unlv.year.MSS30 Guide to the Maude Frazier Collection Finding aid written by Staff. Special Collections, UNLV Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas.month, year of finding aid. Finding aid encoded by Dana Miller, April 2007. Descriptive Summary Maude Frazier Collection1955-1962 (inclusive) Mss 30 Frazier, Maude, 1881-1963.4 folders (2 linear inches) University of Nevada, Las Vegas. UNLV Libraries. Special Collections. Las Vegas, Nevada 89154-7010.This small collection of programs, awards and certificates helps document the life of Maude Frazier, Nevada educator and stateswoman. Frazier taught school in Nevada from 1906 to 1946. She was elected to the State Legislature in 1950 and was later appointed Lieutenant Governor of Nevada, the highest position ever held by a woman in the state. She was also instrumental in establishing UNLV in its early days as Nevada Southern University. The materials focus on her later career with the university.English Preferred Citation:

Maude Frazier Collection. Mss 30. Special Collections, UNLV Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

 Acquisition Information:

Donated by Dr. William Carlson (as Accession 5).

 Processed by:

Staff.

 Access:

This collection is open for research.

Publication Rights:

For permission to reproduce or publish from this collection, please contact the Director of Special Collections.

 Biographical Sketch

Maude Frazier was born in 1881 in Wisconsin, where she was educated as a teacher. After moving to Nevada, she taught throughout the state. She also served as principal in several schools and was appointed Deputy State Superintendent of Public Instruction, and Superintendent of Schools. After her retirement from teaching, Frazier was elected to the Nevada State Assembly for six terms and was appointed Lieutenant Governor, the first woman to serve in the position. Frazier was also instrumental in the establishment of the Nevada Southern University campus, which evolved into UNLV; she had a building on the campus named in her honor. She died in 1963.

Additional biographical information can also be obtained in the Special Collections biographical files, as well as an autobiography.

Scope and Content

This collection is rather small, consisting of only four folders which contain mostly certificates, awards, and programs covering the time period from 1955-1962. The collection was processed prior to the formation of the Nevada Women’s Archives; this guide was prepared to include the collection as part of the Nevada Women’s Archives.

Arrangement of the Records

The collection is divided among four folders by material type.

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Related Collections:

For related topics and further information see the following collections:

Flora Dungan Collection, T-117.

Lilly Fong, T-148.

 Subject Headings Individuals:Frazier, Maude, 1881-1963 Organizations:University of Nevada, Las Vegas -- History Places:Las Vegas (Nev.) -- HistoryLas Vegas (Nev.) -- Politics and governmentNevada -- Politics and government Inventory BoxFolderContents (1)1Programs2Programs and certificates 3 Certificates41958 Epilogue (Nevada Southern University)END OF INVENTORY