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Small herd of wild horses roams the higher elevations of the NTS: photographic print, approximately 1945 to 1982
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: U.S. Department of Energy Photograph Collection on the Nevada Test Site
Box/Folder: Folder 02
Archival Component
Operation Teapot, the "Met" shot, a tower burst: photographic print, 1955
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: U.S. Department of Energy Photograph Collection on the Nevada Test Site
Box/Folder: Flat File 03
Archival Component
Desert view looking out toward control towers: photographic print, approximately 1945 to 1982
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: U.S. Department of Energy Photograph Collection on the Nevada Test Site
Box/Folder: Flat File 03
Archival Component
Desert view looking out toward a control tower: photographic print, approximately 1945 to 1982
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: U.S. Department of Energy Photograph Collection on the Nevada Test Site
Box/Folder: Flat File 03
Archival Component
Anonymous former Office of Personnel Management employee oral history interview, 2004 December 10
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Nevada Test Site Oral History Project Records
Box/Folder: Digital File 01
Archival Component
Joan Swift oral history interviews
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Abstract
Oral history interviews with Joan Swift conducted by Sue Peterson on March 18, 2004, March 25, 2004, and June 22, 2004 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. In this interview, Swift discusses life in Las Vegas, Nevada during the 1940s and 1950s. Swift begins the interview by describing her upbringing in the Basic townsite and Boulder City, Nevada, attending Basic High School, and life in Southern Nevada during World War II. She then discusses working in the Clark County Recorder's office, explaining her job duties and what function the office served for the county. Swift continues, talking about recreation activities at the time, including visiting the casinos on the Las Vegas Strip and the Helldorado Parades. Swift discusses nuclear weapons testing at the Nevada Test Site and her career as the Clark County recorder. Lastly, she describes her thoughts on the future of Las Vegas, Nevada.
Archival Collection
Audio recording clip of interview with Ruth Eppenger D'Hondt by Claytee D. White, August 25, 2011, and July 9, 2012
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Part of an interview Ruth Eppenger D'Hondt conducted by Claytee D. White on August 25, 2011. D'Hondt shares memories of her parents' restaurant.
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