News: Special Collections and Archives
Take a look at the sequins and ostrich feathers inside the entertainment collections in ÐÔÊӽ紫ý Libraries. The historical archives take you behind the scenes of the Strip's most celebrated stages.
As the state celebrates its 150th year, special collections librarian Su Kim Chung shares her picks for the most important records on early Las Vegas history.
Our students once looked forward to this annual formal dance that featured a queen and her court.
50 years ago, the student body welcomed the president to Las Vegas then soon lamented his death in Rebel Yell editorials.
A new ÐÔÊӽ紫ý Libraries collection chronicles the glitzy and outlandish personality of Las Vegas through its showgirls-on-ice spectacles.
ÐÔÊӽ紫ý's Center for Gaming Research dispels some of the more enduring misconceptions about gambling.
ÐÔÊӽ紫ý experts and the Libraries' unique public resources help make The Mob Museum more than a novelty attraction.
Six scholars have been selected to complete residencies at ÐÔÊӽ紫ý Special Collections as part of its Gaming Research Fellows Program for the 2012-2013 academic year. More than two dozen fellowships have been awarded since the program began in 2007.
New ÐÔÊӽ紫ý digital collection offers look at history of resort architecture in Las Vegas.
Small-town life during the rise and fall of Southern Nevada's mining industry is chronicled through rarely seen newspaper clippings, photos, and letters in a digital library collection, Southern Nevada: The Boomtown Years 1900-1925.