The Technical reports and other Yucca Mountain Site Characterization Office (YMSCO) documents series (1958-2000) consists primarily of technical reports on nuclear waste and other materials relating to the Yucca Mountain Site Characterization project. Reports in this series cover studies of geologic features of Yucca Mountain, technologies tested, and potential hazards of high-level nuclear waste storage. Materials were compiled from those received from the YMSCO as well as documents pulled from the existing James R. Dickinson Library technical reports collection, including current awareness abstracts and other energy related materials, particularly solar energy.
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Cindy Funkhouser grew up in the Midwest where she developed an early interest in "old stuff' as she refers to it. Her self-education in antiques spawned her business, Funk House, which she opened in 2001. Cindy is one of the forces behind the Downtown's arts movement and the development of First Friday, which was inspired by her observations of a similar event in Portland, OR. Cindy moved to Las Vegas around 1980. Her parents had moved to the valley in the late 1970s. When not working as a cocktail waitress at the Four Queens—a downtown casino where she was employed for 14 years—she pursued her interest in vintage items as a part-time business. Today others look to Cindy as a motivator for First Friday and the Las Vegas art movement that is deeply rooted in the John S. Park Neighborhood's sense of community.
Oral history interview with Rose Lawson conducted by Helen Littleton and Connie Degernes on July 26, 1974 for the Boulder City Oral History Project. In this interview, Lawson discusses living in Boulder City, Nevada during the construction of the Boulder Dam. She remembers the houses built by Six Companies, Inc., the first churches built in Boulder City, and the increase in population in the early 1940s.