Abstract
The Michael Circuit Menu Collection (1988-2019) contains menus from restaurants in Las Vegas, Nevada, both free standing and located in casinos. The menus were collected by Michael Circuit, a local real estate agent and businessman who had originally collected the menus to decorate the walls of a restaurant he had planned on opening but did not come to fruition. There are a small number of menus from other cities in Southern Nevada as well as across the United States.
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The Michael Circuit Menu Collection (1988-2019) contains menus from restaurants in Las Vegas, Nevada, both free standing and located in casinos. The menus were collected by Michael Circuit, a local real estate agent and businessman who had originally collected the menus to decorate the walls of a restaurant he had planned on opening but did not come to fruition. There are a small number of menus from other cities in Southern Nevada as well as across the United States.
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 by restaurant location.
Preferred Citation
Michael Circuit Menu Collection, 1988-2019. MS-01164. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Acquisition Note
Materials were donated by Michael Circuit in 2023; accession number 2023-080.
Processing Note
In 2023, Tammi Kim accessioned the collection. In 2024, Sarah Jones reboxed the materials in rough chronological order. In 2025, Elaina Rieck and Alyssa Lalos created an item-level inventory of the menus, which was uploaded into ArchivesSpace.
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Appraisal Note
Acquired by Su Kim Chung, curator, as part of UNLV Special Collections and Archives holdings on hospitality industry. All material that formed the original gift has been retained.