What's New In Special Collections

Girl Scout Records in UNLV Libraries, by Angela Moor

Girl Scouts at Camp Foxtail, Nevada, 1994. Frontier Girl Scouts Records, 1944-1999. MS-00421. Special Collections, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.

March is Women's History Month—a perfect time to recognize Girl Scouts, an organization for young women dedicated to making the world a better place.  National Girl Scout Day is also in March— it's celebrated March 12 to commemorate the first Girl Scout Troop meeting, which was held in Georgia on that day in 1912. Troops selling cookies aren’t the only presence of Girl Scouts on campus—UNLV Libraries Special Collections holds over 40 feet of Frontier Girl Scouts Records, documenting the history of girl scouting in…Read More

Staff Highlight: Oscar Giurcovich and the Nevada Digital Newspaper Project

Project Technician Oscar Giurcovich with the Nevada Digital Newspaper Project (NVDNP) at UNLV

If you're curious about some of the work UNLV Libraries Special Collections staff members are doing in the archives, our Staff Highlight feature answers commonly-asked questions about their projects and perspectives. Here, Project Technician Oscar Giurcovich with the Nevada Digital Newspaper Project offers a look into his current activities.

1. What are you working on right now? How will it…Read More

A Note on Sovereignty, by Lee M. Hanover

Handwritten note from the Katherine A. Spilde Papers on Native American Gaming, 1789-2015. MS-00092. Special Collections, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.

As a Special Collections summer intern turned part-time employee, I have had the opportunity to see the Katherine A. Spilde Papers on Native American Gaming sorted and organized, and watch its finding aid grow from 32 pages to an astounding 100+ page document contextualizing its many regional, professional, and subject files. My time working on the National Historical Publications and…Read More

African Americans: The Las Vegas Experience Documentary Premiere February 20

On Monday, Feb. 20, the UNLV University Libraries’ multi-year project “Documenting the African American Experience in Las Vegas” will culminate with the premiere of the Vegas PBS documentary African Americans: The Las Vegas Experience.

“The history of the Las Vegas African American community is the history of Las Vegas,” says Patricia Iannuzzi, dean of the UNLV University Libraries. “This documentary ​honors the African American community of Las Vegas and we are grateful to have the opportunity to share this story in the words of the people who lived it.”

African Americans: The Las Vegas Experience is the result of a partnership between UNLV University Libraries and Vegas PBS, with grant funding provided by the Institute of Museum and Library Services and the Commission for the Las Vegas…Read More

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