Abstract
This collection comprises records of the Junior Mesquite Club, a womens service organization in operation from 1962 to 1998 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Included are board and membership minutes, correspondence, newsletters, photographs, and reports on the philanthropic efforts of the club. A collection of scrapbooks also chronicle yearly events.
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Scope and Contents Note
This collection comprises records of the Junior Mesquite Club, a womens service organization in operation from 1962 to 1998 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Included are board and membership minutes, correspondence, newsletters, photographs, and reports on the philanthropic efforts of the club. A collection of scrapbooks also chronicle yearly events.
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
This collection is organized into four series:
I. Meetings and reports, 1963-1997II. Community outreach, 1979-1997
III. Communication, 1982-1996
IV. Scrapbooks, 1974-1998
Biographical / Historical Note
The Mesquite Club, a womens service organization, established a Junior Mesquite Club branch in Las Vegas, Nevada in 1962 for women between the ages of 21 and 40 interested in social activities and community service. An advisor from the Mesquite Club attends the Board of Directors meetings for the Junior Mesquite club. The Junior Mesquite Club has its own officers, fundraisers, and charitable projects. It is affiliated with the Nevada Federation of Women's Clubs and the General Federation of Women’s Clubs.
Preferred Citation
Junior Mesquite Club Records, 1962-1998. MS-00444. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Acquisition Note
Materials were donated in 2002 by Cynthia Graves, Junior Mesquite President; Acquisition number: 2002-007.
Processing Note
Material was inventoried by Su Kim Chung in 2001 and processed by Joyce Moore in 2013. In 2014, as part of a legacy finding aid conversion project, Dallas Reiber revised and enhanced the
collection description to bring it into compliance with current professional standards. Subsequently Dallas Reiber entered the data into ArchivesSpace.