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Discover rare or unique research materials in Special Collections about Las Vegas, Southern Nevada and gaming.
Architect's proposal for the façade and porte-cochère of the Sands Hotel, circa 1952. Sands Hotel Collection.
A group at an event for the National Association of for the Advancement of Colored People in Las Vegas. Alice Key Collection.
Fremont Street looking west, Las Vegas, Nevada, circa 1920. Ferron-Bracken Photograph Collection.
Copa Girls with ostrich feathers, 1965. Sands Hotel Collection.
Gamblers at a casino on the Strip, circa 1940s. Sherwin Scoop Garside Photograph Collection.
Men pose with wagon load of ore from the Frances Mohawk Mine, Goldfield, Nevada, circa 1904-1909. Tonopah Goldfield Album.
Claudine Williams in front of a model of Harrah’s Las Vegas, circa 1992-1997. Claudine Williams Collection.
“A Future Look to Downtown Las Vegas: 1984 and Beyond, A Master Development Plan.” Published by the City of Las Vegas.
The Von Tobels and the Beckleys with their first artesian well in Las Vegas, 1909. Jacob. E. Von Tobel Photograph Collection.
Nevada Southern University first commencement, June 3, 1964. UNLV Photograph Collection.

News From Special Collections

  • 01.30.2015 Staff Highlight: Claytee White & Black History Month 2015
  • 01.14.2015 Staff Highlight: Visiting Special Collections Librarian Emily Lapworth
  • 01.05.2015 Eadington Gaming Fellow Catherine Borg | In Residence Jan 5-21
  • 12.19.2014 Christmas with the Von Tobel Family, 1923 ~by Hana Gutierrez
  • 12.12.2014 Eadington Fellows in Special Collections: 2014-15

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Documenting the African American Experience in Las Vegas connects stories and historical sources about blacks in Southern Nevada.

Browse and search over 30,000 pages of the Rebel Yell from 1956 to 2010.

Study Las Vegas’s distinctive resort architecture in Dreaming the Skyline.

Menus: The Art of Dining is a digital collection featuring over 1,600 menus from our holdings.

Check out our digital collection on Howard Hughes, featuring materials from Dick Hannah, who handled publicity for Hughes.

Gold mines! Railroads! Pioneers! See over 1,500 primary sources about Southern Nevada’s early years.

View 390 historical maps about our region, telescoping in scale from the Western Hemisphere to the streets of Las Vegas

See the 3rd floor exhibit - "Images in Silver: Photography of Goldfield, America’s Last Great Gold Rush"

Featured Exhibit: Line in the Sand: The People, Power and Progress of the Culinary Union, Dec 5 2014, April 1 2015, Lied Library, 1st Floor

Learn more about the UNLV Libraries Southern Nevada Jewish Community Digital Heritage Project