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Sister Rosemary Lynch next to a sign in the desert: photographic print

Date

1997-05-10

Description

Sister Rosemary Lynch protesting at the Nevada Test Site near Camp Desert Rock July 7, 1987. The sign next to her reads "Desert Rock Airstrip."

Image

Interview with A. Costandina (Dina) Titus, September 28, 2004

Date

2004-09-28

Description

Narrator affiliation: Political Scientist; Scholar of Nuclear Testing in Nevada

Text

Harold C. Flint oral history interview

Identifier

OH-00590

Abstract

Oral history interview with Harold C. Flint conducted by Patricia McFadden on February 15, 1979 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Flint discusses unions in the casinos, prostitution, minority groups’ populations, the Nevada Atomic Test Site, education, and entertainers’ residencies.

Archival Collection

Document from Mark L. Fine & Associates offer to purchase land from the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas, 2005

Date

2005

Archival Collection

Description

Proposal from Mark L. Fine and Associates to purchase land from the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas at the northwest corner Park Run Drive and Canyon Bluff Court in Summerlin.

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Interview with Frank Solaegui, December 1, 2004

Date

2004-12-01

Description

Narrator affiliation: Drilling Manager, Reynolds Electrical and Engineering Company (REECo)

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Paris Oddo oral history interview

Identifier

OH-03208

Abstract

Oral history interview with Paris Oddo conducted by Claytee D. White on July 20, 2017 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. In this interview, Oddo discusses her early life in Detroit, Michigan. She recalls moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1984, becoming an electrician, and being a member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (I.B.E.W) Local Union 357. Oddo talks about completing a five-year apprenticeship program offered by the Union, and her experience as a female electrician. She remembers her employment at the Nevada Test Site, working closely with radioactive materials, and being diagnosed with illnesses due to radioactive exposure while at the Nevada Test Site. Lastly, Oddo expresses her concerns over nuclear waste storage at Yucca Mountain.

Archival Collection