Every month, Special Collections and Archives will highlight some of our newly processed collections. Here are some of the highlights for March.
Linda Alterwitz and Elizabeth Stone oral history interview, 2022 February 15. OH-03829. [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 interview.
- Oral history interview with Linda Alterwitz and Elizabeth Stone conducted by Barbara Tabach on February 15, 2022 for The Great Pause: Las Vegas Chronicles of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Two visual artists, Linda Alterwitz and Elizabeth Stone, discuss their work and their experiences creating art before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. The two friends share details of their collaborative work, Earthborn: 30 Seconds to 40 Moons, exploring the concepts of life, loss, and taking a restorative breath. Their exhibit was displayed at the Springs Preserve in Las Vegas, Nevada, where Alterwitz resides, from October 2021 until January 2022.
- Subjects: Oral histories (document genres); Las Vegas (Nev.); COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-; Women artists; Art and photography
African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project event roundtable, 2014 January 18. OH-02621. [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 interview.
- African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project event roundtable conducted by Claytee D. White on January 18, 2014 for the African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project. In this panel event, Jean Childs, Joe Neal, Jackie Brantley, LaVerne Ligon, and Ramon Savoy discuss their early lives and explain how they arrived in Las Vegas, Nevada. Childs talks about her father’s business, the Penguin Club, and the history of African Americans in the gaming industry. She talks about her involvement with the Economic Opportunity Board (EOB) and the Head Start federal program. Savoy remembers the foundation of Las Vegas Sentinel-Voice and the challenges of distributing weekly publications during the late 1950s. Neal recalls his first political campaign, being a chairman for the EOB, and becoming a Nevada State Senator. Later, Brantley describes the 1971 consent decree, discrimination against African American workers in the gaming industry, and her career in hotel management. Ligon remembers her career as a dancer, being a part of an all-African American dance line, and integration in the entertainment industry. Digital video available; no transcript available.
- Subjects: Oral histories (document genres); Las Vegas (Nev.); African Americans
Stephen G. Brown Literary Papers, approximately 1974-2020. MS-01090. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. Explore the complete finding aid.
- The Stephen G. Brown Literary Papers (approximately 1974-2020) consist of the literary work of University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) professor Stephen G. Brown. The collection contains journals, sketch books, published and unpublished manuscripts, and literary criticism articles written by Brown. Collection also includes digital files relating to Brown's work as an author.
- Subjects: Authors; Rhetoric; Comparative literature
