Materials include photographs, programs, newspaper and magazine clippings, and collages of Valerie Chapman Eliot's time as a Bluebell girl in the Lido de Paris in France, Argentina, and Las Vegas, Nevada from 1954 to 1970s. Also included are photographs of her time as dancer in the show "Hello America" at the Desert Inn Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada in the mid-1960s.
The Valerie Chapman Eliot Papers reflect on her time as a dancer from 1954 until 1970 and include photographs, programs, and newspaper and magazine clippings. There are collages of Eliot's time as a Bluebell girl in the Lido de Paris show in France, Argentina, and Las Vegas, Nevada. Materials also include photographs from the show "Hello America" at the Desert Inn Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada where Eliot performed in the mid-1960s.
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 website for more information about reproductions and permissions to publish.
Materials are roughly arranged by into personal and professional.
Valerie Chapman Eliot Papers, 1954-1970. MS-00598. Special Collections, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.
Materials were dontated in 2012 by Valerie Chapman Eliot; acession number 2012-28.
Materials were processed by Dallas Reiber. Lindsay Oden revised and enhanced the collection description to bring it into compliance with current professional standards. In 2017 Joyce Moore revised the description and uploaded the ArchivesSpace finding aid.