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Documenting the African American Experience in Las Vegas, Nevada Web Archive (MS-00969)

Abstract

Documenting the African American Experience in Las Vegas, Nevada Web Archive is comprised of archived websites captured primarily in 2017 that are related to UNLV University Libraries community documentation project, "Documenting the African American Experience in Las Vegas." Archived websites represent religious institutions, civic and service organizations, and local businesses in the Las Vegas Valley. The collection includes archived websites of organizations like the local NAACP branch, the Urban Chamber of Commerce, Westside School Alumni Foundation, 100 Black Men of Las Vegas, National Coalition of 100 Black Women, the First African Methodist Episcopal Church, and the Psi Upsilon Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated.

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Date

2017 to 2022

Extent

33 websites (94.5900 GB) WARC

Scope and Contents Note

Documenting the African American Experience in Las Vegas, Nevada Web Archive is comprised of archived websites captured primarily in 2017 that are related to UNLV University Libraries community documentation project, "Documenting the African American Experience in Las Vegas." Archived websites represent religious institutions, civic and service organizations, and local businesses in the Las Vegas Valley. The collection includes archived websites of organizations like the local NAACP branch, the Urban Chamber of Commerce, Westside School Alumni Foundation, 100 Black Men of Las Vegas, National Coalition of 100 Black Women, the First African Methodist Episcopal Church, and the Psi Upsilon Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated.

Access Note

This collection is open for research. Archived websites can be accessed through Archive-It: https://archive-it.org/collections/8593

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 in original order.

Preferred Citation

Documenting the African American Experience in Las Vegas, Nevada Web Archive, 2017-2022. MS-00969. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.

Acquisition Note

Archived websites were collected by the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Libraries in 2017; accession number 2019-094.

Processing Note

UNLV Libraries Special Collections and Archives curated a list of websites that complement the material collected as part of "Documenting the African American Experience in Las Vegas." In 2017, Tammi Kim archived the websites using Archive-It, a web archiving subscription service. In 2021, Tammi Kim created the finding aid in ArchivesSpace.

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Collection

Collection Type

EAD ID

US::NVLN::MS00969

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