The collection, 1949 to 2006, was compiled by Clifford Olsen, a containment physicist at the Nevada Test Site (NTS). It consists of research notes and working papers written by Olsen and other scientists, publications, epoxy aggregate samples, work-related correspondence, nuclear-test-event data, and interviews conducted by Olsen with work colleagues involved with the NTS.
The Ronnow Family Photographs contain four black-and-white photographic prints of the Ronnow family in Southern Nevada from approximately 1870 to 1950. Also included is one large oversized black-and-white photographic print of the Old Rotary Club with C. C. Ronnow present.
Gary Guy Wilson and his architectural firm, Gary Guy Wilson, AIA, Architect Studios, have worked on over 1350 projects in as many as 14 states since 1969. Wilson has built his firm’s reputation over a period of 40 years. From towering hotel and casino projects to modest individual residential projects, Wilson has instilled identity by combining and balancing “elements of practicality, utility, and delight” into architecture designed with functionality and economic awareness in mind.
The additional accessions series (1953-2011) contains the ongoing accessions of the Mesquite Club records. They include meeting minutes and agendas, scrapbooks, newsletters, Evening and Junior Mesquite reports, rental records, building committee reports, financial documents, correspondence, and project files.
Archival Collection
Mesquite Club Records
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Collection Number: MS-00429 Collection Name: Mesquite Club Records Box/Folder: N/A
Materials include correspondence, news reports, project proposals, and reports for clients of Eugene Martin Christiansen, Christiansen/Cummings Associates, and Christiansen Capital Advisors from 1977 to 2015. The files are primarily comprised of correspondence, commissioned report drafts, and agreements between companies.
The Sonny Schwartz Recordings and Papers (1928-1998) documents the career of New Jersey journalist and radio personality Sonny Schwartz. Materials include cassette tapes of Schwartz's radio program, Dateline Atlantic City, and his interviews with musicians, comedians, and other entertainers. The collection also contains an assortment of radio programming featuring performers like Frank Sinatra and Bill Cosby. Also included are Schwartz's columns from the Press of Atlantic City, a autobiographical narrative written by baseball player Johnny Bench, and photographs of Schwartz with interviewees and family.
The architectural drawings series are comprised of architectural drawings (1965-2010) created by the American architecture firms of Welles Pugsley Architects and Leo A Daly Architects documenting work on the design and construction of Lied Library at UNLV. The materials feature hand-drawn architectural drawings, ranging from preliminary sketches and artist renderings to schematic drawings and construction documents. The drawings also contain work from a number of consultants, engineers, and other professionals who collaborated on the development of the various projects. These include several sets of original construction documents that the architects used for reference while working on the Lied Library project.
A typical set of drawings in the architectural drawings series may include: title sheet, index, topographic survey, supplemental resurvey map, plot plan, site plan, floor plans, exterior elevations, interior elevations, building sections, wall sections, construction details, foundation plans, roof plans, reflected ceiling plans, structural plans, structural details, electrical plans, electrical details, electrical diagrams, plumbing details, plumbing plans, plumbing diagrams, interior perspective, exterior perspective, mechanical plans, mechanical details, mechanical diagrams, and landscape layout.
Archival Collection
University of Nevada, Las Vegas Lied Library Architectural Records
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Collection Number: UA-00074 Collection Name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas Lied Library Architectural Records Box/Folder: N/A