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Warren A. Bechtel Album of Hoover Dam: photographic print
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Description
Golden Gate Casino and Hotel, 1991 January 28
Level of Description
Scope and Contents
This set includes: grading plan, site plans, floor plans, construction details, foundation plans, demolition plans, exterior elevations, equipment plans, reflected ceiling plans, building sections, plumbing plans, HVAC plans, fixture schedules, lighting plans and electrical plans.
This set includes drawings by Summit Engineering Corporation (engineer), Lucchesi and Associates (architect), JW Zunino and Associates (architect), Marin, Peltyn and Associates (engineer), Harris Engineers, Inc (engineer) and Wattsco Design (consultant).
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Gary Guy Wilson Architectural Drawings
Box/Folder: Roll 209
Archival Component
Proposed Branch Bank
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Scope and Contents
This set includes: index sheet, site plans, floor plans, reflected ceiling plans, roof plans, framing plans, exterior elevations, building sections, wall sections, construction details, finish/door/window schedules, interior elevations, foundation plans, electrical schedules, lighting plans, electrical plans, plumbing plans, HVAC plans, general specifications and utility plans.
This set includes drawings for Nevada National Bank (client) by C.S.A Engineers and Surveyors (engineer).
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Gary Guy Wilson Architectural Drawings
Box/Folder: Roll 336
Archival Component
2016 addition, 1987 to 2012
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Scope and Contents
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.
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Sierra Club Toiyabe Chapter Records
Box/Folder: N/A
Archival Component
Las Vegas Ranch and Las Vegas Fort photographs, approximately 1890-1940
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Scope and Contents
The Las Vegas Ranch and Las Vegas Fort photographs depict the Las Vegas Ranch (also known as the Stewart Ranch) and the Las Vegas Fort (also known as the Old Mormon Fort) from approximately 1900 to 1940. The land around the Stewart Ranch and the Las Vegas Fort eventually became the town site for the city of Las Vegas, Nevada. The photographs include the fort, houses at the Stewart Ranch, the orchard, and Las Vegas Creek. The items described include photographic prints and negatives; items listed are photographic prints unless otherwise specified.
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Helen J. Stewart Photographs
Box/Folder: N/A
Archival Component
Schoolmaster's Club of Las Vegas, Nevada Records
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Abstract
The Schoolmaster's Club of Las Vegas, Nevada Records (1955-1976) contain the club bylaws and fliers, newspaper clippings about the club's activities, and planning documents for the University of Nevada, Las Vegas site and the Maude Frazier building dedication. The collection focuses on the club's role in planning for and establishing the Southern Regional Division of the University of Nevada campus (now known as University of Nevada, Las Vegas).
Archival Collection
Ray M. Cutright oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Ray M. Cutright conducted by himself on April 22, 1981 for the UNLV University Libraries Oral History Collection. Cutright talks about his experiences in operating a boat that carried both tourist passengers and workers to and from the site of the Hoover Dam. He also discusses a few specific experiences, including what it was like navigating the river.
Archival Collection
Don T. Walker Photograph Collection
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The Don T. Walker Photograph Collection (1900-1995) is comprised of black-and-white and color photographs taken by or belonging to Las Vegas photographer and Nevada historian Don Travis Walker. The photographs taken by Walker include ghost towns in Nevada, Arizona, and California, as well as a series on Phil Benson, editor and publisher of the Southern Nevada Times. Other items in the collection include photographs taken by other people related to the Moulin Rouge Hotel in Las Vegas, various photographs of historic sites in Nevada, and a program from the Nevada State Museum and Historical Society for its "Moulin Rouge: History in the Making" exhibition.
Archival Collection
Mandalay Bay is seen through a gate where flowers and name tags honoring the 58 people who were killed during a 2017 mass shooting were placed at the Route 91 Harvest Festival grounds, looking southwest, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph
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Archival Collection
Description
Following the October 1, 2017 killing of 58 people at the Route 91 Harvest Music Festival on the Las Vegas Strip, the Las Vegas community responded in a variety of ways. To honor the second anniversary of the shooting, various items were left at the site.
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Photograph of an archeological excavation at Willow Beach, Arizona, circa 1950
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Archival Collection
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