Abstract
The Robert E. Robinson Legislative Papers are comprised of materials relating to Robert Robinson’s career in the Nevada State Legislature as an assemblyman and senator from 1970 to 1986. The papers include correspondence, assembly bill research, bill proposals, roll calls, and materials from assembly committee meetings. The collection also contains Robinson’s campaign materials, including financial disclosures, press releases, advertisements, and correspondence with voters.
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The Robert E. Robinson Legislative Papers are comprised of materials relating to Robert Robinson’s career in the Nevada State Legislature as an assemblyman and senator from 1970 to 1986. The papers include correspondence, assembly bill research, bill proposals, roll calls, and materials from assembly committee meetings. The collection also contains Robinson’s campaign materials, including financial disclosures, press releases, advertisements, and correspondence with voters.
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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
Material is divided into three series:
Series I. Legislative sessions, 1972-1986;
Series II. Campaign materials, 1972-1982;
Series III. Personal and subject files, 1970-1986.
Biographical / Historical Note
Nevada State legislator Dr. Robert E. Robinson was born September 8, 1923 in Idaho Falls, Idaho. He moved to Las Vegas, Nevada as a teenager and graduated from Las Vegas High School in 1941. Robinson enlisted in the army at the age of 17 and served four years in the Aleutian Islands combat area during World War II. After exiting military service in 1945, Robinson met his wife Betty Ellis and attended the University of Southern California, later receiving his Bachelor's of Science and Doctorate in Optometry from the Los Angeles College of Optometry. The couple moved to Las Vegas in 1950, where Robinson practiced optometry. Robinson was elected to the Nevada Legislature as an assemblyman in 1972, and was reelected in 1974, 1976, 1978, and 1980. Robinson advocated for business interests in Nevada, and served on the Commerce, Ways and Means, Government Affairs, Agriculture, Labor and Management, and Health and Welfare state assembly committees.
In 1982, Robinson was elected to the Nevada State Senate, for one term. Robinson was an active member and leader in many organizations including the Southern Nevada Optometric Association, the Nevada State Board of Examiners for Optometry (1956-1964), the Las Vegas Junior Chamber of Commerce, and the United States Junior Chamber of Commerce. Robinson also performed civic work with the Las Vegas Elks Lodge, the Las Vegas Urban Renewal Commission (1962-1972), the Boys Club of Clark County, the Boy Scouts of America, and the Rotary Club of Las Vegas. He retired from politics in 1986 and served as the director of the Nevada State Bank for twenty years. He died on July 31, 2013.
Source:
"Obituary: Dr. Robert E Robinson." Dignity Memorial. Accessed June 22, 2018. https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/las-vegas-nv/robert-robinson-5622259.
Preferred Citation
Robert E. Robinson Legislative Papers, 1970-1986. MS-00416. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Acquisition Note
Materials were donated in 2000 by Robert E. Robinson; accession number 2000-009.
Processing Note
Material was partially processed by Special Collections staff. In 2014, as part of a legacy finding aid conversion project, Hannah Robinson created a rough inventory of the containers, wrote the collection description, and entered the data into ArchivesSpace. In 2018, Jimmy Chang reorganized and rehoused the materials, and revised the collection description to bring it into compliance with current professional standards.
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Separated Materials
Some of the publications that were acquired as part of this collection have been separated and described individually in the University Libraries' catalog.