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Flags and other items sit below the Welcome to Las Vegas sign as part of the 1 October memorial, looking north-west in Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2017-10-18

Description

Following the October 1, 2017 killing of 58 people at the Route 91 Harvest Music Festival on the Las Vegas Strip, the Las Vegas community responded in a variety of ways. This series of photographs document the impromptu memorial created at the Welcome to Las Vegas sign.

Image

Letter from Las Vegas Land and Water Co. General Manager to C. W. Shelley (Las Vegas), July 7, 1950

Date

1950-07-07

Archival Collection

Description

Las Vegas Land and Water Co. requesting an invoice from the city to pay the money they owed for having two uniformed officers enforcing water restrictions for the summer.

Text

Photograph of the North Las Vegas Junior Police, North Las Vegas, May 18, 1972

Date

1972-05-18

Description

North Las Vegas Junior Police with their mascot.

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Las Vegas Paiute Colony: correspondence between the Las Vegas Junior Chamber of Commerce, the Paiute Agency superintendent, and the Commissioner of Indian Affairs

Date

1937-06-02
1937-06-07

Description

Correspondence from Las Vegas Junior Chamber of Commerce President Frank McNamee Jr. to Commissioner of Indian Affairs John Collier documenting the conditions on the Las Vegas Paiute Colony. McNamee requests federal intervention. Correspondence from Superintendent E. A. Farrow to Commissioner Collier detailing Farrow's previous correspondence with the Las Vegas Junior Chamber of Commerce and his recommendations.

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Las Vegas, Nevada LGBTQ Collection

Identifier

MS-00251

Abstract

The Las Vegas, Nevada Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer/Questioning (LGBTQ) Collection documents the social and political activities of Las Vegas, Nevada's LGBTQ community from 1955 to 2020. The collection includes hundreds of newspaper articles about LGBTQ issues, ranging from AIDS to Nevada legislation. The collection also documents the presence of the LGBTQ community in Las Vegas, including material from gay bars, nightclubs, social clubs, advocacy and political organizations, entertainers, and student groups. Previously known as the Las Vegas Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Collection.

Archival Collection

Photograph of building construction, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, October 4, 1991

Date

1991-10-04

Description

The roof of the Rod Lee Bigelow Health Sciences (BHS) building during construction at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV).

Image

Photograph of building construction, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, October 4, 1991

Date

1991-10-04

Description

Classrooms being constructed in the Rod Lee Bigelow Health Sciences (BHS) building at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV).

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University of Nevada, Las Vegas Lists of Authorized Positions

Identifier

UA-00130

Abstract

The University of Nevada, Las Vegas Lists of Authorized Positions (1964-1996) include lists of professional and faculty positions at UNLV, including name, salary, tenure status, and the position's corresponding division and department.

Archival Collection

Topgolf Las Vegas at the MGM Grand Las Vegas, 2015

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

American Institute of Architects (AIA) Nevada Design & Service Awards Records

Archival Component

Publications: LGBTQ Vegas (continued from Gay Vegas), 2018

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Dennis McBride Collection on LGBTQ Las Vegas, Nevada

Archival Component