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.
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
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
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