Abstract
The collection dates from 1920 to 2019 and is primarily comprised of business and organizational records, press, photographs, scrapbooks, audiovisual materials, awards, and ephemera documenting Mark L. Fine’s career as a real estate developer in Southern Nevada and his work with various government and community organizations. The bulk of the material dates from 1980 to 2005.
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The collection dates from 1920 to 2019 and is primarily comprised of business and organizational records, press, photographs, scrapbooks, audiovisual materials, awards, and ephemera documenting Mark L. Fine’s career as a real estate developer in Southern Nevada and his work with various government and community organizations. The bulk of the material dates from 1980 to 2005.
The development of Green Valley and Fine’s work as President of American Nevada Corporation (ANC), as well as other development projects and business ventures, including Summerlin, Continental National Bank, and Park Towers at Hughes Center, are documented through promotional materials, business plans, reports, proposals, and project binders. Fine’s non-profit government and community work with the Clark County School District School-Business Partnership Program, the Nevada Institute for Contemporary Art, the Nevada Development Authority, and several other organizations, most of which focus on economic development in Southern Nevada, is documented by reports, correspondence, memos, meeting minutes, etc.
Fine’s career as a real estate developer is also documented through newspaper and magazine articles, as well as some photographs, scrapbooks, and audiovisual materials. Audiovisual recordings of advertisements for development projects and Fine’s campaign for mayor, as well as news segments, make up most of the audiovisual series.
Access Note
Collection is open for research. Some collection material has been digitized and is available online.
Publication Rights
Materials in this collection may be protected by copyrights and other rights. See Reproductions and Use on the UNLV Special Collections website for more information about reproductions and permissions to publish.
Arrangement
These records are organized into seven series:
Series I. American Nevada Corporation and Green Valley Records, 1979-1990;
Series II. Records of Other Development Projects and Business Ventures, 1980-2013;
Series III. Non-profit Government and Community Development Work Files, 1982-1997;
Series IV. Personal Papers, 1920-2014;
Series V. Press Releases and Newspaper and Magazine Articles, 1981-2014;
Series VI. Photographs and Scrapbooks, 1980-1993, undated;
Series VII. Audiovisual Materials, 1987-2012, undated.
Biographical / Historical Note
Mark L. Fine (1946- ) is a leader in the real estate development profession of Southern Nevada and a strong supporter of education in the Las Vegas, Nevada area. As president of the real estate development company American Nevada, for 17 years he led the development of Green Valley, the first large-scale master-planned community in Las Vegas. During his four years as president of the Summerlin division of the Howard Hughes Corporation, Fine was also instrumental in the establishment the master-planned community of Summerlin. Fine is the founding director of the Clark County School-Community Partnership Program, which connects businesses and individuals with schools in order to provide additional resources and enhanced educational opportunities. As part of this program, Fine adopted the Booker Empowerment Elementary School in 2007. In 2009, the Mark L. Fine Elementary School in Las Vegas was named in his honor in recognition of his dedication to education and his long-time involvement with the Clark County School District.
Originally from Shaker Heights, Ohio, Fine studied business administration and real estate at the University of Arizona and worked on Wall Street before moving to Las Vegas in 1973. Mark L. Fine & Associates was established in 1976, and Fine Properties in 2005, to focus on the development of high-end retail and office projects in the Las Vegas area. Fine has served as a member of various organizations such as the Southern Nevada Strategic Planning Authority, the Urban Land Institute, the Nevada Tax Commission, the Andre Agassi Foundation Board of Directors, and the Nevada Institute for Contemporary Art Steering Committee. His past and present leadership positions include president of the board of Class! Publications, National Trustee of the Jewish Medical and Research Center, chairman of the UNLV Foundation and the UNLV Research Foundation Board of Directors, founder of the Young President’s Organization, and founding director of Continental National Bank and Nevada First Bank. He was also chairman of the Nevada Development Authority Washington Congressional Committee. Fine has received awards and recognition for his leadership in business and in the community from organizations such as the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce, the Nevada Business Journal, and the Nevada Cancer Institute.
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"Executive Profile."
- 1946
- Born in Shaker Heights, Ohio on February 10.
- 1973
- Moves to Nevada.
- 1974-1990
- President of American Nevada Corporation.
- 1976
- Establishes Mark L. Fine & Associates.
- 1983
- Co-founds the Clark County School District’s School-Community Partnership Program.
- 1990
- Named president of Summerlin division of Howard Hughes Corporation.
- 2005
- Establishes Fine Properties.
- 2009
- Mark L. Fine Elementary School opens.
Preferred Citation
Mark L. Fine Papers, 1920-2019. MS-00696. Special Collections, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Acquisition Note
Materials were donated in 2015 by Mark L. Fine; accession number 2015-007. Additional materials were donated by Fran Fine in 2015; accession number 2015-096. Materials were also donated in 2021; accession number 2021-042.
Processing Note
In 2015, Emily Lapworth processed the collection and created the finding aid in ArchivesSpace. In 2021, Tammi Kim minimally processed the 2021 addition and updated the finding aid.
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Some items in this collection are digital surrogates. The donor retained the original items.