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Mayme Hooper and her husband Albert Hooper in front of Stone House on their ranch in Monitor Valley, Nevada: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VI. Tonopah, Nevada -- Subseries VI.C. Hooper Family. The Hoopers lived in Stone House for 50 years; the building is a historic site and once served as a stage coach stop.
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Louis Vitale, Dom Hélder Câmara, and numerous unidentified protestors at the Nevada Test Site: photographic slide
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Archival Collection
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From the Sister Klaryta Antoszewska Photograph Collection (PH-00352). Dom Hélder Câmara (fourth from the right) was the Archbishop of Brazil. Louis Vitale (fifth from the right) was a member of the Order of Friars Minor (O.F.M.). Lenten Desert Experience.
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Protestors outside of U.S. Department of Energy Building: photographic slide
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Archival Collection
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From the Sister Klaryta Antoszewska Photograph Collection (PH-00352). One of the signs read, "NUCLEAR ACCIDENTS WE PLAN THEM IN NEVADA". Another one reads, "unplanned radiation = TRADGEDY planned radiation = MURDER". Another one reads, "planned Radiation = planned Cancer. Another reads, "AN ALLOWABLE LEVEL OF RADIATION IS AN ALLOWABLE LEVEL OF CANCER WHO DECIDES". Another one reads, "RADIATION AND CANCER GO HAND IN HAND". The other signs are not legible.
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Artistic protest poster from an unidentified artist protesting outside of UNLV Moyer Student Union in Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic slide
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Archival Collection
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From the Sister Klaryta Antoszewska Photograph Collection (PH-00352). The protest poster reads, "No sweat folks, just a little problem here in the core."
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Unidentified protestors outside of UNLV Moyer Student Union in Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic slide
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Archival Collection
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From the Sister Klaryta Antoszewska Photograph Collection (PH-00352). The first protest sign on the left reads, "No nuclear weapons." The second protest sign reads, "Destroy weapons leave people standin'." The last protest sign on the right reads, "Radiation & Cancer are personal friends."
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Unidentified protestors outside of UNLV Moyer Student Union in Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic slide
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Archival Collection
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From the Sister Klaryta Antoszewska Photograph Collection (PH-00352). A banner attached to a stage reads, "Give to Earth A Nuclear-Free Humanity. Sagebrush Alliance." The first protest sign on the left reads, "Unplanned radiation = tragedy. Planned radiation = murder." The second protest sign on the right reads, "Hell no we won't glow."
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Mural work on the side of Pepe's Tacos on Fremont Street near Eastern Avenue, looking west in Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph
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Archival Collection
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From the UNLV University Libraries Photographs of the Development of the Las Vegas Valley, Nevada (PH-00394). Part of the collection documents the entire 19 mile length of the north/south Eastern Avenue / Civic Center Drive alignment. This photograph was captured in the section of Eastern Avenue between Stewart Avenue and Charleston Boulevard.
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Bill Beam Papers
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The Bill Beam Papers document the career of miner and poetry enthusiast Bill (William) Beam from 1955 to 2004. The papers contain mining materials, photographs, and poetry from mines Beam worked in around the Southwestern United States. Also included are two albums of photographs from the Nevada Test Site.
Archival Collection
Gladys Boggs Marshall Photographs
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The Gladys Boggs Marshall Photographs contain nine black-and-white photographs of Gladys Boggs Marshall from approximately 1912 to 1975. The photographs include three team photographs of the Clark County High School girls' basketball team, of which Gladys Boggs was a member, and four photographs of Gladys Boggs Marshall and her husband Edward B. Marshall spending time with the Ullom Family.
Archival Collection
Margaret Riskin oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Margaret Riskin conducted by Anna Huddleston on August 12, 2014 for the West Charleston Neighborhoods: an Oral History Project of Ward 1. In this interview, Riskin discusses living in Las Vegas, Nevada since 1993. She talks about moving into a home in the Scotch 80s neighborhood, her neighbors, and the home owner association for the neighborhood. Riskin describes security concerns in the Scotch 80s, experiencing a home robbery, and why she decided to relocate. Lastly, Riskin discusses community events held in her neighborhood.
Archival Collection