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Check out the exhibit on Nevada Senator Howard Cannon (1912-2002) on Lied Library's 3rd Floor.
A decorated World War II pilot, Howard Cannon served as Las Vegas city attorney before he was elected to the US Senate in 1958. He would go on to serve four terms as a US Senator and was responsible for the passage of several significant pieces of legislation that affected both Nevada and the nation.
He is the subject of a new biography by Michael Vernetti - Senator Howard Cannon of Nevada. Vernetti researched the book using the Cannon Papers which were donated to Special Collections in 1983 and are housed in the University Libraries. Photographs for the exhibit were drawn from the Howard Cannon photo collection which is housed in Special Collections.
October is Nevada Archives Month. The Nevada State Library and Archives have put together a fantastic web site that allows you to enjoy the history of our state. It includes treasure hunts, proclamations, and an archives resource center. Take time to see what a wonderful and diverse past our state has to offer.
Two special events will be held at the University Libraries in honor of Nevada Archives Month in October.
A booksigning and talk by Michael Vernetti, author of Senator Howard Cannon of Nevada, will take place on October 2 at 5:30pm in Lied Library's Extended Study Room. Vernetti did extensive research for his book in the Cannon papers which are housed in UNLV Special Collections.
Dr. Larry Gragg, PhD, Curators' Teaching Professor | History and Political Science at Missouri University of Science and Technology will present a lecture "There Were Few Solid Facts to Get in the Way": Popular Perceptions of Bugsy Siegel as Founding Father of Las Vegas on October 23 at 7:30pm in Lied Library's Extended Study Room. Gragg was a March 2008 Visiting Gaming Research Fellow in UNLV Special Collections and has done extensive research on the…Read More
The Special Collections houses one of the largest menu collections in the United States. The menus date as far back as the 19th century and come from some of the finest restaurants in Europe. The Menu Collections virtual exhibit contains over 60 scanned menus for your enjoyment. This exhibit includes menus from various Las Vegas restaurants, as well.
Web pages for the University Archives within UNLV Special Collections have been completely revamped and updated just in time for UNLV's 50th Anniversary. The site now includes descriptions of the various record series that make up the University Archives including a complete list of publications. Other new parts of the site include FAQs about the university, a university history timeline, a buildings timeline, a president's timeline, and a bibliography of published works on UNLV. This page will continue to grow as we celebrate this momentous occasion in the university's history.
Guides to over 30 individual manuscript and archival collections held in Special Collections are now available online in EAD (Encoded Archival Description) the emerging professional standard for archival finding aids. Like the Library MARC record, EAD enables the standardization in controlled fields of collection information allowing searching within and across repositories.
Click on a link below to take you to an online guide:
Submitted by Claytee White, Director of the Oral History Research Center
As we locate Katrina survivors who have found their way to Las Vegas, we are engaging them in conversation with hopes of contacting these same people two to three years in the future. The devastation is mind boggling and becomes even more apparent as we gather these interviews. As soon as Katrina occurred, the Oral History Research Center was interested in collecting stories. A few weeks later, I conducted a workshop for a class in the University College, and a student had the same desire. So we are working with this student volunteer, Hillary Pichon, as he learns to conduct oral interviews that will be used in his capstone project.
