The Dunes Hotel Photographs (1950-1993) consist of administrative, publicity and entertainment images documenting the history of the Dunes Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. In addition to materials focusing on day-to-day activities at the hotel (correspondence, contracts, personnel, budgets, etc.) the collection provides insight into the hotel’s entertainment and public relations activities. Although there are chronological gaps in the collection, particularly during the later years of the Dunes (1970s-1990s), it provides a significant amount of historical documentation on the famed Strip hotel that was long known to tourists and residents alike as the “the Miracle in the Desert.”

The Ferron and Bracken Photograph Collection depicts Southern and Central Nevada and other western states from 1890 to 1961. The photographs primarily depict the development and growth of early Las Vegas, Nevada; mines and mining operations in Southern and Central Nevada; towns and mines in Nevada; and the Hoover (Boulder) Dam and the Colorado River.

The UNLV Libraries Collection of Travel Postcards (approximately 1915 to 1979) is comprised of black-and-white and color commercial postcards from thirty-six locations within the United States, Europe, and Asia.

The Dottie Dee Dancers Collection (approximately 1940-2002) is comprised of newspaper clippings and photographs documenting the career of Dorothy (Dalton) Tomlin who led a line of dancers known as the Dottie Dee Dancers. The dancers performed in nightclubs in Las Vegas, Los Angeles, San Francisco and other western cities. Other items in the collection include scans of the original costume drawings by Hollywood costume designer Lloyd Lambert that were created for the Dottie Dee Dancers, and the transcripts of a 2002 oral history of Dottie and her husband, Donald Tomlin.

Arthur G. Grant Photograph Collection (approximately 1950-1965) consists of 120mm and 35mm color photographic slides taken in the mid-1950s in and around Las Vegas, Nevada. Images depict Arthur G. Grant's home life, the Fortune Club business on Fremont Street, general downtown, Helldorado Parade, and a Mount Charleston picnic. The collection also contains images of Lake Mead boat races including an appearance by Donald Campbell and his water speed world record-setting jet powered boat, Bluebird.

The John Steiger Photograph Collection contains black-and-white photographic prints of H. E. Steiger, John Steiger's father, in and around Las Vegas, Nevada in the 1920s. Images depict H. E. Steiger and various other identified and unidentified individuals in various locations surrounding Las Vegas, including Wilson Ranch, Mount Charleston, and Boulder Canyon. Some images of the Las Vegas Grammar School include John Steiger's mother, who was an elementary school teacher in Las Vegas from 1919 to 1920. The majority of items in this collection are digital surrogates, and the donor retains the original items.