The Kiwanis Club of Las Vegas Records (approximately 1976-2025) consists of correspondence, news articles, and project information related to the club's water conservation efforts around the Las Vegas Valley. The two main projects are the Water Saving Landscaping Demonstration Park opened in 1982, and then the Club's project with the Springs Preserve in 2007. The collection also includes club member lists, the historyof the club, and election reports, a photograph album and scrapbook, and programs for various club events.
The Kiwanis Club of Las Vegas Records (approximately 1976-2025) consists of correspondence, news articles, and project information related to the club's water conservation efforts around the Las Vegas Valley. The two main projects are the Water Saving Landscaping Demonstration Park opened in 1982, and then the Club's project with the Springs Preserve in 2007. The collection also includes club member lists, the historyof the club, and election reports, a photograph album and scrapbook, and programs for various club events.
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The Kiwanis Club is a "global organization of volunteers dedicated to changing the world one child and one community at a time," and the Kiwanis Club of Las Vegas has been serving the Southern Nevada community since 1925. Sponsored by the San Bernardino chapter, the Kiwanis Club of Las Vegas held their first meeting December 4, 1925 in Las Vegas High School and remains an active chapter as of 2026. The Kiwanis Club held their meeting in Las Vegas High School, the coffee shop at the Union Pacific Depot, and many other locations across Las Vegas. Senator Pat McCarran presented the bell from the USS Nevada to the Kiwanis Club of Las Vegas in 1950 to honor their longstanding service to Southern Nevada. In 2008, the Kiwanis Club dedicated the Kiwanis Plaza and Diorama at the newly built Springs Preserve to honor the club's history of water conservation and public education on native, drought-tolerant desert plantings.
Source:
"About our Club," Kiwanis Club of Las Vegas. Accessed April 23, 2026. http://www.kiwaniscluboflasvegas.org/about-our-club.html
Kiwanis Club of Las Vegas Records, approximately 1976-2025. MS-01236. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.
Materials were donated in 2026 by Len Yelinek; accession number 2026-042.
In 2026, Landon Paljusaj accessioned the collection. Sarah Jones organized the material, rehoused the collection, and wrote the finding aid in ArchivesSpace.
Administrative Information
Acquired by Kristian Taketomo, Curator for Gaming Collections, as part of UNLV Special Collections and Archives holdings on the history of Las Vegas, Nevada. Duplicates present in the collection were discarded (0.25 linear feet).