The Samuel Gompers Hotel Architectural Drawings (1965) consists of seven drawings created by Melvin Grossman (architect) for an unrealized Samuel Gompers Hotel project on Tropicana Avenue in Las Vegas, Nevada in 1965. The drawings include north and east elevations, as well as lobby, mezzanine, and parking garage floor plans. Gompers was a key figure in American labor history, and the hotel was to be named in his honor.
The Samuel Gompers Hotel Architectural Drawings (1965) consists of seven drawings created by Melvin Grossman (architect) for an unrealized Samuel Gompers Hotel project on Tropicana Avenue in Las Vegas, Nevada in 1965. The drawings include north and east elevations, as well as lobby, mezzanine, and parking garage floor plans. Gompers was a key figure in American labor history, and the hotel was to be named in his honor.
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Materials remain in original order.
Samuel Gompers Hotel Architectural Drawings, 1965. MS-01217. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.
Materials were purchased by Sarah Quigley from Vigilante Rare Documents (Greg Bock) in 2025; accession number 2025-072.
In 2025, Landon Paljusaj accessioned the collection. Sarah Jones rehoused the material and wrote the finding aid in ArchivesSpace.
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Purchased from Vigilante Rare Documents (Greg Bock) in 2025 by Sarah Quigley, Director, as part of UNLV Special Collections and Archives holdings on the history of Las Vegas, Nevada.