The Michael McKensie Pratt Professional Papers (approximately 1950-2021) contain costume designs, musical selections, and synopsis for shows that Pratt worked on in Las Vegas, Nevada including 90 Degrees & Rising, Les Folies Chic, and Jubilee!. The collection also contains souvenir show programs for cabaret shows performed in Paris, France and Las Vegas, Nevada, including
The Michael McKensie Pratt Professional Papers (approximately 1950-2021) contain costume designs, musical selections, and synopsis for shows that Pratt worked on in Las Vegas, Nevada including 90 Degrees & Rising, Les Folies Chic, and Jubilee!. The collection also contains souvenir show programs for cabaret shows performed in Paris, France and Las Vegas, Nevada, including
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. Arrangements must be made in advance to access digital files; please contact UNLV Special Collections and Archives for additional information. The archived website is available for access at https://archive-it.org/collections/17113.
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Materials are grouped by performance.
Optical discs are housed throughout collection. All optical discs remaining in this collection have been reviewed and ingested.
Michael McKensie Pratt was a performer and choreographer who danced in a number of cabaret productions such as
Sources:
Michael McKensie Pratt Papers, approximately 1963-2021. MS-01068. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.
Pratt, Michael McKensie. "In loving memory..." 24 January 2021. Facebook.
Michael McKensie Pratt Professional Papers, approximately 1950-2021. MS-01068. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/f1d17t
Materials were donated in 2021 and 2023 by Mary Julia Boyd; accession numbers 2021-102 and 2023-043.
In 2021, Tammi Kim minimally processed the collection during accessioning and created the finding aid in ArchivesSpace. Video files were transferred off of two optical discs and access files created. One archived website was captured, preserved, and managed using Archive-It, a web archiving subscription service. In 2023, Sarah Jones organized and rehoused the collection and updated the finding aid in ArchivesSpace. Access copies were created for digital files.
Administrative Information
Acquired by Su Kim Chung, curator, as part of UNLV Special Collections and Archives holdings in entertainment history. The original acquisition included 81 optical discs that were appraised and removed due to duplication. The duplicate discs were removed by Tammi Kim and securely destroyed in 2023.