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Desert Sculptors Association Records (MS-00779)

Abstract

The Desert Sculptors Association Records (1913-2015) contain agendas, minutes, reports, financial records, photographs of sculptures, and descriptions of community service projects. There is also a scrapbook that chronicles the organization's activities, members, and various sculptures.

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Date

1913 to 2015
bulk 2000 to 2015

Extent

1.5 Linear Feet (2 boxes)

Scope and Contents Note

The Desert Sculptors Association Records (1913-2015) contain agendas, minutes, reports, financial records, photographs of sculptures, and descriptions of community service projects. There is also a scrapbook that chronicles the organization's activities, members, and various sculptures.

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 website for more information about reproductions and permissions to publish.

Arrangement

Records are arranged alphabetically.

Biographical / Historical Note

The Desert Sculptors Association of Las Vegas, Nevada was founded in 1986 by three local sculptors, John Kane, John Stockman, and John Benton. Their vision was to promote sculpture and create a venue where local artists could gather and share artistic ideas. The sculptors work in many different media including bronze, wood, metal, stone, clay, glass, porcelain, and plastic, as well as mixed media. The Desert Sculptors Association has many of their sculptures displayed at Hoover Dam, Nellis Air Force Base, on the streets of Boulder City, Nevada, the Southern Nevada Veterans' Cemetery in Boulder City, Firefigher's Memorial Park, and Lorenzi Park in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Source:

Desert Sculptors Association website, accessed November 13, 2015. http://www.desertsculptors.com/

Preferred Citation

Desert Sculptors Association Records, 1913-2015. MS-00779. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.

Acquisition Note

Material was donated in 2015 by Don Trippy; accession number 2015-104. Additional material was donated in 2016; accession number 2016-019.

Processing Note

Material was processed in 2015 and 2016 by Joyce Moore.

Resource Type

Records

Collection Type

EAD ID

US::NVLN::MS00779

Finding Aid Description Rules

Describing Archives: A Content Standard
English