Abstract
The Junior League of Las Vegas Photograph Collection contains photographic prints and negatives, as well as postcards of locations in and around Las Vegas, Nevada between approximately 1900 and 1980. Early photographs in the collection offer views of the Las Vegas townsite, buildings, railroads, the Las Vegas High School, Overland Hotel, Arizona Club, and residential areas. Other photographs during this time depict the Hoover Dam (Boulder Dam) construction and Death Valley, California. Later photographs show the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) campus, downtown Las Vegas, and the Las Vegas Strip.
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The Junior League of Las Vegas Photograph Collection contains photographic prints and negatives, as well as postcards of locations in and around Las Vegas, Nevada between approximately 1900 and 1980. Early photographs in the collection offer views of the Las Vegas townsite, buildings, railroads, the Las Vegas High School, Overland Hotel, Arizona Club, and residential areas. Other photographs during this time depict the Hoover Dam (Boulder Dam) construction and Death Valley, California. Later photographs show the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) campus, downtown Las Vegas, and the Las Vegas Strip.
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 as they were received.
Biographical / Historical Note
The origins of the Junior League of Las Vegas, previously called the Service League, date back to February 26, 1946, when seven women in Las Vegas, Nevada met and considered the need to supplement the services of existing agencies and organizations in Clark County. They soon invited other young women to join them in making a survey of community needs. The Service League would address the unmet needs of the rapidly growing community with the primary purpose of promoting community welfare, education, culture, and civic activities.
In 1958, the League developed a training program for all new members. The emphasis was placed on knowing the community, the social service agencies and welfare organizations, and the cultural resources of the community as well as League policies and projects. In 1959, the Service League started sponsoring the Junior Service League, patterned after the Service League, for local high school girls. Two members of the Service League acted as sponsors and supervised activities with an advisory board composed of five League members. The group was financially independent.
On September 26, 1971, after discussion and several meetings, the Service League aligned with the Association of Junior Leagues, a national organization. Las Vegas became the 219th affiliated member and is now known as the Junior League of Las Vegas. Over more than sixty years, the Junior League has donated more than $1,500,000 to the Las Vegas community.
As of 2020, the Junior League of Las Vegas continues to help the community through their many volunteer projects.
Source:
Junior League of Las Vegas. "History." Junior League of Las Vegas. 2020. Accessed March 25, 2020. https://www.jllv.org/history/
Preferred Citation
Junior League of Las Vegas Photograph Collection, approximately 1900-1980. PH-00097. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Acquisition Note
Materials were donated in 1977 by the Junior League of Las Vegas; accession numbers 77-157 and 77-322.
Processing Note
In 2020, as part of an archival backlog elimination project, Jimmy Chang wrote the finding aid and entered the data into ArchivesSpace.