Abstract
The Junior League of Las Vegas Records (1940-2023) contain annual reports, fundraising information, training manuals, articles, minutes, photographs, scrapbooks, cookbooks, and other operational and working files that document the activities of the Junior League of Las Vegas (JLLV). Also included is documentation for advocacy projects the JLLV was involved with, such as Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.), Safe Haven, the Ronald McDonald House, Read Aloud, and Literature Awareness Program for Children. Other records in this collection document JLLV's fundraising efforts such as the Repeat Boutique, Holiday Coffees, annual benefits, luncheons, and sales of their cookbooks. Also included are scrapbooks and issues of their newsletter
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Scope and Contents Note
The Junior League of Las Vegas Records (1940-2023) contain annual reports, fundraising information, training manuals, articles, minutes, photographs, scrapbooks, cookbooks, and other operational and working files that document the activities of the Junior League of Las Vegas (JLLV). Also included is documentation for advocacy projects the JLLV was involved with, such as Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.), Safe Haven, the Ronald McDonald House, Read Aloud, and Literature Awareness Program for Children. Other records in this collection document JLLV's fundraising efforts such as the Repeat Boutique, Holiday Coffees, annual benefits, luncheons, and sales of their cookbooks. Also included are scrapbooks and issues of their newsletter
Access Note
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Arrangement
Materials are organized into nine series:
Series I. Administration, 1946-2001;
Series II. General, 1946-2002;
Series III. Fundraising, 1977-1999;
Series IV. Projects, 1959-2001;
Series V. Cookbooks, 1986-2000;
Series VI. Photographs, Posters, and Awards, 1986-2011;
Series VII. Media/Audiovisual, 1987-2000;
Series VIII. Scrapbooks, 1946-1996;
Series IX. 2024 addition, 1940-2023.
Biographical / Historical Note
The origins of the Junior League of Las Vegas, previously called the Service League, date back to February 26, 1946, when seven women in Las Vegas, Nevada met and considered the need to supplement the services of existing agencies and organizations in Clark County. They soon invited other young women to join them in making a survey of community needs. The Service League would address the unmet needs of the rapidly growing community with the primary purpose of promoting community welfare, education, culture, and civic activities.
In 1958, the League developed a training program for all new members. The emphasis was placed on knowing the community, the social service agencies and welfare organizations, and the cultural resources of the community as well as League policies and projects. In 1959, the Service League started sponsoring the Junior Service League, patterned after the Service League, for local high school girls. Two members of the Service League acted as sponsors and supervised activities with an advisory board composed of five League members. The group was financially independent.
On September 26, 1971, after discussion and several meetings, the Service League aligned with the Association of Junior Leagues, a national organization. Las Vegas became the 219th affiliated member and is now known as the Junior League of Las Vegas. Over more than sixty years, the Junior League has donated more than $1,500,000 to the Las Vegas community. As of 2020, the Junior League of Las Vegas continues to help the community through their many volunteer projects.
Source:
Junior League of Las Vegas. "History." Junior League of Las Vegas. 2020. Accessed March 25, 2020. https://www.jllv.org/history/
Preferred Citation
Junior League of Las Vegas Records, 1940-2023. MS-00179. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/f1k885
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Acquisition Note
Materials were donated in 1977, 1997, 2013, 2014, and 2024 by the Service League and the Junior League of Las Vegas; accession numbers 1977-157, 1997-012, 2013-017, 2014-040, and 2024-051.
Processing Note
Material was processed by Joyce Moore in 2013. In 2014, as part of a legacy finding aid conversion project, Kayla McDuffie revised and enhanced the collection description to bring it into compliance with current professional standards and entered the data into ArchivesSpace. In 2020, Sarah Jones rehoused the collection and updated the finding aid. In 2024, Tammi Kim arranged and described the 2024 addition and updated the finding aid. Digital files were transferred off of external hard drives and optical discs, access copies created, and the descritions entered into ArchivesSpace. Tammi Kim was unable to transfer files off of three 3.50" floppy diskettes due to data corruption. The unsuccessfully transferred digital files remain in their original formats and are described in the inventory.