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Office Building
Level of Description
Scope and Contents
This set includes drawings for Jack Matthews (client).
This set includes: site plans.
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Gary Guy Wilson Architectural Drawings
Box/Folder: Roll 312
Archival Component
Frank D. Rathbun Photograph Collection
Identifier
Abstract
The Frank D. Rathbun Photograph Collection dates from approximately 1915 to 1968 and consists primarily of black-and-white photographic prints and some corresponding negatives taken by Frank D. Rathbun and Michael Moen, who resurveyed the various sites Rathbun visited. The majority of the images depict petroglyphs located throughout the desert southwest in Nevada, California, and Arizona, as well as documentary images of the construction of the Los Angeles Aqueduct and the Hoover Dam transmission lines. Additional material includes postcards from areas Rathbun visited in California, Arizona, and Nevada.
Archival Collection
Proposal for Circus Circus expansion (Las Vegas), August 4, 1970
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Bound proposal for a Circus Circus expansion including site map and drawings of main architectural elements. This project was not built.
Site Name: Circus Circus Las Vegas
Address: 2880 Las Vegas Boulevard South
Image
Film transparency of the Wagon Wheel Tavern, Las Vegas, Nevada, circa 1948-1949
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Image
Catalonia Estates: Patio Homes: Progress Prints, 1986 August 01
Level of Description
Scope and Contents
This set includes: preliminary sketches, site plans, floor plans, exterior elevations and redlining.
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Gary Guy Wilson Architectural Drawings
Box/Folder: Roll 066
Archival Component
Development: Fremont and 8th
Level of Description
Scope and Contents
This set includes: preliminary sketches, rendered perspectives, rendered exterior elevations, site plans and floor plans.
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Gary Guy Wilson Architectural Drawings
Box/Folder: Roll 103
Archival Component
Transcript of interview with Theda Kay Grinnell by Fletcher Corey, February 28, 1977
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Archival Collection
Description
On February 28, 1977, Fletcher Corey interviewed Theda Kay Grinnell (born 1935 in New London, Iowa) about her life in Las Vegas, Nevada. Grinnell first talks about her move to Nevada and both her and her husband’s work at the Nevada Test Site. She also talks about the atomic blasts, competition with Russia, and her employment that followed her work at the Test Site. Grinnell later talks about her church membership and goes into detail about the race riots and how they involved and impacted her and her son. The end of the interview includes discussion on flash floods, the culinary union, how World War II affected the Las Vegas industry, and the social changes in Las Vegas.
Text
Transcript of interview with Jo Mueller by Claytee White, August 26, 2011
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Archival Collection
Description
Jo Ann and Hal Mueller arrived in Las Vegas in 1956 when he accepted a meteorologist position. In addition to raising their two children, Jo was active in PTA, worked for Weight Watchers, and was a volunteer with League of Women voters. She tells the story of meeting Hal and their whirlwind romance to the altar, moving to the Caroline Islands and eventually choosing Las Vegas over Seattle as their next career assignment. Las Vegas became their permanent home and Jo reflects on life and experiences here.
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Trucks bringing concrete from the mixing plant: photographic print
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Archival Collection
Description
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