Image
Artist's conception of the proposed Hacienda resort complex rendered in color.
Site Name: Hacienda
Address: 3590 Las Vegas Boulevard South
Image
Map of locations of work executed by the Rissman and Rissman architecture firm in southern Nevada. Facsimile.
Address: Las Vegas; Clark County; Nevada
Image
Bird's-eye perspective of the Frontier Hotel complex.
Site Name: Frontier
Address: 3120 Las Vegas Boulevard South
Image
Model of the proposed Hotel Frontier
Site Name: Frontier
Address: 3120 Las Vegas Boulevard South
Image
The Lorraine Thomas-Perry Papers (1910-1936) contain the personal papers of Lorraine Thomas and her family, who were early residents of Beatty, Nevada. Collection materials include report cards, graduation certificates, correspondence, and short stories and poems written by family members. The majority of collection are photocopies. The collection also contains one original program for the opening banquet and ball for Hotel Fayle in Goodsprings, Nevada on May 13, 1916.
Archival Collection
In the 1950s and 1960s, Nevada experienced a nursing shortage, largely as a result of the lack of nursing schools in the state and rapid population growth. To address the problem, the Nevada Board of Regents approved the implementation of an associate degree program at the campus of Nevada Southern University (now known as the University of Nevada, Las Vegas) in 1965, and that fall the first students were admitted.
Corporate Body
The Renee Lee Papers span from the 1950s to 2012 and document the life of singer and actress Renee Lee through photographs, her original music scores, newspaper clippings, and a mid-career resume. The collection also includes an alphabetized card catalog of the private performances Lee booked from 1998-2012.
Archival Collection