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Nevada Test Site Oral History Project
The Nevada Test Site Oral History Project at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas is a comprehensive program dedicated to documenting, preserving and disseminating the remembered past of persons affiliated with and affected by the Nevada Test Site during the era of Cold War nuclear testing.
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Sedan test explosion: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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Interview with William John Mayer, July 20, 2004
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Archival Collection
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Interview with Richard Vaughn Wyman, June 13, 2005
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Archival Collection
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Access note: Audio temporarily sealed
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Interview with Curtis Rufus Amie Sr., January 21, 2005
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Archival Collection
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Narrator affiliation: Miner, Reynolds Electrical and Engineering Company (REECo)
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Photograph of an archeological excavation at Willow Beach, Arizona, circa 1950
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Erick Spiess oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Erick Spiess conducted by Gretchen Spiess on June 29, 1975 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview, Spiess discusses the history of the Nevada Test Site, and briefly discusses Las Vegas, Nevada history. Spiess describes his career as the technical liaison at the Nevada Test Site working for EG & G, Inc. and the research performed there, including the model town built to observe the effects of a nuclear weapon on an urban area. Spiess goes on to discuss how Las Vegas residents reacted to the testing, and how Las Vegas has changed.
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