On February 9, 1980, collector Stephen M. Singer interviewed schoolteacher, Lomie Heard (born January 22nd, 1906 in Carlsbad, New Mexico) in her home in Las Vegas, Nevada. This interview covers education over the span of thirty years, and includes an overview on the building of the University of Nevada Las Vegas. Also discussed during this interview: Nellis Air Force Base, jet airplanes at Nellis, military families, and the Nevada Test Site.
John Shannon Coogan was born on September 29, 1928, in North Hampton, Massachusetts. John married Betty Jean on August 16, 1952, and they had two children: John III and Sharon.
Coogan was enlisted in the United States Marine Corps.
Coogan attended the University of New Mexico.
Coogan is affiliated with the Nevada Test Site as part of Reynolds Electrical & Engineering Co (REECO); USPAS; and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Dr. Gaelen Lee Felt was a scientist who was active during the height of atomic testing in the mid-twentieth century. He worked for the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory in New Mexico before moving to Las Vegas, Nevada. Felt worked on the Nevada Atomic Test Site and became deputy director of the site in 1955. He then worked for the firm Edgerton, Germeshausen, and Grier (EG & G), eventually becoming vice president of the company's technical support group. He served on the Nevada Board of Education beginning in 1965.
The Maurine and Fred Wilson and Dr. William S. Park Audiovisual Collection (approximately 1900s-1970s) consist of audiovisual material created by the Wilson and Park families. The materials depict the Park homes in Las Vegas, Nevada; Park and Wilson family members; outdoor activities and vacation trips to California, Colorado, and Mexico. The collection also documents early views of the Kiel Ranch in Las Vegas, Nevada, community parades and events, and early views of Las Vegas in the 1920s.
The Billie Mae Polson Photograph Collection, approximately 1948 to 1978, consists of fifty-one color postcards from Las Vegas, Nevada, the Hoover Dam, and surrounding areas. Also included in the collection are original black-and-white and color photographs of the Valley of Fire Nevada State Park, an Easter parade in Las Vegas, and the Las Vegas 5th Street School prior to demolition. There are also ten negatives included in this collection that correspond with select postcards and the photographs from the Valley of Fire Nevada State Park.
Scale [ca. 1:144,000. 1 in. to approx. 12,000 ft.] ; 1 map : col. ; 51 x 91 cm ; Relief shown by contours and spot heights ; "Map no. 23800" ; Includes township and range grid ; Includes two profile diagrams, area and capacity curve diagram, Topography of Black Canyon and vicinity map and Colorado River basin map. Inset maps of Black Canyon and vicinity and Colorado River Basin. Inset charts of Boulder Canyon Reservoir Area and Capacity Curves; and, Profile of Colorado River from Bridge Canyon Dam Site, Arizona to Black Canyon Dam Site, Arizona-Nevada. Bureau of Reclamation.