Abstract
The Southern Nevada Community Concerts Association (SNCCA) Records (1939-2004) document the activities of the SNCCA and consist of meeting minutes, financial records, correspondence, promotional papers, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, photographs, and recordings of select concerts on VHS, Betamax, and an optical disc. The SNCCA worked to bring various singers, orchestras, and ballets to the communities of Las Vegas and Southern Nevada.
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The Southern Nevada Community Concerts Association (SNCCA) Records (1939-2004) document the activities of the SNCCA and consist of meeting minutes, financial records, correspondence, promotional papers, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, photographs, and recordings of select concerts on VHS, Betamax, and an optical disc. The SNCCA worked to bring various singers, orchestras, and ballets to the communities of Las Vegas and Southern Nevada.
Access Note
Collection is open for research, with the exception of materials that are restricted to protect personally identifiable information. Restrictions are noted at the file level of this inventory and will be open for research use January 1, 2072. Where use copies do not exist, production of use copies is required before access will be granted; this may delay research requests. Advanced notice is required.
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
This collection is arranged into six series:
Series I. Administrative records, 1983-2004;
Series II. Financial records, 1972, 1985, 1994-2004;
Series III. Handbooks, 1981-2000;
Series IV. Promotional and publicity, 1986-2004;
Series V. Audiovisual materials, 1994-1995, undated;
Series VI. Scrapbooks, 1939-2001.
Biographical / Historical Note
On January 6, 1937, a group of Las Vegas, Nevada residents established the Cooperative Concert Association of Las Vegas, Nevada. It was part of an expanding community concert movement beginning in the 1920s on the east coast and headed by Columbia Concerts Corporation in New York. The organization changed its name to the Southern Nevada Community Concerts Association (SNCCA) in 1952.
In the beginning, the association could only afford to fund soloists, but by the 1950s and 1960s, it was able to bring orchestras and ballets to the area, as well as several notable performers and groups including soprano Leontyne Price, violinist Leland Chen, the Robert Joffrey Theatre ballet, and the New York Theatre Ballet. The SNCCA held its first season at the War Memorial Building on Stewart Avenue in Las Vegas, Nevada. Over the years, as membership grew, the SNCCA sought larger venues for its concerts, first at the Mesquite Club and the LDS Second Ward Auditorium, then eventually at the Las Vegas High School Auditorium.
In 1977, after several years at the high school, the SNCCA moved to the newly built 1,800 seat Artemus W. Ham Concert Hall located at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). In 2000, the SNCCA made its final move to the Performing Arts Complex at the Community College of Southern Nevada in Las Vegas, Nevada. Not long after, in 2004, the SNCCA dissolved, making 2003-2004 its final season.
Sources:
“50th Anniversary Concert Series” booklet. November 6, 1986. Box 06, Southern Nevada Community Concerts Association Records, 1939-2004. MS-00543. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.
“Music Like You’ve Never Seen” press release. 2000. Box 06, Southern Nevada Community Concerts Association Records, 1939-2004. MS-00543. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.
Preferred Citation
Southern Nevada Community Concerts Association Records, 1939-2004. MS-00543. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Acquisition Note
Materials were donated in 2008 by the Southern Nevada Community Concerts Association; accession number 2008-021.
Processing Note
Material was processed by Amanda Clark in 2010. In 2014, as part of a legacy finding aid conversion project, Kayla McDuffie revised and enhanced the collection description and entered the data into ArchivesSpace. In 2019, as part of an archival backlog elimination project, Christina Lamoureux rehoused the materials and revised the collection description to bring it into compliance with current professional standards.