Abstract
The Harold Hind Photograph Collection (approximately 1942-1960) contains black-and-white photographic prints with corresponding negatives. The images predominately depict groups of people including Harold Hind and his wife Betty Biggs Hind. The majority are ‘souvenir’ photographs, primarily from the Hotel Last Frontier and the El Rancho Vegas in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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The Harold Hind Photograph Collection (approximately 1942-1960) contains black-and-white photographic prints with corresponding negatives. The images predominately depict groups of people including Harold Hind and his wife Betty Biggs Hind. The majority are ‘souvenir’ photographs, primarily from the Hotel Last Frontier and the El Rancho Vegas in Las Vegas, Nevada. Also included are images of the El Rancho Vegas fire in Las Vegas in 1960.
Access Note
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
Materials in this collection may be protected by copyrights and other rights. See Reproductions and Use on the UNLV Special Collections and Archives website for more information about reproductions and permissions to publish.
Arrangement
Materials remain in original order.
Biographical / Historical Note
Harold Vernon Hind was born in London, England in 1898, the son of Francis and Ruby Hind. The family immigrated to Canada in 1906. After serving in the Canadian military in World War I, Hind immigrated to the United States; by 1924 he was living in Los Angeles, California. After his marriage to Betty Ruann Biggs, the couple moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1942 where Hind became the of managing director of the Hotel Last Frontier and later, a partner in the El Cortez Hotel & Casino.
Hind died in Las Vegas, Nevada in 1962.
Source:
"Services set tomorrow for Harold Hind." Las Vegas Sun. Las Vegas, Nevada, May 17, 1962. Page 1.
"Harold Vernon Hind" genealogy research. Ancestry. com. Accessed January 28, 2020. https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/49505437/person/192080454152/facts
Preferred Citation
Harold Hind Photograph Collection, approximately 1942-1960. PH-00076. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Acquisition Note
Materials were donated in 1978 by Susan Hind Ostanik; accession number 1978-261.
Processing Note
In 2020, as part of an archival backlog elimination project, Melise Leech rehoused and arranged the materials, wrote the finding aid, and entered the data into ArchivesSpace.