Abstract
The Hal Rothman Faculty Papers (approximately 1930-2006) are comprised primarily of research, teaching, and professional papers of Hal Rothman, professor of history at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). The papers include Rothman's research notes, manuscript drafts, conference articles, lecture notes, audiovisual material for his book
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The Hal Rothman Faculty Papers (approximately 1930-2006) are comprised primarily of research, teaching, and professional papers of Hal Rothman, professor of history at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). The papers include Rothman's research notes, manuscript drafts, conference articles, lecture notes, audiovisual material for his book
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Collection is open for research, with the exception of materials that are restricted to protect personally identifiable information and maintain confidentiality. Access is restricted under provisions of state or federal law. Restrictions are noted at the box level of this inventory and will be open for research use Jaunary 1, 2078.
Arrangement
These records are organized into four series:
Series I. Teaching, approximately 1950-2005;
Series II. Research and Scholarship, approximately 1930-2005;
Series III. Service, 1966-2004;
Series IV. Personal, approximately 1959-2005.
Biographical / Historical Note
Hal Karl Rothman was born on August 11, 1958 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. In 1980, Rothman was awarded a B.A. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, an M.A. in 1982 from the University of Texas at Austin, and a Ph.D of History in 1985, also at the University of Texas at Austin. After five years of lecturing at Wichita State University in Wichita, Kansas, Rothman relocated to Las Vegas, Nevada to establish a Ph.D program in western history at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). Rothman became the history department chair in 2002 and held the position until 2005. In 2006, Hal was named a distinguished professor by then-UNLV president Carol C. Harter. In December 2005, Hal was diagnosed with ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease) and passed away on February 25, 2007 at the age of 48. As of 2020, the American Society for Environmental History holds the Hal Rothman Dissertation fellowship for Ph.D students in the field of environmental history in honor of Rothman’s distinguished service to the society.
Sources:
Noland, Claire. "Hal Rothman, 48; writer took academic approach to modern Las Vegas."
UNLV News Center. Prestigious Professors: Hal Rothman. Last modified November 1, 2005. https://www.unlv.edu/news/article/prestigious-professors-hal-rothman.
Preferred Citation
Hal Rothman Faculty Papers, approximately 1930-2006. UA-00099. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Acquisition Note
Materials were received by UNLV Special Collections and Archives; accession number 2020-011.
Processing Note
In 2020, Joseph Puentes processed and rehoused the collection and entered the information into ArchivesSpace. In 2020, Tammi Kim transferred files off of floppy disks and optical discs, appraised the files, created access surrogates, and input the descriptions into ArchivesSpace.