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Postcard showing the construction site of Hoover Dam, Black Canyon, circa 1931

Date
1931
Description
A colored postcard showing an artist's representation of the construction site of Hoover Dam, previously known as Boulder Dam, in Black Canyon. Constructed in the 1930s, Hoover Dam crosses the Colorado River on the state line between Arizona and Nevada. Also considered to be an engineering wonder and the world's largest dam during its time of construction, Hoover Dam provides much-needed irrigation and hydroelectric power to the Southwest region of the United States. Transcribed onto the top border of the image: "Black Canyon, Boulder Dam Site."

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Lupe Nunez and Saul Arebas at a Mexican Independence Day celebration at Lion's Park: photographic print

Date
1983 to 1986
Description

In every Chicano barrio throughout the Southwest, a subculture exists among some Hispanic adolescents and young adults which includes a unique way of speaking, dressing and acting. A fierce loyalty to the neighborhood and the people one grows up with develops during this period as well. Hispanic youth who live in a particular barrio (neighborhood) call each other "Homeboy," Saul Arebas, a local "homeboy" and his lady friends, Lupe Nunez, both pictures of "Urban Chicano Cool" are shown here at the Mexican Independence Day celebration at Lion's Park.

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Photographs, 2013

Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Southwest Oral History Association Records
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Collection Number: MS-00559
Collection Name: Southwest Oral History Association Records
Box/Folder: Box 13, Digital File 00

Archival Component

The Necessity of Defense in the Context of Civil Disobedience article, Nuclear Weapons and International Law paper and memorandum in support of jury's power of nullification, 1982, 1981, 1983

Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Greenpeace Pacific Southwest Records
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Collection Number: MS-00363
Collection Name: Greenpeace Pacific Southwest Records
Box/Folder: Box 02

Archival Component

[Map showing radio station K-2's range], K-2--1280 Kc., undated

Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
UNLV University Libraries Collection of Maps
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Collection Number: MS-00955
Collection Name: UNLV University Libraries Collection of Maps
Box/Folder: Flat File 082

Archival Component

Southwestern States, American Automobile Association, 1958

Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
UNLV University Libraries Collection of Maps
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Collection Number: MS-00955
Collection Name: UNLV University Libraries Collection of Maps
Box/Folder: Flat File 049

Archival Component

Southwestern States, American Automobile Association, 1964

Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
UNLV University Libraries Collection of Maps
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00955
Collection Name: UNLV University Libraries Collection of Maps
Box/Folder: Flat File 049

Archival Component

Southwestern States, American Automobile Association, 1970

Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
UNLV University Libraries Collection of Maps
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00955
Collection Name: UNLV University Libraries Collection of Maps
Box/Folder: Flat File 049

Archival Component

Buer, David Alan, 1953-

David Alan Buer was born on October 25, 1953, in San Antonio, Texas.

Buer is affiliated with the Nevada Test site as a Franciscan brother and as a former staff with NDE. At the time of his oral history interview, Buer was working with homeless and migrant people.

Buer took two years of college at Southwest Missouri State.

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