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UNLV Libraries Single Item Accession Photograph Collection (PH-00171)

Abstract

The UNLV Libraries Single Item Accession Photograph Collection (approximately 1869-1999) contains photographs, postcards, negatives, and slides primarily pertaining to Southern Nevada, with a focus on Las Vegas, Nevada, collected by the University of Nevada, Las Vegas University Libraries, Special Collections and Archives. The collection primarily includes images of early Las Vegas, hotels and casinos along Fremont Street and the Strip, railroad infrastructure, local businesses, and residential neighborhoods. Also included are images of Hoover (Boulder) Dam's construction, MX Missile testing, Nevada mining camps, and the natural desert environment. Other images depict towns throughout Nevada including Boulder City, Henderson, Reno, Luning, Tonopah, Goodsprings, Delmar, Beatty, Panaca, Overton, Caliente, Logandale, and Aurora.

Finding Aid PDF

Date

1869 to 1999

Extent

4.70 Cubic Feet (1 map case drawer, 23 hanging files, 2 shared boxes, 1 shared binder, 2 flat files)
41.48 Linear Feet

Scope and Contents Note

The UNLV Libraries Single Item Accession Photograph Collection (approximately 1869-1999) contains photographs, postcards, negatives, and slides primarily pertaining to Southern Nevada, with a focus on Las Vegas, Nevada, collected by the University of Nevada, Las Vegas University Libraries, Special Collections and Archives. The collection primarily includes images of early Las Vegas, hotels and casinos along Fremont Street and the Strip, railroad infrastructure, local businesses, and residential neighborhoods. Also included are images of Hoover (Boulder) Dam's construction, MX Missile testing, Nevada mining camps, and the natural desert environment. Other images depict towns throughout Nevada including Boulder City, Henderson, Reno, Luning, Tonopah, Goodsprings, Delmar, Beatty, Panaca, Overton, Caliente, Logandale, and Aurora.

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 remain as they were received.

Preferred Citation

UNLV Libraries Single Item Accession Photograph Collection, approximately 1869-1999. PH-00171. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.

Acquisition Note

Materials were periodically collected by the University Libraries Special Collections and Archives since 2000; accession number 2000-026. Additional materials were added by Visual Curator Aaron Mayes in 2023; accession number 2023-018. Materials were donated in 2024 by Bill Plummer; accession number 2024-001.

Processing Note

In 2020, as part of an archival backlog elimination project, Joseph Puentes and Jimmy Chang wrote the finding aid and entered the data into ArchivesSpace. In 2023, Celene Chavez created an item-level inventory and updated the finding aid. In 2024, Tammi Kim rehoused the 2024 addition and updated the finding aid.

Resource Type

Collection

Collection Type

EAD ID

US::NvLN::PH00171

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