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UNLV Libraries Collection of Regional History Files (MS-00547)

Abstract

The UNLV Libraries Collection of Regional History Files (approximately 1855-2020) represent a wide variety of subjects relating to Las Vegas, Nevada and the surrounding region. Materials include physical and scanned newspaper clippings, documents and fliers, brochures, reports, scanned photographs, and website printouts. The files include information about national organizations with local Nevada chapters, prominent individuals and families, popular locations, and general topics relating to Southern Nevada history.

Finding Aid PDF

Date

1855 to 2021

Extent

47.95 Cubic Feet (74 boxes)
40.08 Linear Feet
50 digital_files (0.158 GB) JPG, PDF/A, TXT

Scope and Contents Note

The UNLV Libraries Collection of Regional History Files (approximately 1855-2020) represent a wide variety of subjects relating to Las Vegas, Nevada and the surrounding region. Materials include physical and scanned newspaper clippings, documents and fliers, brochures, reports, scanned photographs, and website printouts. The files include information about national organizations with local Nevada chapters, prominent individuals and families, popular locations, and general topics relating to Southern Nevada history.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Publication Rights

This material is made available to facilitate private study, scholarship, or research. It may be protected by copyright, trademark, privacy, publicity rights, or other interests not owned by UNLV. Users are responsible for determining whether permissions are necessary from rights owners for any intended use and for obtaining all required permissions. Acknowledgement of the UNLV University Libraries is requested. For more information, please see the UNLV Special Collections policies on reproductions and rse or contact us at special.collections@unlv.edu.

Arrangement

Materials are in rough alphabetical order by subject.

Preferred Citation

UNLV Libraries Collection of Regional History Files, approximately 1855-2020. MS-00547. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/f1pf2j

Acquisition Note

Materials were periodically collected by UNLV University Libraries Special Collections and Archives; accession numbers 2019-013 and 2024-077.

Processing Note

In 2020 and 2021, Autumn Bassett, Miguel Dominguez, and Violet del Toro Paz rehoused the collection and created an inventory list. In 2021, Sarah Jones entered the data into ArchivesSpace and created the finding aid. In 2024, Tammi Kim accessioned digital files from the 2024 addition and entered the inventory in ArchivesSpace.

Resource Type

Collection

Collection Type

EAD ID

US::NvLN::MS00547

Finding Aid Description Rules

Describing Archives: A Content Standard
English