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Christie Young Collection of Las Vegas Show Programs

Identifier

MS-01169

Abstract

The Christie Young Collection of Las Vegas Show Programs (approximately 1971-2023) is primarily comprised of show programs from various shows and headliners from the Las Vegas Strip. Shows represented in the collection includes Jubilee!, Love, FX, and Elton John. Materials also include newspaper clippings, programs, and ticket stubs for various cultural heritage events, museums, and shows around Las Vegas. There is also a small amount of material from October 2023's Disability Awareness Day and a packet of worksheets that feature Nevada's state symbols in braille.

Archival Collection

Las Vegas, Nevada Women's Softball Collection

Identifier

MS-01120

Abstract

The Las Vegas, Nevada Women's Softball Collection (1951-1952) contains photographic prints and negatives depicting a southern Nevada women's softball team. The team was sponsored by Wilson's Texaco Station in Boulder City, Nevada, and the women played in regional games in both southern California and southern Nevada. Photographs in the collection show the team practicing at Peterson Field in Boulder City, and celebrating and spending time together at the Mt. Charleston Lodge. The collection also contains copies of personal accounts written by team member Orpha Alveta Bowman (McBride), who recalls the prejudice some of the lesbian members faced from local community members. The originals of these handwritten accounts are held in MS-01099.

Archival Collection

LVLWC Las Vegas lease termination notices

Date

1938 to 1942

Archival Collection

Description

Series 2. Las Vegas Land and Water Company -- General Manager, Manager of Properties, and Manager of Industrial Development in Los Angeles, California -- Industrial Development Subject Files

Text

University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) 35th commencement program

Date

1998-05-16

Description

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

Text

University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) 39th commencement program

Date

2002-12-18

Description

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

Text

Las Vegas Strip looking north from a pedestrian overpass, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2017-06-03

Description

Las Vegas Boulevard as seen from a pedestrian overpass connecting The Cosmopolitan and Planet Hollywood hotel and casinos.

Image

North Las Vegas Bicentennial Committee Photographs and Drawings of Kiel Ranch

Identifier

PH-00005

Abstract

The North Las Vegas Bicentennial Committee Photographs and Drawings of Kiel Ranch document the buildings on Kiel (Kyle) Ranch in 1974. As part of the commemoration of the United States bicentennial, the North Las Vegas City Council elected to restore Kiel Ranch, which was one of the first non-indigenous settlements in the Las Vegas Valley. The materials include black-and-white photographs of Kiel Ranch as it was in 1974 as well as architectural drawings of planned renovations to the main house, the Brown House, the foreman's house, and the ranch hands' house.

Archival Collection

Letter from J. G. Allard (Las Vegas) to Al Folger (Las Vegas), August 2, 1949

Date

1949-08-02

Archival Collection

Description

Request for the water company's plan to prevent water shortages in the future. Letter states that if the supplied plan is insufficient, the commission will schedule a public meeting.

Text

Las Vegas, Nevada - retirement of Lots 19 and 20

Date

1933 to 1934

Archival Collection

Description

Series 2. Las Vegas Land and Water Company -- Walter Bracken and the Las Vegas, Nevada Office -- Water Company

Mixed Content

Las Vegas, Nevada - retirement of Lots 25 and 26

Date

1934

Archival Collection

Description

Series 2. Las Vegas Land and Water Company -- Walter Bracken and the Las Vegas, Nevada Office -- Water Company

Mixed Content