The Peter C. Bernhard Papers (1959-2013) contain programs and clippings related to youth sports in Southern Nevada. Materials include Bernhard's personal writings in the Las Vegas, Nevada Western High School newspaper, notebooks with clippings and annotations about the articles, athletic brochures, and Hyde Park Jr. High publications.
The Peter C. Bernhard Papers (1959-2013) contain programs and clippings related to youth sports in Southern Nevada. Materials include Bernhard's personal writings in the Las Vegas, Nevada Western High School newspaper, notebooks with clippings and annotations about the articles, athletic brochures, and Hyde Park Jr. High publications.
Collection is open for research.
This material is made available to facilitate private study, scholarship, or research. The donor, Peter Bernhard, acknowledged that they held no copyrights in the donated material when they transferred ownership of the Peter Bernhard Papers 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.
This collection contains illustrations which depict Native American individuals in racist caricatures, and school mascots and newsletters which include include derogatory language or racial slurs. These materials do not mirror the views of UNLV Libraries Special Collections and Archives, but serve as a portrayal of the social mindsets and occurrences of the time that it was produced.
Peter C. Bernhard Papers, 1959-2013. MS-01190. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/f1nr3q
Materials were donated in 2024 by Peter Bernhard; accession number 2024-096.
In 2024, Sarah Jones accessioned the collection, reboxed the material, and created the finding aid in ArchivesSpace.
Administrative Information
Acquired by Visual Materials Curator, Aaron Mayes, as part of UNLV Special Collections and Archives holdings on Las Vegas history. All material that formed the original gift has been retained.