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Barbara Tabach Papers (MS-01101)

Abstract

The Barbara Tabach Papers (1978-2022) mainly contain project files kept by oral historian Barbara Tabach throughout her experiences managing different oral history community documentation projects for the Oral History Research Center at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) from 2010 to 2022. Oral history projects represented in this collection include Documenting the African American Experience in Las Vegas, Nevada, Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project, Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada, Remembering 1 October, and The Great Pause: Las Vegas Chronicles of the Covid-19 Pandemic. The majority of the collection represents Tabach's involvement as project manager for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. Other materials include correspondence, newspaper clippings, event invitations, interview questions, memorabilia and books gifted to Tabach from oral history narrators, and publicity for the projects.

Finding Aid PDF

Date

1978 to 2022
bulk 2012 to 2018

Extent

2.91 Cubic Feet (5 boxes, 1 oversized box)
3.42 Linear Feet
469 digital_files (0.386 GB) BMP, DOC, JPG, PDF, TIF, ZIP

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Scope and Contents Note

The Barbara Tabach Papers (1978-2022) mainly contain project files kept by oral historian Barbara Tabach throughout her experiences managing different oral history community documentation projects for the Oral History Research Center at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) from 2010 to 2022. Oral history projects represented in this collection include Documenting the African American Experience in Las Vegas, Nevada, Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project, Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada, Remembering 1 October, and The Great Pause: Las Vegas Chronicles of the Covid-19 Pandemic. The majority of the collection represents Tabach's involvement as project manager for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. Other materials include correspondence, newspaper clippings, event invitations, interview questions, memorabilia and books gifted to Tabach from oral history narrators, and publicity for the projects.

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. No access files were created for any files at this time.

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 remain in the order they were received.

Preferred Citation

Barbara Tabach Papers, 1978-2022. MS-01101. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/f1jb5d

Acquisition Note

Materials were donated in 2022 by Barbara Tabach; accession number 2022-055.

Processing Note

In 2022, Tammi Kim minimally rehoused the materials and created the finding aid in ArchivesSpace.

Resource Type

Papers

Collection Type

EAD ID

US::NVLN::MS01101

Appraisal Note

Tammi Kim de-duplicated promotional materials. Four optical discs that contain video interviews that are duplicate of files from MS-00820 Joshua Abbey Papers were appraised and disposed from the collection per express permission from the donor.

Separated Materials

A selection of monographs that were donated as part of this collection have been separated, reviewed, and cataloged separately in the University Libraries' catalog.

Finding Aid Description Rules

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