The Jim P. Laurie Photographs of the MGM Grand and Las Vegas Hilton Fires (1980-1981) is comprised of six digitized photographs depicting the fire at the MGM Grand Hotel on Friday, November 21, 1980 and one image from the fire at the Las Vegas Hilton on February 11, 1981. Photographs were taken by Jim P. Laurie on the day of the fires at the MGM Grand and Las Vegas Hilton. Laurie is a photographer who used to work for the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
The Jim P. Laurie Photographs of the MGM Grand and Las Vegas Hilton Fires (1980-1981) is comprised of six digitized photographs depicting the fire at the MGM Grand Hotel on Friday, November 21, 1980 and one image from the fire at the Las Vegas Hilton on February 11, 1981. Photographs were taken by Jim P. Laurie on the day of the fires at the MGM Grand and Las Vegas Hilton. Laurie is a photographer who used to work for the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
Collection is open for research. Material is digital and available online in the UNLV Special Collections and Archives Portal.
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 as they were received.
Jim P. Laurie Photographs of the MGM Grand and Las Vegas Hilton Fires, 1980-1981. PH-00450. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/f18b69
In 2023, Jim P. Laurie donated digital surrogrates, but retained the original items; accession number 2023-022.
In 2023, Emily Lapworth processed the collection and entered the information into ArchivesSpace.
Administrative Information
This collection is comprised exclusively of digital surrogates. The donor retained the original items.