The African American Collaborative Project is collecting oral interviews, photographs, and manuscript materials depicting the overarching, pivotal experiences of blacks in Las Vegas.
The project’s span is from 3 – 5 years with partners that include
- UNLV Libraries
- Vegas PBS
- Las Vegas Clark County Public Libraries
- Las Vegas National Bar Association
- Henderson Libraries
- Weiner-Rogers Law Library
- Nevada State Museum
- Las Vegas National Bar Association
- Clark County Museum
A group of community advisors that assisted in organizing a series of panels filmed by Vegas PBS and an ongoing Town Hall Meetings at the West Las Vegas library is comprised of Jarmilla McMillan-Arnold, Hannah Brown, Brenda Williams, Sonya Horsford, EdD, Clare Sampson, Courtney Mooney, and Todd Robinson, PhD.
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The campus community is invited to join UNLV Libraries for a reception welcoming Michelle Light as the new director of Special Collections. The reception will be held in the Special Collections Reading Room on the third floor of Lied Library from 2-4 p.m. Wednesday, March 6.
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A clamshell box was created for a collection of Münchener Kalender . The Preservation Lab used a slightly different technique of printing the title on the lining, and framing it within the outer case. This creates a striking effect. We also tried to match the title fonts with the original of the collection. The outside of the clamshell is wrapped in Canapetta Bookcloth, and the interior is lined with Nideggen paper. This collection can be found in Special Collections. Call # Oversize CR 1820 M86x.
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Submitted by Claytee White, Director of the Oral History Research Center
The Oral History Project of Las Vegas Showgirls began with the work of Joyce Marshall Moore in the mid to late 1990s. As part of the project, Women in Gaming and Entertainment directed by Joanne Goodwin, Joyce interviewed a series of ex-showgirls. The Oral History Research Center added several interviews to Joyce’s initial list.
We are presenting a sample of the project that includes the Kim Sister’s Sook-Ja Kim interviewed by our own Myoung-Ja Lee Kwon; Betty Bunch interviewed by Joyce Moore; Carol Baker interviewed by Nancy Davis; and Virginia James and Anna Bailey interviewed by Claytee D. White.
Enjoy the beauty and artistry of these captivating women.
Anna Bailey
Anna Bailey arrived in Las Vegas in 1955 to perform as a dancer for the opening of the Moulin Rouge Hotel and Casino. Six months later the Rouge…Read More
In celebration of Asian-Pacific Heritage Month, Special Collections has created an exhibit featuring historical photographs and documents on Asian-Pacific entertainers in Las Vegas over the years. Materials on display on the 3rd Floor of Lied Library include items such as this orignal program from the China Doll Revue which appeared at the Thunderbird Hotel and Casino in 1959. Please stop by and take a look!
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A colorful exhibit currently on display on the 3rd floor of Lied Library showcases material on the Folies Bergere held in UNLV Special Collections. The classic production show, which began its run at the Tropicana Hotel in December 1959, is one of the last remaining shows to feature the iconic Las Vegas showgirl in all her glory, and the longest running show in Vegas history. It is scheduled to close this month on March 28. Stop by for a walk down memory lane that features programs and photographs from Special Collections documenting this significant part of Las Vegas entertainment history.
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A new exhibit in the display case just outside of Special Collections celebrates the art of miniature books. Such a book is usually considered to be one which is no more than three inches in size--height, width or thickness. Traditionally hand-made, miniature books incorporate a variety of media and styles of paper and binding. Like the larger artists' books, miniature books are personal expressions by the artist drawing from personal experiences.
This collection of miniature books were designed by book artist, Jill Timm, for her Mystical Places Press and express her love of nature especially of the west and southwest. Using a variety of media from 3-D photographs, handmade papers, and stones, Timm has created a remarkably eclectic oeuvre using a wide variety of book making skills. It is the art of the book in miniature.
-- Peter Michel
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Check out the new UNLV Special Collections searchable database for manuscripts, photographs, and oral histories. Our new database allows for universal searching through all of our primary source collections. Please take the time to do some test searches and let us know what you think. More linked finding aids will soon be available.
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The online exhibit "Welcome Home Howard; or Whatever Became of the Daring Aviator?" has been revamped and recreated as a new ContentDM digital collection. In ContentDM, the collection will have greater search capabilities and features.
This collection features photographic images and portraits documenting Howard Hughes. There are 180 images selected from two collections: The Howard Hughes Collection and the Hughes Electronics Collection. All collections are housed at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in the Special Collections at the University Libraries.
Welcome Home, Howard!: or Whatever Became of the Daring Aviator? began as a web exhibit created by Special Collections to showcase its Howard Hughes collections in the wake of the publicity surrounding Martin Scorsese's 2004 biopic about Howard Hughes,…Read More
Michael Frazier, Conservator in Special Collections was recently interviewed for the Inside UNLV December 2008 newsletter.
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