The University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) Graduate College Records (1959-2001) primarily contain graduate program reviews, as well as correspondence, meeting agendas, and meeting minutes pertaining to various UNLV academic departments, administrative offices, and committees. Also included in the collection are program proposals, handbooks, policy manuals, research funding proposals, curriculum and instruction documents, brochures, and newsletters.
The Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV Records (2011-2022) documents the establishment of the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV (formerly known as the UNLV School of Medicine). The materials include meeting agendas and reports from various committees, advisory boards, and the Legislative Counsel Bureau that were assessing economic impact, research strategies, medical education in the state of Nevada, and the development of the Las Vegas Medical District. Promotional and marketing materials in this collection includes event flyers and buttons produced to promote the UNLV School of Medicine. The collection also contains papers from Dr. Barbara Atkinson, the founding dean of the UNLV School of Medicine, such as letters of congratulaions on her appointment and biographical information. Also included are copies of the school's first commencement and hooding ceremony and a memoir written by James Dean Leavitt that details his experience building the School of Medicine as a member of the Board of Regents and as Chairman of the ad hoc Health Sciences Center Committee.
The University of Nevada, Las Vegas College of Dental Science Records (1969-2001) include two issue briefs from 1969 and 2001 detailing Nevada's dentist shortage and the University's efforts to mitigate the issue. The collection also contains a final report from 1998 detailing the need for the state of Nevada to establish a college of dental science.
With the rapidly expanding Hispanic student population in the Clark County school district, a demand for teachers, counselors, and administrators sensitive to the special needs of this segment of the student body became apparent. Gina Valverde White, a Cuban refugee, works to address those needs. Starting her career as a classroom teacher, she went on to become the Assistant Principal at Las Vegas High School and is now Assistant Principal of the Washington Alternative Programs School. She is shown here working with Hispanic high school students.
The Personal and Educational Papers series dates from 1940 to 1972 and contains college notes and papers of Stuckey, a college photograph album, her personal receipts and bills, and correspondence.
The William F. Harrah College of Hotel Administration Photograph Collection (approximately 1980-2015) contains color photographic prints and slides of hotels and casinos located within and outside of Nevada, primarily focusing on Las Vegas, Nevada properties. Images depict hotel exteriors and interior scenes of casino gaming.