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Panel Discussion at NEON Museum

By Tom Sommer on May 20, 2013 11:35 AM | Permalink

On Thursday, May 23, the Neon Museum will host a special program commemorating the 58th anniversary of the opening of Las Vegas’ famed Moulin Rouge Casino.  Las Vegas filmmaker Stan Armstrong will screen portions of his latest project, the documentary titled “The Misunderstood Legend of the Las Vegas Moulin Rouge.” Stan will also serve on the panel with Claytee White, director of the Oral History Research Center at UNLV Libraries, and others that may include Katherine Joseph and Jerushia McDonald. Dr. Michael Green, professor of history, College of Southern Nevada, will serve as the panel moderator.

The evening will begin with a meet-and-greet at 5 p.m. with the panelists for Neon Museum members only. Doors will open to the public at 5:30 p.m. and the program will begin promptly at 6 p.m.

African American Collaborative Project - Town Hall Meeting

By Tom Sommer on May 1, 2013 3:08 PM | Permalink

The African American Collaborative Project is holding the third in a series of three Town Hall Meetings on Saturday, 11 May 2013. This meeting will be held at the West Las Vegas Library (951 W. Lake Mead) from 11:00 AM until 1:00 PM. The goal of this project is to collect oral interviews, photographs, and manuscript materials depicting the overarching, pivotal experiences of blacks in Las Vegas.

Please join us for a few hours to:

-tell stories
-share photos from your personal collection
-test your knowledge of historical facts
-enjoy light refreshments
-give us names of people who have materials and/or stories about the black experience in Las Vegas.
 

NATIONAL PRESERVATION WEEK

By Tom Sommer on March 20, 2013 10:01 AM | Permalink

NATIONAL PRESERVATION WEEK

April 21 -27, 2013

This year, University Libraries will participating in National Preservation Week.

Libraries all over the country will present events, activities, and resources  that highlight what we can do, individually and together, to preserve our personal and shared collections.

In honor of Preservation Week, University Libraries will be hosting a Preservation Open House, on the 3rd Floor of the Lied Library.  April 27th, 2013; Saturday (2:00 -5:00 pm).

Center for Gaming Research - Gaming Research Colloquium

By Tom Sommer on March 18, 2013 11:44 AM | Permalink

Talk: “Advertising Parenting in Las Vegas: An Analysis of Time and Space”
Date: March 28, 3:30 PM, Special Collections Reading Room

Diana Tracy Cohen
Assistant Professor of Political Science, Central Connecticut State University
In residency: March 18 – 28, 2013
Dr. Cohen currently serves as an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Central Connecticut State University. A scholar with interdisciplinary interests, she conducts research in the areas of Internet and media politics, campaigns and elections, sport, family, and gender. She is currently working a book project that examines a population that she calls Iron Dads, men who balance work, family and endurance sport. Diana is an avid endurance athlete herself. She competes in numerous triathlons and marathons every year.

Oral History Research Center News

By Tom Sommer on March 14, 2013 10:22 AM | Permalink

UNLV Libraries and the History Department in the College of Liberal Arts are hosting the annual conference of The Southwest Oral History Association (SOHA) from Thursday, April 4 through Saturday evening April 6, 2013. Caryll Dziedziak, history professor, is conference chair and assumes the organization’s presidency this year. Under her leadership, SOHA is seeking to become a research entity on our campus sponsored by the College of Liberal Arts and UNLV Libraries.  For more information please contact Claytee White.

Oral History Research Center News

By Tom Sommer on March 14, 2013 10:20 AM | Permalink

The Oral History Research Center has reached its Tenth Year of collecting the history of Southern Nevada! The party will be held on Sunday afternoon, May 5, 2013 at 3:00 to celebrate not only the art of collecting oral history but of training community groups to collect their history, conducting workshops throughout campus, working with researchers from the world community with a focused concentration on our students, and forming group projects to ensure that Las Vegas history is captured and preserved for future generations.  The center also engages in writing and presenting the history of our region at conferences, panel discussions, presentations and as written documentation in books and journals.

Oral History Research Center News

By Tom Sommer on March 14, 2013 10:05 AM | Permalink

The African American Collaborative Project is collecting oral interviews, photographs, and manuscript materials depicting the overarching, pivotal experiences of blacks in Las Vegas. The project’s span is from 3 – 5 years with partners that include UNLV Libraries, Vegas PBS, Las Vegas Clark County Public Libraries, Las Vegas National Bar Association, Henderson Libraries, Weiner-Rogers Law Library, Nevada State Museum, Las Vegas National Bar Association, and the Clark County Museum. A group of community advisors that assisted in organizing a series of panels filmed by Vegas PBS and an ongoing Town Hall Meetings at the West Las Vegas library is comprised of Jarmilla McMillan-Arnold, Hannah Brown, Brenda Williams, Sonya Horsford, EdD, Clare Sampson, Courtney Mooney, and Todd Robinson, PhD.  For more information please contact the Director of the Oral History Research Center Claytee White.