The Evelyn Stuckey Photograph Collection (approximately 1940-1972) contains black-and-white and color photographic prints, negatives and slides. The images depict Evelyn Stuckey at various functions for Las Vegas High School in Las Vegas, Nevada and the Rhythmettes, as well as the Rhythmettes practicing and performing routines.
The Evelyn Stuckey Photograph Collection (approximately 1940-1972) contains black-and-white and color photographic prints, negatives and slides. The images depict Evelyn Stuckey at various functions for Las Vegas High School in Las Vegas, Nevada and the Rhythmettes, as well as the Rhythmettes practicing and performing routines.
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 as they were received.
Evelyn Stuckey was born as Mary Evelyn Stuckey in Gordon, Alabama on September 10, 1921 to Minnie L. and Robert Luther Stuckey. In 1946 she earned a Bachelor of Science in Education, with an emphasis in Physical Education, from Florida Women’s College, now Florida State University. She worked for the Florida Board of Health until she joined the Las Vegas High School (LVHS) faculty in Las Vegas, Nevada in 1949 as the physical education instructor for the female students. While working for LVHS, Stuckey organized the Rhythmettes dance group, who were featured on the Ed Sullivan Show in 1955 and at the World’s Fair in 1964. The Rhythmettes were active from 1949 to 1966, when they disbanded due to Stuckey's health. They reformed in 1974 and ended again in 1979 when Stuckey retired. Stuckey remained in Las Vegas until she died from cancer on April 10, 1980.
Sources:
“Evelyn Stuckey: Founder, Las Vegas Rhythmettes.” WOMEN in Nevada History: A Legacy Digital Project. Accessed January 23, 2020. https://womennvhistory.com/portfolio/evelyn-stuckey/
Genealogy files about “Mary Evelyn Stuckey.” Accessed on January 23, 2020. Accessed from Familysearch.org
Evelyn Stuckey Photograph Collection, approximately 1940-1972. PH-00284. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.
Materials were donated to the University of Las Vegas, Nevada Special Collections and Archives; accession number 1986-056B.
In 2020, as part of an archival backlog elimination project, Ryan DiPaolo entered the data into ArchivesSpace and wrote the finding aid.