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NV Energy Donates $10K to UNLV University Libraries Latinx Voices Project

Donors presenting a giant $10,000 check the UNLV Oral History Research Center
Tony Sanchez, NV Energy Senior Vice President, and Peter Guzman, President of the Las Vegas Latin Chamber of Commence, present a $10,000 check to Claytee White, Director of the UNLV Oral History Research Center, and Michelle Light, Director of Special Collections & Archives.

NV Energy has donated $10,000 to support University Libraries’ Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada project.

“NV Energy is committed to supporting programs that honor the unique diversity and cultural heritage of our state,” said Maggie Farrell, Dean of the UNLV University…Read More

Digitizing Historic Las Vegas Newspapers by Stacey Fott

Front page of the Las Vegas Age from April 1912

UNLV Digital Collections is currently completing the digitization of two historic Las Vegas newspapers for public online access. Through funding from the Commission for the Las Vegas Centennial, the Las Vegas Age, (1905-1947) and the Las Vegas Times (1905-1906) will be available online to researchers through the UNLV University Libraries website and the Library of Congress Chronicling America website. While this project shares many similarities with NDNP in terms of process and workflow, there is one major…Read More

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