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Subject files, 1951-2003

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Scope and Contents

The Subject Files (1951-2003) provides documentation on the variety of environmental issues in which the Sierra Club Toiyabe chapter was interested or involved. It is divided into twelve files and includes significant amounts of information on the MX Missile Project, Aerojet General Corporation Florida-Nevada land swap, wilderness in Nevada, nuclear issues, and off-road vehicle events. Other environmental issues or areas of concern addressed include (but are not limited to) Red Rock Canyon Recreation Lands/National Conservation Area, legislation to protect the California desert, Groom Range Land Withdrawal, Sagebrush Rebellion, and transmission line projects. Among the documents included are correspondence, legislation, memoranda, newspaper clippings, newsletters, magazine articles, pamphlets, event information, and general information.

Archival Collection
Sierra Club Toiyabe Chapter Records
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Collection Number: MS-00289
Collection Name: Sierra Club Toiyabe Chapter Records
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Doris Hancock Photograph Collection

Identifier
PH-00003
Abstract

The Doris Hancock Photograph Collection (1882-1987) contains photographs of Las Vegas, Nevada educator Doris Hancock and her family. The collection includes images of Southern Nevada and surrounding areas, particularly the mining town of Rhyolite, Nevada, the Colorado River, the Hoover (Boulder) Dam, Red Rock Canyon, early Las Vegas, and Death Valley, California.

Archival Collection

Transcript of interview with Christina Gentile by David Schwartz, May 01, 2015

Date
2015-05-01
Description
Interviewed by David Schwartz. Christina Gentile was born in Colorado and her family moved to California when she was a year old. After her parents divorced, her father moved to Carson City, Nevada. Christina worked in the Hotel Nevada in Ely and became a dealer there. She moved to Las Vegas and worked as a dealer at the King 8 Hotel. It was sold to Station Casinos and became the Wild Wild West Hotel and Casino, and she got into management there. Christina also worked as a table games manager at Boulder Station, Red Rocks Casino, and at the Wynn Las Vegas. Subjects: Hotel Nevada (Ely); King's 8, Wild Wild West; Boulder Station; Red Rock; Wynn

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Summerlin South development, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date
2016-06-29
Description
Land under development just west of Mesa Park in the Summerlin South project as seen looking northwest towards the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area.

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Summerlin South development, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date
2016-06-29
Description
Land under development just west of Mesa Park in the Summerlin South project as seen looking northwest towards the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area.

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Summerlin South development, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date
2016-06-29
Description
Land under development just west of Mesa Park in the Summerlin South project as seen looking northwest towards the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area.

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Summerlin South development, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date
2016-06-29
Description
Land under development just west of Mesa Park in the Summerlin South project as seen looking northwest towards the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area.

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Stitched panoramic photo of Summerlin South development, Las Vegas, Nevada

Date
2016-06-29
Description
Land under development just west of Mesa Park in the Summerlin South project as seen looking northwest towards the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area.

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