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What's New in Special Collections: Sergio Salgado Photographs

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Every month, Special Collections and Archives will highlight some of our newly processed collections. Here are some of the highlights for June.

Sergio Salgado Photographs, approximately 1967-1992. PH-00463. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. Explore the complete Sergio Salgado Photographs finding aid.

  • The Sergio Salgado Photographs (approximately 1967-1992) consist of photographic prints and slides taken by Salgado that document scenes around Las Vegas, Nevada. Subjects include daily life, social gatherings, Mexican community events, hotels and casinos on and near the Las Vegas Strip and Fremont Street, and Helldorado parades. Several of the photographs document social and fundraising events of the Mexican Social Club. Also included in the collection is a photograph depicting the Valley High School (Las Vegas, Nevada) Class of 1972 that was not taken by Salgado.
  • Subjects: photographs; East Las Vegas (Nev.); Mexicans; Las Vegas (Nev.)

Musicians Wives Club of Las Vegas Roundtable interview, 2008 October 01. OH-03948. [Cite format consulted: Audio recording or Transcript.] Oral History Research Center, Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. Explore the complete Musicians Wives Club interview.

  • Roundtable oral history interview conducted by Lisa Gioia-Acres with some of the founding members of the Musicians Wives Club of Las Vegas on October 1, 2008 for the All That Jazz Oral History Project. Interviewees include Renee Rampton, Rosemaria Gordon, Myrna Williams, Phyllis Kluger, and Leslie Marsh. Also included are two photographs (reproductions) taken on June 4, 1964 at the installation ceremony of the first officers. Digital audio available; no transcript available.
  • Subjects: Oral histories (document genres); Musicians Wives Club of Las Vegas; Musicians; Las Vegas (Nev.) -- 1950-1960; Las Vegas (Nev.) -- 1960-1970

Veterans' Voices: We're Listening Oral History Project, 2021-2024. OH-04000. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. Explore the complete Veterans' Voices oral history project.

  • The Veterans' Voices: We're Listening Oral History Project (2021-2024) contains fifty interviews conducted by members of two UNLV entities, the Women’s Research Institute of Nevada (WRIN) and the Military & Veteran Services Center (MVSC). UNLV is nationally recognized as a Military Friendly School, and this project contains interviews spanning all branches and eras of the U.S. military and includes a representative cross-section of the diversity of Veterans. All interviews consist of digital audio and transcript files; many also have associated photographs.
  • Subjects: Oral histories (document genres); Veterans; Veterans -- Services for -- United States

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