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Photograph of power house, Hoover Dam, July 20, 1934

Date

1934-07-20

Description

Power house on Nevada side at the Boulder Dam (now called Hoover Dam) construction site, showing power penstock tunnels. Site Name: Hoover Dam (dam)

Image

Transcript of interview with Norman Christiansen by James Courtney, November 28, 1986

Date

1986-11-28

Description

On November 28, 1986, James Courtney interviewed Norman Christiansen (born 1931 in Red Lodge, Montana) about his experiences while living in Las Vegas, Nevada. Christiansen first describes his family and background before talking about moving to Las Vegas in 1956 after graduating college in Montana. Christiansen, who worked at the Nevada Test Site for two years and eventually became a teacher at various schools, talks about the various changes he has noticed over the years in Las Vegas, including those in climate, pollution, economy, occupation, and standard of living. Christiansen also discusses his political involvement, his hobbies, the advantages and disadvantages of living in Las Vegas, historical events in Las Vegas, and atomic testing in Nevada.

Text

Dunes Hotel and Country Club: Condominium Hotel and Townhouses, 1985 September 01

Level of Description

File

Scope and Contents

This set includes: site plans.

This set includes drawings by American Condominium Corp. of Nevada (client) and Riverwoods Development Corp. (client) by Gerald A. Estes (architect), Schipporeit Inc. (architect), and Alca Engineering and Surveying, 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 127

Archival Component

Television, Radio Shows, and Movies, 1953-1972

Level of Description

Series

Scope and Contents

The Television, Radio Shows, and Movies Series from 1953 to 1972 contains photographs, correspondence, show programs, and proposals that the Sands Hotel had an interest in producing or were filmed on the hotel property. Also included are scripts and a promotional package the included arrangements to see one of the atomic bomb blasts from the Nevada Test Site.

Archival Collection

Sands Hotel Public Relations Records
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Collection Number: MS-00417
Collection Name: Sands Hotel Public Relations Records
Box/Folder: N/A

Archival Component

Wilson Family (Toiyabe Mountains, Nevada), 1914-1987

Level of Description

Sub-Series

Scope and Contents

Materials contain photographs of the Wilson Family in the Kawich Mountains from 1914 to 1987. Materials include photographs of Robert "Bob" Wilson operating his mining equipment in Ophir Canyon, his cyanide plant, his mill site, and the dredge in Manhattan. Materials also include photographs of Wilson and his family in Nevada and in California.

Archival Collection

Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00221
Collection Name: Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: N/A

Archival Component