Celesta Lowe is a long time resident of Clark County. She completed her early schooling in Moapa Valley before the family moved to El Monte, California, where she attended high school and business college there before returning to Las Vegas. The first Helldorado celebration in 1935 was the site of her marriage to Deke Lowe. As a mother of four children, she returned to school in 1955 to take home economic classes at Nevada Southern University (NSU). She eventually became the first secretary to James Dickinson in the NSU library and took charge of the Special Collections Department in 1967. A prolific writer, she wrote "Echoes from the Archives" in the Nevadan section of the Las Vegas Review Journal, and followed that with a column entitled "Southwestern Bookshelf." She has been an active member of the National League of Pen Women since 1958 and has also served as book review editor for Maverick Publications.
The collection includes copies of Celesta Lowe's column "Echoes from the Archives" from 1967 to 1974. The years 1967, 1968 and 1969 are complete while the subsequent years are incomplete. Copies of "Southwestern Bookshelf" in 1980 and 1981 are included and complete. There is correspondence and newsletters from the Pen-Hens from 1958 to 1976, and from the National League of Pen Women from 1976 through 1995, including a copy of the bylaws. One folder contains copies of newspaper articles pertaining to various family members and civic events. There were three pictures removed to the photo collection.
Physical Description: 2 boxes ( 1.5 linear ft.)
Restrictions: None
Location of Collection: Lied Library Special Collections Department, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV
Processed by: Joyce Marshall
Date Completed: 1/31/95
Inventory and Container List
Celesta Lowe
95-48
| BOX # | FLDR# | CONTENTS |
| 1 | 1 | Copies from folder labeled "Newspaper clippings-family" 1943-1995. |
| 2 | Newspaper clippings 1955-1968. | |
| 3 | Correspondence and newsletters from "The Pen-Hens" 1958-1968. | |
| 4 | Bylaws-UNLV Commencements-miscellaneous forms. | |
| 5 | National League of American Pen Women Papers 1985-1995. | |
| 2 | 1 | Newspaper column "Echoes from the Archives" 1967-1974. Complete. |
| 2 | Newspaper column "Echoes from the Archives" 1975-1979. Incomplete. | |
| 3 | Vegas Review Journal, Nevadan section, containing the column "Southwestern Bookshelf" 1980. | |
| 4 | Las Vegas Review Journal, Nevadan section, containing the column "Southwestern Bookshelf" 1981. | |
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