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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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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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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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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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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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.
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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
Oral history interview with Karen Sarret Bartolo conducted by Judy Harrell on November 25, 2013 for the West Charleston Neighborhoods--an Oral History Project of Ward 1. Bartolo recalls how it was growing up in Las Vegas, Nevada and her involvement with the Mormon Church. Bartolo then talks about her father's business, her starting a family and teaching for Clark County School District until retiring.
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Oral history interview with Jennilee Thayer conducted by Claytee D. White on August 12, 2009 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. In this interview, Thayer discusses arriving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1936 when it was still a mining town. She describes early Henderson, Nevada, attending Basic High School, and recalls her father’s employment at the Basic Magnesium Plant. Lastly, Thayer discusses her employment in show production, atomic bomb testing, and changes in Las Vegas.
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