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Robin Holabird Film Press Kit Collection (MS-00583)

Abstract

The Robin Holabird Film Press Kit Collection is comprised of press kits for commercial Hollywood films dating from 1986 through the first decade of the 2000s that were compiled by Robin Holabird in her capacity as Deputy Director of the Nevada Film Commission. The kits contain press releases, photograph stills and other filming information.

Date
1938 to 2006
bulk 1986 to 2006
Extent
9 Linear Feet (9 boxes)
Related People/Corporations
Scope and Contents Note

The Robin Holabird Film Press Kit Collection is comprised of press kits for commercial Hollywood films dating from 1986 through the first decade of the 2000s that were compiled by Robin Holabird in her capacity as Deputy Director of the Nevada Film Commission. The kits contain press releases, photograph stills and other filming information.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Publication Rights

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.

Arrangement

Materials are arranged alphabetically by film title.

Biographical / Historical Note

Robin Holabird has scouted locations for Nevada-based films in her role as Deputy Director of the Nevada State Film Commission since 1988. Some of the films she has worked on have included: City of Angels, Sister Act, Showgirls, The Bodyguard, Independence Day and Lethal Weapon 4. She founded the Reno Film Festival and has also reviewed films in her weekly radio show on KUNR-FM in Reno, Nevada since 1983. As of 2014, Holabird continues to provide film reviews that can be accessed as podcasts on the Internet.

Preferred Citation

Robin Holabird Film Press Kit Collection, 1938-2006. MS-00583. Special Collections, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.

Acquisition Note

Materials were a gift of Fred and Robin Holabird in 2012; accession number 2011-019.

Processing Note

Materials were processed by Special Collections staff in 2012. In 2014, as part of a legacy finding aid conversion project, Kayla McDuffie revised and enhanced the

collection description to bring it into compliance with current professional standards.

Subsequently Kayla McDuffie entered the data into ArchivesSpace.

Resource Type
Collection
Collection Type
EAD ID
US::NvLN::MS00583
Finding Aid Description Rules
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