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Forever in Our Hearts Documentary (MS-00909)

Abstract

The collection is comprised of a short documentary film, Forever in Our Hearts (2018), that highlights the Healing Garden, a memorial established after the 1 October shooting at the Route 91 Harvest music festival in Las Vegas, Nevada. The film is comprised of photographs taken by Tanya Olson, a graduate of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). Olson created the film as a way to memorialize the 1 October shooting.

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Date

2018

Extent

1 digital_files (0.304 GB)

Related People/Corporations

Scope and Contents Note

The collection is comprised of a short documentary film, Forever in Our Hearts (2018), that highlights the Healing Garden, a memorial established after the 1 October shooting at the Route 91 Harvest music festival in Las Vegas, Nevada. The film is comprised of photographs taken by Tanya Olson, a graduate of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). Olson created the film as a way to memorialize the 1 October shooting.

Access Note

Collection is open for research. Arrangements must be made in advance to access digital files; please contact UNLV Special Collections and Archives for additional information.

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

On October 2, 2017 Tanya Olson began photographing scenes surrounding the aftermath of the shooting at the Route 91 Country Music Festival held in Las Vegas, Nevada. Her efforts culminated in a film that highlights the Healing Garden, a memorial established within 72 hours after the shooting. Her 6- minute film is described as "Citizens unite to provide kindness and salve the wounds caused by the October 1, 2017 massacre during a Las Vegas country concert." Forever In Our Hearts was shown at the 2018 Nevada Women's Film Festival. As of 2019 Olson is at the American Film Institute after twenty-three years in the military, obtaining a film degree from UNLV, and completing her film project, Forever in Our Hearts.

Source:

Olson, Tanya. Interview, 2018 July 06. OH-03451. Oral History Research Center, Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.

On October 1, 2017, a gunman opened fire on a crowd of over 22,000 people in attendance at the Route 91 Harvest country music festival in Las Vegas, Nevada, resulting in the deaths of 58 people and injuries to over 700 people. The gunman, Stephen Paddock, fired down upon the crowd for over ten minutes from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino on Las Vegas Boulevard and then fatally shot himself as law enforcement officers closed in on him.

Source:

Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, "LVMPD Preliminary Investigative Report: 1

October/Mass Casulty Shooting" Last modified January 18, 2018. https://www.lvmpd.com/en-us/

Documents/1_October_FIT_Report_01-18-2018_Footnoted.pdf

Related Collections

Olson, Tanya. Interview, 2018 July 06. OH-03451. Oral History Research Center, Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.

October 1 Vigil Photographs, 2017. PH-00405. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.

Preferred Citation

Forever in Our Hearts Documentary, 2018. MS-00909. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.

Acquisition Note

Materials were donated in 2019 by Tonya Olson; accession number 2019-003.

Processing Note

Materials were processed by Tammi Kim in 2019 during accessioning. Video files were transferred off of a USB thumb drive and a finding aid was created in ArchivesSpace. No other work has been done to the materials.

Collection Type

EAD ID

US::NVLN::MS00909

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