MGM Resorts International has announced that it will provide $25,000 to support the UNLV University Libraries’ Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada project.
The UNLV Oral History Research Center will host a Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Student Recruitment Event and Open House on Thursday, April 19 from 3-4 p.m. in the Amargosa Room of Lied Library.
Join the University Libraries and Dean Maggie Farrell as we host this special event celebrating the 50th anniversary of Special Collections & Archives, the Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art, the William F. Harrah College of Hospitality, and the Lee Business School.
In the final in a series celebrating Black History Month, Claytee White examines racial tension from the 1960s and 1970s in Las Vegas and shares three oral histories to read for more perspective on the era.
In our Secrets from Special Collections series, UNLV Libraries Special Collections and Archives staff members divulge what they consider to be the hidden gems of the library, sharing answers, based on their own experiences, to six intriguing questions. Here, Technical Services Librarian Tammi Kim gives us a glimpse into life working among the rare treasures of the library.
Claytee White, Director of the Oral History Research Center, share some of her favorite oral histories examining the 1930s-1950s in Las Vegas as part of the Documenting the African Experience in Las Vegas in this series celebrating Black History Month.
The Mary Etta Syphus family home in Panaca, Nevada, where the packet of letters were found hidden in a wall years after the house had been abandoned. Photo taken approximately 1973. (MS-00169)
Love letters seem like an appropriate offering for Valentine's Day, and we hope you enjoy this story from our colleague Angela Moor. A Ph.D. candidate in the UNLV History Department, Moor works part-time as a member of our archival processing team, and that is where she first encountered this poignant collection of Syphus-Bunker correspondence.
Make plans to join us Friday, March 9 at 5:30 p.m. in the Goldfield Room for Inspire the Present: Bringing History to Life. We've assembled a panel of three notable Las Vegans, who often partner with Special Collections & Archives, to discuss how they use historical materials to bring Las Vegas history to life.
In celebration of Black History Month, Oral History Research Center Director Claytee White picks some of her favorite oral histories from the early days of Las Vegas from those collected in the Documenting the African Experience in Las Vegas.
A new exhibit, "Unbuilt Las Vegas: Imagining Failed Dreams," highlights visions of dream Las Vegas architecture that, for one reason or another, were never built. The exhibit, in the Florence “Flo” Mlynarczyk Gallery on the third floor of Lied Library, is curated by Peter Michel from architectural collections housed in Special Collections and Archives.
