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Nevada Test Site Oral History Project
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| Collection Name | Nevada Test Site Oral History Project |
| View Collection at | http://digital.library.unlv.edu/ntsohp/ |
| Description | The Nevada Test Site Oral History Project documents, preserves, and disseminates the remembered past of persons affiliated with and affected by the Nevada Test Site during the era of Cold War nuclear testing. A wide range of oral history narrators participated in the project, including: scientists, labor trades, military personnel, corporate executives, Native American tribal and spiritual leaders, peace activists and protesters, Nevada ranchers, and communities downwind of the test site. Nearly 200 full-text searchable transcripts and multimedia clips are available in the digital collection. |
| Topics Included | Nuclear weapons testing; Scientists; Military service; Pacifism; Native Americans; Cold War; Nevada Test Site; |
| Organization | University of Nevada, Las Vegas |
| Type of Organization | Academic library |
| City | Las Vegas |
| State | Nevada |
| Country | United States |
| Language | eng |
| Primary Sources | Text; Sound |
| Format of Digital Files | mp3; pdf |
| Project Support | The Nevada Test Site Oral History Project research was conducted from September 2003 through July 2007 in UNLV's College of Liberal Arts with funding from U.S. Depts. of Energy (award no. DEFG52-03NV99203) and Education (award no. P116Z040093). For the academic year 2007-2008, the University Libraries and the Department of History partnered in support of work on final interviews and creation of the digital collection by University Libraries staff. |
| Date Published | 2008-04-18 |
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