The Las Vegas Women in Construction Collection (1962-1963) consists of a scrapbook compiled by Joyce McMinn Beckett, president of the Las Vegas, Nevada Chapter of The National Association of Women in Construction. The scrapbook contains meeting programs, sign-in sheets, clippings, newsletters, and several photographs from the 1962 Las Vegas, Nevada meeting of Women in Construction (WIC) at the Dunes Hotel.
The Las Vegas Women in Construction Collection (1962-1963) consists of a scrapbook compiled by Joyce McMinn Beckett, president of the Las Vegas, Nevada Chapter of The National Association of Women in Construction. The scrapbook contains meeting programs, sign-in sheets, clippings, newsletters, and several photographs from the 1962 Las Vegas, Nevada meeting of Women in Construction (WIC) at the Dunes Hotel.
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 and Archives website for more information about reproductions and permissions to publish.
Materials remain in original order.
In 1953, sixteen women founded Women in Construction (WIC) in Fort Worth, Texas. The organization was formed to support women laborers in the construction industry. Soon after this founding, the WIC expanded to other locations and was incorporated within the National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC). In 1962 Las Vegas, Nevada activists organized a state branch of WIC. The NAWIC remains active as of 2014 and continues to offer support for women construction laborers as well as scholarships to students in construction-related fields of study.
Las Vegas Women in Construction (WIC) Collection, 1962-1963. MS-00500. Special Collections, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.
Materials were donated in 2005 by Joyce McMinn Beckett; accession number 2005-005.
Material was processed by UNLV Special Collections staff in 2005. In 2014, as part of a legacy finding aid conversion project, Ian M. Baldwin revised and enhanced the collection description to bring it into compliance with current professional standards. Subsequently, Ian M. Baldwin entered the data into ArchivesSpace.