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Louis Vitale, Dom Hélder Câmara, and numerous unidentified protestors at the Nevada Test Site: photographic slide

Date

1991-03-08

Description

From the Sister Klaryta Antoszewska Photograph Collection (PH-00352). Dom Hélder Câmara (fourth from the right) was the Archbishop of Brazil. Louis Vitale (fifth from the right) was a member of the Order of Friars Minor (O.F.M.). Lenten Desert Experience.

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Protestors outside of U.S. Department of Energy Building: photographic slide

Date

1979-04

Description

From the Sister Klaryta Antoszewska Photograph Collection (PH-00352). One of the signs read, "NUCLEAR ACCIDENTS WE PLAN THEM IN NEVADA". Another one reads, "unplanned radiation = TRADGEDY planned radiation = MURDER". Another one reads, "planned Radiation = planned Cancer. Another reads, "AN ALLOWABLE LEVEL OF RADIATION IS AN ALLOWABLE LEVEL OF CANCER WHO DECIDES". Another one reads, "RADIATION AND CANCER GO HAND IN HAND". The other signs are not legible. 

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Artistic protest poster from an unidentified artist protesting outside of UNLV Moyer Student Union in Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic slide

Date

1979-04

Description

From the Sister Klaryta Antoszewska Photograph Collection (PH-00352). The protest poster reads, "No sweat folks, just a little problem here in the core."

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Unidentified protestors outside of UNLV Moyer Student Union in Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic slide

Date

1979-08

Description

From the Sister Klaryta Antoszewska Photograph Collection (PH-00352). The first protest sign on the left reads, "No nuclear weapons." The second protest sign reads, "Destroy weapons leave people standin'." The last protest sign on the right reads, "Radiation & Cancer are personal friends."

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Unidentified protestors outside of UNLV Moyer Student Union in Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic slide

Date

1979-04

Description

From the Sister Klaryta Antoszewska Photograph Collection (PH-00352). A banner attached to a stage reads, "Give to Earth A Nuclear-Free Humanity. Sagebrush Alliance." The first protest sign on the left reads, "Unplanned radiation = tragedy. Planned radiation = murder." The second protest sign on the right reads, "Hell no we won't glow."

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Slide presentation from a hearing at a City Hall in Nevada: photographic slide

Date

1979-05

Description

From the Sister Klaryta Antoszewska Photograph Collection (PH-00352). The presentation slide reads, "Total announced tests and radiation measured off the test range complex. Total above-ground tests = 126. Total sub0surface tests = 413. Total tests = 539. Number measured off the test range complex of above-ground tests = 89. Number measured off the test range complex of sub-surface tests = 40. Total number measured off the test range complex = 129."

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Mural work on the side of Pepe's Tacos on Fremont Street near Eastern Avenue, looking west in Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2019-02-26

Description

From the UNLV University Libraries Photographs of the Development of the Las Vegas Valley, Nevada (PH-00394). Part of the collection documents the entire 19 mile length of the north/south Eastern Avenue / Civic Center Drive alignment. This photograph was captured in the section of Eastern Avenue between Stewart Avenue and Charleston Boulevard.

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Paul J. Christensen oral history interview

Identifier

OH-00188

Abstract

Oral history interview with Paul Christensen conducted by Claytee D. White on February 19, 2008 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. In this interview Paul Christensen discusses his early childhood in Las Vegas, Nevada during World War II, his family's jewelry business, the various educational institutions he attended, his service in the United States Air Force, and his long career in city politics.

Archival Collection

Geneva Stark Merwin oral history interview

Identifier

OH-01289

Abstract

Oral history interview with Geneva Stark Merwin conducted by Elizabeth Nelson Patrick on August 24, 1983 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview, Merwin discusses her career and experiences as a teacher in Pahrump, Nevada after moving there in 1941. Merwin also discusses some of the people in the town and its layout. Merwin goes on to describe her teaching career in Las Vegas, Nevada after being recommended to the school board by Maude Frazier.

Archival Collection

David Bruce Dill oral history interview

Identifier

OH-00461

Abstract

Oral history interview with Dr. David Bruce Dill conducted by James Greene on December 20, 1974 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. This interview covers physiological investigations regarding the operation and biological adaptations of people living in the desert environment of Southern Nevada, particularly in Boulder City and Nelson Township.

Archival Collection