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Urban Chamber of Commerce of Las Vegas, Nevada Records

Identifier

MS-00791

Abstract

The Urban Chamber of Commerce of Las Vegas, Nevada Records date from approximately 1980 to 2009 and contains the organizational records of the Urban Chamber of Commerce of Las Vegas, Nevada (UCC), one of the many chambers of commerce in the Las Vegas, Nevada area. The mission of the Urban Chamber of Commerce is to create and foster an environment that promotes development of members and Black-owned businesses. The collection is comprised of publications, financial and administrative records, various event information, and photographs of events and membership.

Archival Collection

Photograph of Las Vegas Valley Water District, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1959

Date

1959

Archival Collection

Description

Las Vegas Valley Water District officials stand together in front of a map of the city. Identified from left to right: Maurice Gedance, secretary; Harvey Luce, incoming president; George Ullom, outgoing president; Leonard Fayle, vice- president; William R. Renshaw, general manager. (c. 1959)

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LVLWC Las Vegas, Nevada - proposed municipal ownership of water and power systems at Las Vegas, Nevada (1 of 2)

Date

1934 to 1950

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

Mixed Content

Las Vegas Changing Times

Date

1968-05-01 to 1968-05-14

Description

Las Vegas Changing Times, a magazine about life, art, entertainment, and popular culture in Las Vegas, Nevada. Poems and drawings are featured in various articles. The magazine contains several print advertisements of local businesses and organizations. Published weekly.

Mixed Content

Photograph of a bath house in a tent near the Las Vegas, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1900-1925

Date

1900 to 1925

Archival Collection

Description

Date of photograph estimated between 1904-1905. View of a bath house inside a tent on Las Vegas Creek in Las Vegas Ranch. "...water diverted from Las Vegas Creek ran through the sawed board in the foreground and into a wooden tub sunk in the ground. A plank is provided to step on while drying off, and thick matting covers the bare earth. Canvas curtains provided privacy" (p. [88], "Las Vegas, as it began--and grew" by Stanley W. Paher).

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A cross walk indicator frames the Paris Las Vegas Eiffel Tower replica on Las Vegas Boulevard, looking north-northeast in Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2018-05-08

Description

Photographed as part of the UNLV Special Collections and Archives' Building Las Vegas collecting initiative started in 2016.

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City of Las Vegas building codes, notices, correspondence

Date

1956 to 1959

Archival Collection

Description

City of Las Vegas building codes, notices, correspondence

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

Russell Road near the Las Vegas Stadium site pre-construction, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2017-05-10

Description

Russel Road near Polaris Avenue will see monumental change as plans for the Las Vegas Stadium move forward. Planned as the future home of the Las Vegas Raiders, the site features close proximity to the Las Vegas Strip.

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Backdoor Lounge in Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic prints

Date

1994 to 1995

Description

From the Las Vegas Bugle Photograph Collection on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender History (PH-00336). Backdoor Lounge, 1415 E, Charleston Blvd., Las Vegas.

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