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Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Community Collection

Identifier
MS-00935
Abstract

The Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Community Collection (approximately 1973-2020) consists of artwork, memorabilia, ephemera, event fliers, and event photographs donated by members of the Latinx community in Las Vegas, Nevada and collected by staff members of the Oral History Research Center at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). Materials were donated and collected as part of the Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada oral history and community engagement project hosted by UNLV University Libraries. Some of the materials in this collection are related to oral history interviews for Lidia Bonilla, Horacio Lopez, Krystal Ramirez, and Gustavo Ramos. This collection also includes fliers and posters advertising events in the Latinx community, campaign signs for Latinx candidates running for office, and Spanish language campaign signs.

Archival Collection

Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, April 07, 2003

Date
2003-04-07
Description
Includes meeting minutes and agenda, along with additional information about bylaws and letters.

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Photograph of Nevada desert, circa 1940s

Date
1940 to 1949
Description
Collage of a mule in the Nevada desert. Possibly a postcard. Caption on the top reads: "O, Dont [sic] you remember the desert old pal, the desert with scenery like this, a Joshua Palm and a lonesome old Jack, the fortunes you dream of but miss." Caption on the bottom left reads: "40 miles from wood, 50 miles from water, 10 feet from hell, God bless our home."

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Wells and McGill, Nevada, 1940 to 1986

Level of Description
Series
Scope and Contents

Materials contain photographic slides of neon signs in the towns of Wells, Nevada and McGill, Nevada from 1940 to 1986.

Archival Collection
Neon in Nevada Photograph Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00225
Collection Name: Neon in Nevada Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: N/A

Archival Component

Photograph of Hotel Nevada (Las Vegas), 1912

Date
1910 to 1915
Description

The Hotel Nevada on the corner of Main and Fremont in 1912. Transcribed from the original: "Nevada Hotel - named Sal Sagev much later --Shirley Swanson." Wharton Drug Company named in the bottom left-hand corner of the postcard.
Site Name: Hotel Nevada
Address: 1 Fremont Street

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UNLV's Black Mountain Institute holds its Nevada Emerging Writers Series with poet Srikanth Reddy in Greenspun Hall November 16, 2011 at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas: digital photographs

Date
2011-11-16
Description
Photographs from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Creative Services Records (2010s) (PH-00388-05). Client: Black Mountain Institute

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UNLV hosts a reception kicking off the 2nd Annual NSHE Southern Nevada Diversity Summit in the Tam Alumni Center October 3, 2013 at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas: digital photographs

Date
2013-10-03
Description
Photographs from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Creative Services Records (2010s) (PH-00388-05). Client: Office of Diversity Initiatives

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Images from the ballroom at the Student Union as part of the College of Fine Arts Nevada Entertainer / Artist Hall of Fame dinner March 21, 2013 at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas: digital photographs

Date
2013-03-21
Description
Photographs from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Creative Services Records (2010s) (PH-00388-05). Client: College of Fine Arts

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Photograph of Beatty, Nevada, May 30, 1905

Date
1905-05-30
Description
View of town in Beatty, Nevada. Picture taken by M.P. Spencer & Co.

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