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Las Vegas Art League Scrapbooks (MS-00185)

Abstract

The Las Vegas Art League Scrapbooks are comprised of two scrapbooks, housed in a binder and a pressbook, that were presented as an annual report to the American Artists Professional League in 1967 by the Las Vegas Art League in Las Vegas, Nevada. The collection includes newspaper clippings, photographs, and information about the activities of the Las Vegas Art League during 1966.

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Date

1966-1967

Extent

1.8 Linear Feet (1 oversize box)

Related People/Corporations

Scope and Contents Note

The Las Vegas Art League Scrapbooks are the scrapbooks submitted to the American Artists Professional League in 1967 as an annual report from the Las Vegas Art League in Las Vegas, Nevada. These scrapbooks chronicle the activities of the League during 1966, emphasizing the planning and execution of American Art Week from November 1 to November 7, 1966. Inside the scrapbooks are business correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, programs from art shows and exhibitions, and Las Vegas Art League publications.

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 website for more information about reproductions and permissions to publish.

Arrangement

Materials remain in original order.

Biographical / Historical Note

Lucile Bruner founded the Las Vegas Art League in 1950 after she moved to Las Vegas, Nevada from Santa Fe, New Mexico. When the City of Las Vegas bought the Twin Lakes Lodge in what is now Lorenzi Park in Las Vegas, the Las Vegas Art League requested and obtained three buildings in which to teach and display art. The Art League became the Las Vegas Art Museum (LVAM) in 1974.

The Las Vegas Art Museum relocated to the Sahara West Library and Fine Art Museum in Las Vegas, Nevada in 1997. They remained in operation until 2009.

Sources: Vivian Woods, "A Brief History of the Las Vegas Art Museum," http://www.lastplace.com/EXHIBITS/LVAM/history.html. Accessed July 6 2015

Itzkoff, Dave, "Las Vegas Art Museum to Close," The New York Times, February 23, 2009. (In 2012, the Las Vegas Art Museum collection moved to the newly renovated Barrick Museum on the campus of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.)

Related Collections

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

Vivian Woods Collection, 1960-199(?). MS-00351. Special Collections, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.

Las Vegas Art League Photographs, 1966. PH-00064. Special Collections, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.

Las Vegas Art Museum Records, 1952-2009. MS-00549. Special Collections, University of Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.

Preferred Citation

Las Vegas Art League Scrapbooks, 1966-1967. MS-00185. Special Collections, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.

Acquisition Note

Donated in 1970 by Lucile S. Bruner; accession number 77.

Processing Note

Materials were processed by Special Collections Staff. In 2015, as part of a legacy finding aid conversion project, Franklin Howard revised and enhanced the collection description to bring it into compliance with current professional standards.

Resource Type

Records

Collection Type

EAD ID

US::NvLN::MS00185

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