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Junior League of Las Vegas Records (MS-00179)

Abstract

The Junior League of Las Vegas Records (1946-2011) contain annual reports, fundraising information, training manuals, articles, minutes, photographs, scrapbooks, cookbooks, placards, and "Adopt a Bear" campaign materials. Also included is documentation for advocacy projects the League was involved with, such as Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.), Safe Haven, the Ronald McDonald House, and Literature Awareness Program for Children. The League is supported by fundraising efforts including the Repeat Boutique, Holiday Coffees, annual benefits, luncheons, and sales of their cookbooks. The scrapbooks contain newspaper articles saved by members to document their activities year by year.

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Date

1946 to 2011

Extent

30.17 Cubic Feet (27 boxes, 14 oversized boxes, 1 flat file)
39.83 Linear Feet

Related People/Corporations

Scope and Contents Note

The Junior League of Las Vegas Records (1946-2011) contain annual reports, fundraising information, training manuals, articles, minutes, photographs, scrapbooks, cookbooks, placards, and "Adopt a Bear" campaign materials. Also included is documentation for advocacy projects the League was involved with, such as Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.), Safe Haven, the Ronald McDonald House, and Literature Awareness Program for Children. The League is supported by fundraising efforts including the Repeat Boutique, Holiday Coffees, annual benefits, luncheons, and sales of their cookbooks. The scrapbooks contain newspaper articles saved by members to document their activities year by year. This collection was formerly called the Service League Collection.

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 and Archives website for more information about reproductions and permissions to publish.

Arrangement

Materials are organized into eight 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.

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/

Related Collections

The following resources may provide additional information related to the materials in this collection:

Junior League of Las Vegas Photograph Collection, approximately 1900-1980. PH-00097. Special

Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.

Junior League of Las Vegas' Records on the Morelli House Preservation Project, 1959, 1997-2016.

MS-00836. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las

Vegas, Nevada.

Gail and Donna Andress oral history interview, 2008 November 26. OH-00092. Oral History Research Center, Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.

Preferred Citation

Junior League of Las Vegas Records, 1946-2011. MS-00179. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.

Acquisition Note

Materials were donated in 1977, 1997, 2013, and 2014 by the Service League and the Junior League of Las Vegas; accession numbers 1977-157, 1997-012, 2013-017, and 2014-040.

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.

Resource Type

Records

Collection Type

EAD ID

US::NvLN::MS00179

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