Abstract
The Thomas L. Morgan Real Estate Development Records (1971-1997) relate to commercial and residential real estate development, primarily in Los Angeles, California and Las Vegas and Henderson, Nevada. Materials consist of Hughes Development/Summa Corporation projects including the Hughes Center and Playa Vista in Los Angeles, California, and Summerlin and the Hughes Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. There are also extensive records related to the financing and development of Green Valley Ranch and Lake Las Vegas, projects Morgan helped develop through his private company, Thomas Morgan & Associates. Also represented are a number of casino-related projects for the Sands, the Frontier, the Landmark, and the Westgate hotel-casinos. Additional materials include general business records, handwritten notes and memoranda, and correspondence; Summa financial papers and forecasts; books on finance and a 1982 Desert Inn Master Plan architectural portfolio.
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Scope and Contents Note
The Thomas L. Morgan Real Estate Development Records (1971-1997) relate to commercial and residential real estate development, primarily in Los Angeles, California and Las Vegas and Henderson, Nevada. Materials consist of Hughes Development/Summa Corporation projects including the Hughes Center and Playa Vista in Los Angeles, California, and Summerlin and the Hughes Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. There are also extensive records related to the financing and development of Green Valley Ranch and Lake Las Vegas, projects Morgan helped develop through his private company, Thomas Morgan & Associates. Also represented are a number of casino-related projects for the Sands, the Frontier, the Landmark, and the Westgate hotel-casinos. Additional materials include general business records, handwritten notes and memoranda, and correspondence; Summa financial papers and forecasts; books on finance and a 1982 Desert Inn Master Plan architectural portfolio.
Access Note
Collection is open for research.
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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 are arranged by location, project, and then by date.
Biographical / Historical Note
Thomas Lynn Morgan was born June 5, 1942 to Pauline and Thomas Arthur Morgan in Port Arthur, Texas. After graduating from Lamar College, Texas, he served in the National Guard before settling in Las Vegas, Nevada. After a number of years working as a stock-broker, he joined the Summa Corporation in 1973 as assistant treasurer. The company afforded Morgan the opportunity to earn his MBA from Harvard Business School; eventually serving as Vice-President of Finance and Vice-President and Treasurer of the company. After retiring in 1988, Morgan established a private consultancy firm, Thomas Morgan & Associates, and continued to work with Summa and other development companies on a number of the large real estate projects in Nevada and California, including Summerlin, Green Valley, Lake Las Vegas in Southern Nevada, and Playa Vista and the Hughes Center in Anaheim, California. Thomas Morgan died on May 21, 2021 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Sources:
Thomas L. Morgan Real Estate Development Records, 1971-1996. MS-01092. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.
"Thomas Lynn Morgan, 1942-2021". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Published August 27, 2021. Accessed April 27, 2022. https://obituaries.reviewjournal.com/obituary/thomas-morgan-1083112327
Preferred Citation
Thomas L. Morgan Real Estate Development Records, 1971-1997. MS-01091. 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 Fuller in 2022; accession number 2022-011.
Processing Note
Melise Leech and Hannah Tran processed the collection, arranged the materials, and created the finding aid in 2022.