Abstract
The Florence and Jerry Vallen Faculty Papers (approximately 1935-2017) are comprised of personal papers and research files for Florence and Jerry Vallen, the founding dean of the College of Hotel Administration at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). The collection includes research files and drafts for
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The Florence and Jerry Vallen Faculty Papers (approximately 1935-2017) are comprised of personal papers and research files for Florence and Jerry Vallen, the founding dean of the College of Hotel Administration at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). The collection includes research files and drafts for
Access Note
Collection is open for research. Arrangements must be made in advance to access digital files; please contact UNLV Special Collections and Archives for additional information.
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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.
Biographical / Historical Note
Florence “Flossie” Vallen (born Florence Levinson) was born on November 21, 1930 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Florence and Jerome moved from Ithaca, New York to Las Vegas, Nevada in June 1967. Florence created a non-profit charity “Friends of the Library” that helped fund public library programs in Las Vegas, Nevada. She also co-authored the book
Jerry Vallen (born Jerome Jay Vallen) was born on October 2, 1928 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Jerry received his B.S. from Cornell University in 1950, his M.Ed from St. Lawrence University in 1957, and his Ph.D from Cornell University in 1976. In June 1967, he and his wife, Florence, moved to Las Vegas, Nevada where he was hired by Nevada Southern University (now the University of Nevada, Las Vegas) to serve as dean for the newly created College of Hotel Administration. Jerry Vallen retired from UNLV in 1989 after twenty-two years of serving as dean and was promoted to Dean Emeritus. Jerry Vallen passed away on July 30, 2020.
Sources:
University of Nevada, Las Vegas. "The Man Who Started it All." Last modified August 03, 2020. https://www.unlv.edu/news/article/man-who-started-it-all.
Florence Vallen Obituary. Last modified June 2017. https://obits.reviewjournal.com/obituaries/lvrj/obituary.aspx?n=florence-vallen&pid=185700889.
Preferred Citation
Florence and Jerry Vallen Faculty Papers, approximately 1935-2017. UA-00100. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Acquisition Note
Materials were periodically transferred to the University Libraries Special Collections and Archives; accession number 2020-012. Also in 2020, materials were donated by Rebecca Gabriele; accession number 2020-108.
Processing Note
These records have been minimally processed. In 2020, Joseph Puentes, Mary Anilao, and Tammi Kim rehoused the collection and created the finding aid in ArchivesSpace. Tammi Kim and Joseph Puentes transferred files from two 3.25" floppy disks and converted .DOC files to PDF/A. Other files in .WPD format were not converted. The materials from the 2020 addition are unprocessed. Tammi Kim rehoused the collection and updated the finding aid in ArchivesSpace. No further work has been performed on these materials.