The Hotel and casino restaurants subseries (1930-2010) contains materials from restaurants and other dining services located inside hotels and casinos in the Las Vegas, Nevada area. The area includes neighborhoods and municipalities inside the Greater Las Vegas Valley, such as Henderson, North Las Vegas, and Paradise. The materials include menus, wine lists, event programs, staged show programs, room service menus, banquet menus, and press releases. The series contains menus from notable restaurants such as the Painted Desert Room at the Desert Inn Hotel and Casino, Circus Maximus at Caesars Palace, and Don the Beachcomber at the Sahara. Event menus and programs are from stage shows and convention banquets.
Archival Collection
UNLV University Libraries Menu Collection
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Collection Number: MS-00436 Collection Name: UNLV University Libraries Menu Collection Box/Folder: N/A
The Patrick Meiklejohn Collection of Nevada Hotel and Casino Ephemera (1970s-1994) consists of 117 decks of casino and airline playing cards and casino marketing material and ephemera, including hats, keychains, bags, pens, napkins, and hotel room courtesy items.
Local news reports on an armed robbery at the Stardust Hotel and Casino earlier in the week.a Reporters speak about search warrants served near Sands and Koval streets, including cars and housing units, in hopes of arresting a suspect, and interviews with neighbors of the suspect and other witnesses. At the time of the reporting, one suspect was arrested. Original media VHS, color, aspect ratio 4 x 3, frame size 720 x 486. From the Stardust Resort and Casino Records (MS-00515) -- Photographs and audiovisual material -- Digitized audiovisual material file.
Four press/news releases from the Sahara Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. The releases discuss entertainment news concerning various celebrities like Jerry Lewis, Don Rickles, Tony Bennett, Abbe Lane, Mary Welch, and Bruce Maxwell.