The collection is comprised of architectural records (1947-2001) of American architect, Homer Rissman and the architectural firm, Rissman and Rissman Associates Ltd, a partnership of Homer Rissman and his brother Marshall. The collection includes 825 items from over 40 major projects and over 110 minor projects. The Rissmans' work represented in the collection focused on Las Vegas, Reno, and Lake Tahoe, Nevada, Los Angeles, Southern California, and Arizona, with Homer's early career design work in Chicago, Illinois. The materials feature hand-drawn architectural drawings, ranging from pencil and ink on tracing paper preliminary sketches to ink on Mylar (TM) construction documents, and a number of artist’s renderings, used for presentations and promotional materials. The drawings also contain work from a number of consultants, engineers, and other architects who collaborated on the development of the various projects. The collection includes architectural drawings for: hotels, casinos, integrated casino resorts, office towers, multi-family residential developments, and custom single-family homes.
Shots of the YESCO sign graveyard including detail shots of signs such as the showgirl from the Paradise Hotel, DelWebb's Nevada club sign, the Golden Nugget Casino Marquis and sign, the horse from Hacienda Hotel, and the crown from Royal Nevada.
Copy of invitation from Jack Entratter at the Sands Hotel sent to representatives at the Sahara, Riviera, Desert Inn, the Hacienda, the Dunes, the Flamingo and the Tropicana hotels, for a farewell to Nat King Cole.
Drastic change is slated for the vacant land near the intersection of Polaris and West Hacienda Avenues. Planned as the future home of the Las Vegas Raiders, the site features close proximity to the Las Vegas Strip.