Topic: Las Vegas

snow at fremont street
Arts and Culture | December 22, 2017

Snow is a near-magical experience in Las Vegas, preserved in photos long after the snow melts. Here are a few of our favorites from the UNLV archives.

signs holding memorial
Business and Community | October 26, 2017

UNLV Libraries partners with area museums to preserve the stories and artifacts related to the mass shooting in Las Vegas.

Claytee White, Director, Oral History Research Center at the Historic Westside School
People | June 14, 2017

Oral historian Claytee White has spent a career recording Las Vegans’ personal histories. Now she speaks about her own remarkable roots.

Jerome D. Countess holds a portrait of his late wife, Rachel
Business and Community | February 13, 2017

Photographer Aaron Mayes shares the story behind his award-winning photo for the Libraries' Jewish Heritage Project.

Alice Joyce
Arts and Culture | November 7, 2016

Five flapper myths to bust your notion of Roaring Twenties fashion as the UNLV Public History Project prepares to invade the Mob Museum.

renderings of maryland parkway
Business and Community | July 1, 2016

Through UNLV's Downtown Design Center, architecture students learn vital lessons in collaboration during neighborhood redevelopment.

Richard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy
People | January 12, 2016

Communication studies professor Jacob Thompson on campaign history and how UNLV's selection as a debate site will leave a lasting mark on campus. Plus: Details on community watch events.

Ai Ja, Min, and Sue Kim
Arts and Culture | December 18, 2015

Long before K-pop, there were the Kim Sisters. Now an Eadington Fellow is exploring what their meteroic rise on Las Vegas entertainment scene has to do with American ideals of beauty, citizenship and capitalism amidst Cold War politics.

World Series of Poker game
Campus News | November 16, 2015

Eadington Fellow dives into UNLV's archives to examine the relationship between sports media and cultural memory in poker's main event.

Brittany Bronson and George Saunders
Arts and Culture | May 5, 2015

UNLV English instructor Brittany Bronson named a New York Times opinion writer. Plus new books on Nevada history and women in the workforce.