This set includes: preliminary sketches, process drawings, redlining, site plans, floor plans, topographic surveys, landscape plans, equipment plans, demolition plans, utility plans, exterior elevations, roof plans, building sections, foundation plans, framing plans, construction details, lighting plans, wall sections and index sheet.
This set includes drawings by Dobrusky Kittrell Garlock Architects (architect), Delta Engineering, Inc. (engineer), Strauss and Loftfield (engineer) and Harris Engineering, Inc (engineer).
Archival Collection
Gary Guy Wilson Architectural Drawings
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Collection Number: MS-00439 Collection Name: Gary Guy Wilson Architectural Drawings Box/Folder: Roll 119
Oral history interview with Roosevelt Toston conducted by Claytee D. White on July 11, 2006 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. Toston discusses moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in the 1950s and his various careers at the Test Site, Bell Telephone of Nevada, as a television anchorman and cameraman, and the Convention and Visitors Authority to bring conventions to Las Vegas. He also talks about ways African American entrepreneurs might get involved in the convention business.
Oral history interview with Linda Hartley conducted by Pauline Marchese on March 10, 1978 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. During the interview, the two discuss Hartley’s personal history, such as schools that she had attended and her recollection of local recreational activities. The two go on to talk about changes in crime, the environment, and briefly discuss a variety of issues at the time, including: segregated schools, prostitution, and effects of the Nevada Test Site.
Materials contain photographs of the Hoover Dam and surrounding areas from 1930 to 1965. The Hoover Dam, also known as the Boulder Dam, was constructed on the Colorado River in Black Canyon near Las Vegas, Nevada from 1931 to 1936 during the Great Depression. The dam impounds Lake Mead, the country's largest reservoir, and it provides hydroelectric power to Nevada, Arizona, and California.
Materials also include photographs of the Pueblo Grande de Nevada archaeological sites, also known as the "Lost City," which were partially covered by the waters of Lake Mead. The area originally belonged to Puebloan peoples. Additionally, the materials contain photographs of the town of St. Thomas, which was also submerged beneath Lake Mead.
Rough sketch with planning computations for the Lady Luck, later the Hacienda. Original medium: pencil on tissue paper. Site Name: Hacienda Address: 3590 Las Vegas Boulevard South
Sketch of the proposed nine building complex for the New Frontier Hotel and Casino. Original medium: pencil on parchment. Site Name: Frontier Address: 3120 Las Vegas Boulevard South
Work related correspondence between Charles Rozaire and various individuals and institutions. Also included are work reports, work records, and a hand drawn map of cave sites in Utah, Oregon, California, and Nevada.