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Liquid Lunch, 2004
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Guide to the Canadian Film Centre Worldwide Short Film Festival Submissions
Box/Folder: Box 2005-027
Archival Component
Zo'har, 2002
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Guide to the Canadian Film Centre Worldwide Short Film Festival Submissions
Box/Folder: Box 2003-035
Archival Component
Perfect Circle, 2004
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Guide to the Canadian Film Centre Worldwide Short Film Festival Submissions
Box/Folder: Box 2004-038
Archival Component
Audio clip from interview with John Wanderer, May 9, 2016
Date
Archival Collection
Description
In this clip, John Wanderer discusses how his family came to Las Vegas, Nevada.
Sound
The Lincoln County Courthouse in Pioche, Nevada: postcard
Date
Archival Collection
Description
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David L. Stevenson oral history interview
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Abstract
Oral history interview with David L. Stevenson conducted by Charles Jackson on February 26, 1979 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview, Stevenson discusses his upbringing in Las Vegas, Nevada. Stevenson discusses his early education and later working at chemical plants in Henderson, Nevada during his teens. Stevenson continues by recalling his career as a chemist at the Nevada Test Site, the purpose of the nuclear tests he was involved in, and the fallout that was carried across the country due to the testing. He also describes the growth of Las Vegas and its economy. Finally, Stevenson talks about being a real estate agent in Las Vegas.
Archival Collection
Photograph looking northwest through the remains of St. Thomas, March 25, 1964
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Looking northwest through the remains of St. Thomas towards the site of the Lost City
Transcribed Notes: Bureau of Reclamation typed notes appended to back of photo: Townsite of St. Thomas, Nevada--Moapa Valley Project--Nevada A view of a portion of the townsite of St. Thomas, Nevada, settled by the Mormons in 1865, during a period of low water elevation in Lake Mead, above Hoover Dam. The town was first covered by Lake Mead in June 1938.
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