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Every month, Special Collections and Archives will highlight some of our newly processed collections. Here are some of the highlights for September.
Las Vegas Land & Water Company Records from the Las Vegas Valley Water District, 1918-1989. MS-00912. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. Explore the complete finding aid.
The Las Vegas Land & Water Company Records from the Las Vegas Valley Water District (1918-1989) are primarily comprised of…Read More
Amy Rayner giving a tour of a mid-century modern house in Las Vegas.
Our Researcher Profile series highlights researchers and who have used resources in Special Collections & Archives for a variety of projects ranging from articles and books to exhibits and documentaries and more.
This week's profile focuses on local resident Amy Raymer who has lived in Las Vegas for 24 years and served as a volunteer for The Neon Museum and Nevada Preservation Foundation for the past 11 years developing educational materials and creating and presenting tours on various aspects of Las…Read More
Image of Special Collections & Archives Portal homepage.
Do you have 20-30 minutes to spare to help improve online access to the University Libraries Special Collections and Archives? We’re recruiting participants for a remote usability testing to evaluate the functionality of the new UNLV Special Collections and Archives Portal. No prior knowledge is necessary.
The new Portal allows site visitors to access both digitized materials and descriptions of our archive collections. We want to see how regular users navigate…Read More
Graduate student and Special Collections and Archives researcher Kennen Sparks on a recent visit to the Las Vegas Strip.
Our Researcher Profile series highlights researchers and who have used resources in Special Collections & Archives for a variety of projects ranging from articles and books to exhibits and documentaries and more.
This week's post focuses on the work of Kennen Sparks, who is currently pursuing a Masters Degree in the Geography Department at Miami University, Ohio. He graduated with a BA in International Studies from Utah State University in 2019.…Read More
Swell Hogan actors and production staff on set, including Ralph Graves (center) and possibly Howard Hughes (third from left). Howard Hughes Motion Pictures Papers, MS-01036.
Jimmy Chang is a processing assistant working on the "Inventing Hollywood: Preserving and Providing Access to the Papers of Renegade Genius Howard Hughes" joint project sponsored by the UNLV Libraries Special Collections and Archives and the UNLV Department of Film, which is funded by a generous grant from the …Read More
Our Researcher Profile series highlights researchers and who have used resources in Special Collections & Archives for a variety of projects ranging from articles and books to exhibits and documentaries and more.
This week's post focuses on the work of Peter Grema, an undergraduate at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas…Read More
Image of Historic Westside Legacy Park under construction, May 26, 2021 Courtesy of Aaron Mayes, Visual Materials Curator
In January, Violet Fox joined the Special Collections & Archives team as the Digital Collections Wikimedian-in-Residence. In this grant-funded role, Violet adds information about selected collections into Wikidata, making those resources more visible to search engines and more findable by researchers.
Archival processing assistant Jimmy Chang cuts acid-free boards to create a custom storage solution for metal advertising proofs of The Outlaw (1943).”
Ryan DiPaolo is the project archivist working on the "Inventing Hollywood: Preserving and Providing Access to the Papers of Renegade Genius Howard Hughes" joint project sponsored by the UNLV Libraries Special Collections and Archives and the UNLV Department of Film, which is funded by a generous grant from the …Read More
The Center for Gaming Research at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas invites interested scholars to apply for the 2021-22 William R. Eadington Fellowships in Gaming Research. The Eadington Fellowship facilitates research into many aspects of both gambling and Las Vegas at UNLV Special Collections and Archives in the University Libraries.
In the 2021-22 academic
year, the Center will award two types of Eadington
fellowships:
Four-week Resident Fellowships offer a $3,000 stipend and can be completed any time before September 1, 2022…Read More
Robert “Bob” Paluzzi with his Cirkut Camera at Super Bowl XXXII in San Diego, January 1998. Image courtesy of Victoria Paluzzi.
Amy Check received her BA in Psychology from UNLV in 2016. She has worked in Digital Collections since 2013, first as a student assistant, before transitioning to a staff position in 2017. Her previous work includes the National Digital Newspaper Project and the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project.
Welcome to the second and final blog post about the UNLV Special Collections…Read More
