Abstract
The Las Vegas Jazz Society Records (approximately 1975-2003) are comprised of organizational records including meeting agendas, minutes, and membership statistics of the Las Vegas Jazz Society (LVJS). Included in the collection are issues of the LVJS's newsletter Jazz Notes, promotional materials, blank membership applications, correspondence, information on other regional jazz societies, and photographic prints depicting various events and festivals. A portion of this collection documents LVJS's involvement in saving the KUNV 91.5 FM radio station.
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The Las Vegas Jazz Society Records (approximately 1975-2003) are comprised of organizational records including meeting agendas, minutes, and membership statistics of the Las Vegas Jazz Society (LVJS). Included in the collection are issues of the LVJS's newsletter Jazz Notes, promotional materials, blank membership applications, correspondence, information on other regional jazz societies, and photographic prints depicting various events and festivals that the Las Vegas Jazz Society sponsored or participated in. Lastly, a portion of this collection documents LVJS's involvement in saving the KUNV 91.5 FM radio station, which was the only local station to exclusively play jazz music.
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 are arranged in rough chronological order.
Biographical / Historical Note
Born from Jazz Bassist Monk Montgomery's belief that the jazz scene was sorely lacking upon his arrival to Las Vegas, Nevada in the mid-1960s, the Las Vegas Jazz Society (LVJS) was incorporated as a nonprofit organization on April 22, 1975. Montgomery had convinced several local musicians, jazz fans and notable Las Vegas residents that jazz music needed a mechanism to thrive in Las Vegas. The Las Vegas Jazz Society was officially called to order when, in January of 1976, a 10-member Board of Directors was formed consisting of a cross-section of musicians and jazz-loving citizens of Las Vegas and its surrounding suburbs. As of 2021, the LVJS is going strong, with an eight-member Board of Directors, a ten-member Advisory Board, and continued outreach and support of the local jazz community.
Source:
"About", Las Vegas Jazz Society, accessed May 15, 2021. https://lvjs.org/
Preferred Citation
Las Vegas Jazz Society Records, approximately 1975-2003. MS-01039. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Acquisition Note
Materials were donated by Patrick Gaffey in 2020; accession number 2020-103.
Processing Note
In 2020, Tammi Kim accessioned the collection and created the finding aid in ArchivesSpace. In 2021, as part of HIST 752, Nicole Batten processed the colleciton and updated the finding aid.