Researcher Profile: Karan Feder
Researcher Profile: Larry Gragg
This inaugural post in our Researcher Profile series will highlight researchers and who have used resources in Special Collections & Archives for a variety of proj
UNLV Libraries Datasets Open for Research with Pilot Project by Cory Lampert and Emily Lapworth
Las Vegas City Commission Records, 1911-1960. MS-00237.
This is part two of a two-part article on Collections as Data research at the UNLV Libraries.
Eadington Fellow Scott Boylan in Residence: March 2 - March 13
Scott Boylan, Professor of Accounting, Washington & Lee University, is our first Eadington Fellow of 2020.
What do we mean by “Collections As Data” (CAD)? by Cory Lampert & Emily Lapworth
New Online Oral Histories - February 2020
Digital Collections, part of Special Collections and Archives in the University Libraries, has digitized 10 oral histories and made them available on our website this month. These stories, collected as part of several projects from the UNLV Oral History Research Center, provide a detailed look at the many people different people who call Las Vegas and Southern Nevada home.
Our new online oral histories include:
Nevada History through Calendars of the Past by Ryan DiPaolo
The Rhyolite Bottling Works from Rhyolite, Nevada calendar depicting Cascade Falls in Yosemite Valley, California, 1909, UNLV University Libraries Collection of Nevada Calendars, MS-00990
Happy Thanksgiving from UNLV Special Collections and Archives
Thanksgiving Dinner menu, Don the Beachcomber, Sahara Las Vegas, approximately 1963, UNLV University Libraries Menu Collection, MS-00436
Edward C. Light Schematic Drawings of the Hughes H-4 Hercules "Spruce Goose" Seaplane by Jimmy Chang
This collection highlight blog post was written by Jimmy Chang, an archival processing assistant on the Archival Backlog Elimination Project. Jimmy Chang received his bachelor's and master's degrees in architecture from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas School of Architecture with a tract in hospitality design.
Union Pacific Railroad Collection Water Resources Digitization Project Complete
