The Las Vegas Rotary Club Records (1981-2022) contain award certificates, club directories and rosters, Las Vegas Rotary publications, commemorative material including a 20-foot by 34-foot velvet curtain. The collection also contains plastic and metal Rotary Club signs from across the United States and international locations, material from a Rotary Club in Africa, and a digital video segment made in 2013 about the history of the Las Vegas Rotary.
The Las Vegas Rotary Club Records (1981-2022) contain award certificates, club directories and rosters, Las Vegas Rotary publications, commemorative material including a 20-foot by 34-foot velvet curtain. The collection also contains plastic and metal Rotary Club signs from across the United States and international locations, material from a Rotary Club in Africa, and a digital video segment made in 2013 about the history of the Las Vegas Rotary.
Collection is open for research. Where use copies do not exist, production of use copies is required before access will be granted; this may delay research requests. Advanced notice is required.
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Material remains in original order.
The Las Vegas Rotary Club was founded on March 15, 1923 with eighteen original members, and within five years the membership grew to thirty-four members. In 1931, the Rotary partnered with Six Companies for local support in the building of Boulder (Hoover) Dam. In 1952, the Las Vegas Rotary opened its second location in Henderson, Nevada. In 1986, the Las Vegas Rotary hosted the first International Convention in Nevada for over 20,000 participants. In 2018, Mayor Carolyn Goodman proclaimed April 5 as "Las Vegas Rotary Day." As of 2019, the Rotary Club in the Las Vegas area hosts over 200 members and active within the Las Vegas community.
Source:
"The History of the Las Vegas Rotary Club," accessed April 30, 2019. https://lasvegasrotary.com/about/history/
Las Vegas Rotary Club Records, 1981-2022. MS-00710. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/f12g76
Materials were donated by the Las Vegas Rotary Club in 2013; accession number 2015-023. Addition materials were donated in 2022 by Caty Crockett; accession number 2022-093.
Material was minimally processed during accessioning by Joyce Moore in 2015. In 2019, as part of an archival backlog elimination project, Sarah Jones revised the collection description to bring it into compliance with current professional standards. In 2022, Sarah Jones ingested files off two DVDs, created .MP4 access copies, and updated the collection description; additional materials were added in 2022.