival Collection
Lake, Spud
Robert E. "Spud" Lake was a Las Vegas pioneer and civic developer for whom an elementary school was named. He was born in 1857 in Illinois. He married Mary Ellen Osborn in Missouri in 1885, and they moved to Ontario, Canada, before eventually settling in Las Vegas, Nevada in 1904. He started a barbershop for railroad workers and other settlers in the area. Lake participated in the land auction for the Las Vegas town site and purchased two parcels. The first school was built on one of his parcels; and he served as the first president of the school board, and later as a trustee.
Person
Architectural drawing of Riviera Hotel and Casino (Las Vegas), outdoor lighting, December 6, 1954
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Outdoor lighting (not including pool or sign) plan for the construction of the Riviera from 1954. Drawn by H.G.H. Original medium: pencil on parchment.
Site Name: Riviera Hotel and Casino
Address: 2901 Las Vegas Boulevard South
Image
Architectural drawing of Circus Circus (Las Vegas), detailed proposal sheets, plot and roof plans, parking and area schedule, and legal description, November 17, 1967
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Project overview sheets of the major elements of Circus Circus from November 1967; Stamped "Preliminary - Not for Construction Purposes."
Site Name: Circus Circus Las Vegas
Address: 2880 Las Vegas Boulevard South
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Mary Ann and Carl Merrill oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Mary Ann and Carl Merrill conducted by Dennis McBride on June 24, 1986 for the Boulder City Library Oral History Project. In this interview, Carl Merrill discusses working for Anderson Brothers Dairy at the dam construction site and his experiences as a worker and resident in Boulder City, Nevada. Mary Ann Merrill talks about moving with her parents and brother to Boulder City and finding work, as a teenager, in the town. They both discuss their marriage and subsequent life in Boulder City, commenting on the environment, social conditions, and growth in Southern Nevada.
Archival Collection