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What's New in Special Collections: Kathleen Nathan Photographs of Nevada Artists

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Robert Beckmann (painter) in Henderson, Nevada, 1995. Photograph by Kathleen Nathan.

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

Kathleen Nathan Photographs of Nevada Artists, 1995-2000. PH-00468. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. Explore the complete Kathleen Nathan Photographs finding aid.

  • The Kathleen Nathan Photographs of Nevada Artists (1995-2000) consist of silver gelatin work prints from photographer Kathleen Nathan's series "Nevada Artists." The photographs feature environmental portraits of artists from throughout the state of Nevada, primarily Reno and Las Vegas.
  • Subjects: black-and-white photographs; Artists; Art and photography; Nevada; Las Vegas (Nev.)

Photographs of the Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic in Las Vegas, Nevada, 2020. PH-00428. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. Explore the complete Response to COVID-19 finding aid.

  • Photographs of the Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic in Las Vegas, Nevada (2020) are comprised of digital images captured by Aaron Mayes, UNLV Special Collections and Archives Curator for Visual Materials, to document what quarantine measures and restrictions to tourism, business, and everyday life in the Las Vegas Valley looked like in the spring and summer of 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. Included are images of the Las Vegas Strip, Downtown Las Vegas, local businesses, parks and outdoor recreation spaces, celebrations and events, and Lied Library at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
  • Subjects: digital photographs; COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-; Las Vegas Strip (Nev.); Business enterprises -- Nevada -- Las Vegas; Tourism -- Nevada -- Las Vegas; Casinos; Social distancing (Public health)

Vicki Higgins Cannabis Advocacy Papers, approximately 2000-2020. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. Explore the complete Vicki Higgins finding aid.

  • The Vicki Higgins Cannabis Advocacy Papers (approximately 2000-2020) consist of correspondence, research notes, legislative documents, news articles, pamphlets, promotional materials, and publications relating to the regulation and legalization of cannabis for medicinal and recreational use in Nevada. The collection also includes materials gathered at cannabis industry conventions. Also contained are materials from WECAN (Wellness Education Cannabis Advocates of Nevada), a patient advocacy organization founded in 2008, as well as the Coalition For Patient Rights Nevada, which Higgins co-founded. Vicki Higgins has been a medical cannabis advocate in Nevada since 2009.
  • Subjects: Marijuana industry; Cannabis; Promotional materials

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