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Louis Vitale, Dom Hélder Câmara, and numerous unidentified protestors at the Nevada Test Site: photographic slide

Date

1991-03-08

Description

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

Date

1979-04

Description

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

Date

1979-04

Description

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

Date

1979-08

Description

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

Date

1979-04

Description

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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Slide presentation from a hearing at a City Hall in Nevada: photographic slide

Date

1979-05

Description

From the Sister Klaryta Antoszewska Photograph Collection (PH-00352). The presentation slide reads, "Total announced tests and radiation measured off the test range complex. Total above-ground tests = 126. Total sub0surface tests = 413. Total tests = 539. Number measured off the test range complex of above-ground tests = 89. Number measured off the test range complex of sub-surface tests = 40. Total number measured off the test range complex = 129."

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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

Date

2019-02-26

Description

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

Identifier

MS-00531

Abstract

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

Nellis Air Force Base Installation Restoration Program Records

Identifier

MS-00680

Abstract

The collection, dated 1988-1999, was created by the United States Air Force, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. It consists of unclassified documents relating to the implementation of the Installation Restoration Program (IRP) of environmental remediation and restoration for Department of Defense (DOD) military installations, ranges, and disposal sites in Nevada.

Archival Collection

Pacific Engineering and Production Company of Nevada (PEPCON) Disaster Collection of News Articles

Identifier

MS-00760

Abstract

The Pacific Engineering and Production Company of Nevada (PEPCON) Disaster Collection of News Articles (1988-1992) consists of articles from Las Vegas and other state and regional newspapers about the PEPCON plant explosion that took place in May of 1988. Also included are United Press International press releases from October to December, 1988.

Archival Collection