Guide to the Reynolds Electrical and Engineering Company Photograph Collection This finding aid was created by Lindsay Oden on April 27, 2018. Persistent URL for this finding aid: http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/f1x040 2018 The Regents of the University of Nevada. All rights reserved. University of Nevada, Las Vegas. University Libraries. Special Collections and Archives. Box 457010 4505 S. Maryland Parkway Las Vegas, Nevada 89154-7010 special.collections@unlv.edu
Table of Contents Summary Information... 3 Historical Background... 3 Scope and Contents Note... 4 Arrangement... 4 Administrative Information... 4 Related Materials... 5 Names and Subjects... 5 Collection Inventory... 5 - Page 2 -
Summary Information Repository: Creator: Title: ID: University of Nevada, Las Vegas. University Libraries. Special Collections and Archives. Reynolds Electrical & Engineering Co. Reynolds Electrical and Engineering Company Photograph Collection PH-00200 Date [inclusive]: 1963-1981 Physical Description: Language of the Material: Abstract: Preferred Citation 0.1 Linear Feet (2 hanging folders) English The Reynolds Electrical and Engineering Photograph Collection contains black-and-white photographs of locations on or near the Nevada Test Site (NTS) from 1963 to 1965 as documented by the Nevada Test Site News from 1963 to 1981. The collection includes photographs of Cat Canyon, Native American artifacts, cabins formerly occupied by prospectors and miners, caves, the town of Rhyolite, Nevada, buildings for the set of the film The Reward, Wahmonie Mining District, and White Rock Spring. Reynolds Electrical and Engineering Company Photograph Collection, 1963-1981. PH-00200. Special Collections, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. Historical Background The Reynolds Electrical and Engineering Company (REECo) was a corporation that managed personnel, operation maintenance, and administration at the Nevada Test Site (NTS) from 1952 until 1995 when it was dissolved. REECo was a subsidiary of the company Edgerton, Germeshausen, and Grier, Inc. (EG&G), which oversaw testing and research at the NTS as a contractor for the United States Department of Energy. - Page 3-
Scope and Contents Note The Reynolds Electrical and Engineering Photograph Collection contains black-and-white photographs of locations on or near the Nevada Test Site (NTS) from 1963 to 1965 as documented by the Nevada Test Site News from 1963 to 1981. The collection includes photographs of Cat Canyon, Native American artifacts, cabins formerly occupied by prospectors and miners, caves, the town of Rhyolite, Nevada, buildings for the set of the film The Reward, Wahmonie Mining District, and White Rock Spring. Arrangement Materials are arranged by geographical location. Administrative Information Access The collection is open for research. Publication Rights Materials in this collection may be protected by copyrights and other rights. See Reproductions and Use on the UNLV Special Collections website for more information about reproductions and permissions to publish. Acquisition Note Materials were donated in 1982 by the Reynolds Electrical and Engineering Company; accession number 1985-035. Processing Note Materials were processed by in 1985. In 2015, as part of a legacy finding aid conversion project, Lindsay Oden wrote the collection description in compliance with current professional standards. Revision Description The finding aid was written by Lindsay Oden in compliance with DACS. July 2015 - Page 4-
Related Materials Related Materials The following resources may provide additional information related to the materials in this collection: Bill Beam Papers, 1955-2004. MS-00531. Special Collections, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. Alice P. Broudy Papers on Broudy v. United States, 1948-2006. MS-00097. Special Collections, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. George Knox Roth Papers, 1959-1971. MS-00238. Special Collections, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. Baneberry Collection, 1969-1989. MS-00019. Special Collections, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. Nevada Test Site Oral History Project. Oral History Research Center, Special Collections, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. Names and Subjects Indians of North America Motion pictures -- Setting and scenery Photographs Collection Inventory Title/Description Nevada antiquities Containers Petroglyphs, 1965 December 17 folder 01 Arrowheads, undated folder 01 Metate and Mano (grinding stones), undated folder 01 Pottery, undated folder 01 - Page 5-
Cane Springs, Nevada Cabin under willow tree at Cane Springs, undated folder 01 Cabin under willow tree at Cane Springs, undated folder 01 Grave site of Pete Black at Cane Springs, undated folder 01 Cat Canyon, Nevada Exterior of prospectors' cave, 1964 January 24 folder 01 Interior of prospectors' cave, 1964 January 24 folder 01 Pillar Spring, Nevada Bill Martin's bedstead near Pillar Springs, undated folder 01 Rhyolite, Nevada Stone depot, 1963 March 15 folder 01 Dolls from Mrs. Herschel Heisler's collection, 1963 March 15 folder 01 Depot museum, 1963 March 15 folder 01 Bottle house, 1963 March 15 folder 01 Church and plaza on set of "The Reward", 1964 July 31 folder 01 Graveyard and church on set of "The Reward", undated folder 01 Wall inscription in the church on set of "The Reward", 1964 July 31 folder 01 Movie set, undated folder 01 Fireplace inside bank building walls, 1964 July 31 folder 01 Steps leading to the bell tower of the church, 1964 July 31 folder 01 Gravestones in churchyard, 1964 July 31 folder 01 Tippapah Springs, Nevada Interior view of stable, 1964 January 24 folder 01 Wahmonie, Nevada Prospect hole, 1981 August 21 folder 01 Retort oven used for production of mercury, 1981 August 21 folder 01 White Rock Springs, Nevada Oasis on the Nevada Test Site, undated folder 01 Interior view of the house at White Rock Springs, 1964 January 24 folder 02 Interior view of the house at White Rock Springs, 1964 January 24 folder 02 Nevada Test Site miscellaneous Prospectors' campsite, 1963 March 01 folder 02 - Page 6-
Horse corral, 1965 February 12 folder 02 1928 Buick, 1964 January 24 folder 02 Cabin, undated folder 02 Nevada Test Site, undated folder 02 President Harry S. Truman, undated folder 02 - Page 7-