The Coney Island styled Boardwalk Hotel and Casino was built in 1977 in Las Vegas, Nevada by Norm Jansen, the original owner of the property. Shortly thereafter the property became a public corporation, Boardwalk Casino, Inc. It was then acquired by the Holiday Inn hotel chain which operated the hotel until it was sold to MGM Mirage Resorts in 1997.

The Nevada Women’s Archives was founded in 1994 to collect, preserve, and provide access to primary source materials documenting women’s activities in the development of Nevada. It is located within the Special Collections Department of the Lied Library at UNLV and houses more than 250 collections.