The UNLV University Libraries Collection on Hoover Dam dates from 1935 to 1937 and consists of black-and-white photographs of the construction of Hoover Dam in Nevada. The collection is an artifical collection created by UNLV Special Collections and Archives staff. The photographs document early construction of the Hoover Dam to images of the dam at completion. The collection also contains photographs of construction workers.
The UNLV University Libraries Collection on Hoover Dam dates from 1935 to 1937 and consists of black-and-white photographs of the construction of Boulder Dam in Nevada. The collection is an artifical collection created by UNLV Special Collections and Archives staff. The photographs document early construction of the Hoover Dam to images of the dam at completion. The collection also contains photographs of construction workers.
Collection is open for research.
Materials in this collection may be protected by copyrights and other rights. See Reproductions and Use on the UNLV Special Collections and Archives website for more information about reproductions and permissions to publish.
Materials remain in original order.
The United States Bureau of Reclamation began construction on Hoover Dam in the Black Canyon, located on the Nevada-Arizona border, in 1932. The Black Canyon Project dammed the Colorado River and constructed a hydroelectric power plant to provide electricity to the southwestern United States. The dam created the reservoir known as Lake Mead. While the dam was originally referred to as Boulder Dam, the government officially renamed it Hoover Dam in 1947 in honor of Herbert Hoover.
UNLV University Libraries Collection on Hoover Dam, 1935-1937. MS-00713. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.
There is no deed of gifto n file for this collection; accession number 2015-027.
Materials were processed by Hana Gutierrez in 2018. She wrote the finding aid and entered the data into ArchivesSpace. In 2019, as part of an archival backlog elimination project, Angela Moor revised the collection description to bring it into compliance with current professional standards.