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2016 addition, 1987 to 2012
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The 2016 addition to the Sierra Club Toiyabe Chapter Records contains agendas, minutes, resolutions, programs, newspaper clippings, and government bills and plans dating from 1987 to 2012. There are records from the Clark County Task Force, established in 2002, which studied the growth initiative and its impact on urban sprawl in Southern Nevada. Also included are board minutes, action items, and impact statements regarding the Nevada Test Site and the Yucca Mountain project. In addition, there is audiovisual material recording the various programs and interests of the Sierra Club.
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Collection Name: Sierra Club Toiyabe Chapter Records
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Photograph of construction of roads and bridge across Colorado River, Hoover Dam, circa 1930-1935
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Photograph of construction of roads and bridge across Colorado River, Hoover Dam, circa 1930-1935
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Film transparency of Old Mormon Canal near Overton, Nevada, February 20, 1948
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Photograph of shoreline of Colorado River near Hoover Dam, approximately 1930-1936
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Photographic slide of Tule Springs, Nevada, January 16, 1963
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Architectural drawing of the New Frontier Hotel and Casino (Las Vegas), reconstruction and additions plot plan, October 12, 1960
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Plan for reconstruction and additions for the New Frontier in 1960.
Site Name: Frontier
Address: 3120 Las Vegas Boulevard South
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Architectural drawing of the New Frontier Hotel and Casino (Las Vegas), reconstruction and additions plan, December 9, 1960
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Plan for reconstruction and additions for the New Frontier in 1960.
Site Name: Frontier
Address: 3120 Las Vegas Boulevard South
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Eileen Margaret Green Photograph Collection
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The Eileen Margaret Green Photograph Collection (approximately 1987) consists of photographs and a negative of rock art sites in Southern Nevada taken by Eileen Margaret Green, a former anthropology student at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Eileen used the photographs in her 1987 master’s thesis, “A Cultural Ecological Approach to the Rock Art of Southern Nevada.”
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Lewis Homes Records
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The Lewis Homes Records (approximately 1990-2009) contain the records of Lewis Homes, a Southern California based company that was one of the top home builders in the Las Vegas Valley during the 1990s and 2000s. This collection focuses on the Orchards and Orchards West neighboorhood in eastern Las Vegas, Nevada and contains a parcel map, history of title claims for certain land parcels, and documents related to site development. The collection also contains some material related to the Southern Nevada Homebuilders Association in the 2000s.
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