The Hannah Brown Papers (1955-2013) consist of materials documenting the career and volunteer work of Las Vegas, Nevada businesswoman Hannah Brown, including materials from her airline career, newspaper clippings, congressional and state proclamations and awards, photographic prints, school records, and publications relating to the African American community both locally and nationally. Many of the materials document Brown's work with the Las Vegas Urban Chamber of Commerce and the Las Vegas chapter of The Links.
The Hannah Brown Papers (1955-2013) consist of materials documenting the career and volunteer work of Las Vegas, Nevada businesswoman Hannah Brown, including materials from her airline career, newspaper clippings, congressional and state proclamations and awards, photographic prints, school records, and publications relating to the African American community both locally and nationally. Many of the materials document Brown's work with the Las Vegas Urban Chamber of Commerce and the Las Vegas chapter of The Links.
Collection is open for research.
This material is made available to facilitate private study, scholarship, or research. The donor, Hannah Brown, transferred all right, title and interest they had in the Hannah Brown Papers (MS-01214) to UNLV. However, some material may be protected by copyright, trademark, privacy, publicity rights, or other interests not owned by UNLV. Users are responsible for determining whether permissions are necessary from rights owners for any intended use and for obtaining all required permissions. Acknowledgement of the UNLV University Libraries is requested. For more information, please see the UNLV Special Collections policies on reproductions and use or contact us at special.collections@unlv.edu.
Materials are arranged by topic.
Hannah Brown Papers, 1955-2013. MS-01214. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.
Material was donated in 2025 by Hannah Brown; accession number 2025-066.
In 2025, Landon Paljusaj accessioned the collection. Sarah Jones rehoused the material and wrote the finding aid in ArchivesSpace.
Administrative Information
Acquired by Aaron Mayes, Visual Materials Curator, in 2025 as part of UNLV Special Collections and Archives holdings on the African American community in Las Vegas.