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The Nevada Test Site Oral History Project at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas is a comprehensive program dedicated to documenting, preserving and disseminating the remembered past of persons affiliated with and affected by the Nevada Test Site during the era of Cold War nuclear testing.

Subjects or Themes

Indigenous, World War II, Women, Veterans, Nuclear Testing

Project Language(s)

English

Time Period

Geographic Location

Project Categories

Content Type

Oral History, Teacher Resources, Multimedia recordings

Target Audience(s)

Creators

Mary Palevsky, Project Director
Robert Futrell, Principal Investigator, Sociology
Andrew Kirk, Principal Investigator, History

Year(s)

2008-2011

Host Institution / Affiliation / Project Location

University of Nevada, Las Vegas University Libraries

Software Employed

Labor and Support

Project Cost

Partnerships, funding sources, or grant-funding acknowledgement

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).