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University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) 14th commencement program

Date

1977-05-21

Description

Commencement program from University of Nevada, Las Vegas Commencement Programs and Graduation Lists (UA-00115).

Text

University of Nevada, Las Vegas Academic Achievement Awards Records

Identifier

UA-00134

Abstract

The University of Nevada, Las Vegas Academic Achievement Awards Records (1999-2012) contain planning files, digital and physical photographs, and programs for the annual Academic Achievement Awards event. The annual event, organized by the Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost, celebrates award winners across the University of Nevada, Las Vegas including awards for students, staff, and faculty. This collection also includes planning materials and programs for the Honors Convocation, which celebrates student academic achievements. The planning materials in this collection include correspondence, venue layouts, order request forms, press, schedule of events, and scripts for event speakers.

Archival Collection

The Holiday Hotel in Reno, Nevada: postcard

Date

1940 (year approximate) to 1990 (year approximate)

Description

From the Harvey's Hotel and Casino Postcard Collection (PH-00367) -- The Holiday Hotel in Reno, Nevada. Reno's newest and most modern hotel, situated directly on the banks of the Truckee River, Reno, Nevada.

Image

Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project Community Collection

Identifier

MS-00790

Abstract

The Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project Community Collection is comprised of organizational records, photographs, event programs, and ephemera donated by members of the Southern Nevada Jewish community as part of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas University Libraries’ Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. Materials document the history of the Jewish community and Southern Nevada from 1941 to 2017. The collection provides information about family life, religious rituals, community events, and local businesses and organizations.

Archival Collection

Nevada Southern University master plan: architectural drawings

Date

1961-10-26

Description

Master plans of Nevada Southern University (University of Nevada, Las Vegas), from flat file 198 of the James B. McDaniel Architectural Records (MS-00203).

Image

"Souvenir of Tonopah, Nevada" with photos from Goldfield, Tonopah, and Searchlight, Nevada: photograph album, image 014

Description

From the Nevada Mining Photograph Collection (PH-00361) -- Shown is a miniature photograph of Goldfield, Nevada. Written on the photograph, "Devised and Made by Tom Jones. Publisher of Scenic Souvenirs. Cincinnati, O. F.L. Titsworth Photographer Goldfield, Nevada. Copyright 1905 by Tom Jones, Cin., O. Parent Applied."

UNLV University Libraries Photographs of the Jewish Community of Southern Nevada

Identifier

PH-00389

Abstract

The UNLV University Libraries Photographs of the Jewish Community of Southern Nevada (2015-2018) are comprised of digital images captured as part of the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. The photographs include members of the Southern Nevada Jewish community, synagogues Temple Beth Sholom (current and original site), Congregation Ner Tamid (including aerials), Chabad of Las Vegas, Temple Sinai, and Midbar Kodesh Temple. There are also photographs of The Desert Torah Academy's Robert Cohen Educational Campus, the future site of Chabad of Green Valley, the Holocaust Resource Center, Manpower Las Vegas’s 50th anniversary celebration, and the House of Straus.

Archival Collection

Letter from Mary Etta Syphus, Panaca, Nevada to John Bunker, St. Thomas, Nevada

Date

1891-01-05

Archival Collection

Description

From the Syphus-Bunker Papers (MS-00169). The folder contains an original handwritten letter and a typed transcription of the same letter. 

Text

Reno, Nevada, 1913 to 1989

Level of Description

Series

Scope and Contents

Materials contain photographic slides of neon signs in Reno, Nevada from 1913 to 1989. The photographic slides include Reno's downtown area and arch, hotels and casinos, cafes and restaurants, and bars.

Archival Collection

Neon in Nevada Photograph Collection

Archival Component

"Souvenir of Tonopah, Nevada" with photos from Goldfield, Tonopah, and Searchlight, Nevada: photograph album, image 035

Description

From the Nevada Mining Photograph Collection (PH-00361) -- Shown is a miniature photograph of Goldfield, Nevada. Written on the photgraph, "Red top mine. Famous for richness of its ores".