Ainsworth
Coll # T112
Date: 1940's
Extent 1 document box
Collection consists of various programs: Helldorado (1946), Las
Vegas and Boulder City rodeos, and various Las Vegas shows and theatre
productions. Also contains a number of miniature Helldorado photographs
from the 1940s.
Andre, Joe
Coll # T155
Date: 1924 - 1939
Extent 1 slim document box
The Joe Andre Desert Nomads were an orchestra that played dance
music in Nevada. Most of their engagements were in Northern Nevada.
This collection contains photocopies of news clippings for ads,
dance programs, and correspondence. Some photographs are also included.
Arden, Donn
Coll # 2001-5
Date: 1917-1994
Extent 20 boxes (14 document boxes, 2 slim document boxes, 1 record
storage box, 3 oversize boxes) 15 phase boxes and 2 oversize folders
Collection is comprised of the personal and business papers of Donn
Arden, noted Las Vegas show producer and director. This includes
costume sketches, production notes, programs, musical scores, photographs,
news clippings, and scrapbooks on his 50-plus years in entertainment
producing and directing shows such as the Lido, Hallelujah Hollywood,
Hello Hollywood Hello, Jubilee, Hello America and Pzazz. Also covers
his work at clubs such as the Moulin Rouge in LA, the Latin Quarter
in NY, and the Lido in Paris. COLLECTION
GUIDE AVAILABLE
Basil Harris Scrapbook
Coll # 95-23
Date: ca. 1940s-1960s
Extent 1 oversize box
Collection consists of a scrapbook on the Las Vegas Strip from the
1940s-1960s consisting of cocktail napkins, show programs, menus,
swizzle sticks, postcards from a number of different hotel/casinos
including the Flamingo, the Sands, the El Rancho, and the Last Frontier.
Clark, Wilbur and Toni
Coll # 95-49
Date: 1947 - 1991
Extent 3 boxes (1 document box, 1 flat oversize box, 1 record storage
box)
Collection is comprised of the personal and business papers of Wilbur
and Toni Clark. Wilbur Clark was owner of the luxurious Desert Inn
Casino/Hotel that opened in 1950. The small collection includes
correspondence to Clark from a number of celebrities such as the
Duchess of Windsor and the Kennedys. There is also a scrapbook,
and newspaper clippings, and a number of 16 mm films that feature
Clark and his wife Toni at the Desert Inn. A related photo collection
contains over three hundred photographs of the Desert Inn in the
1950s. COLLECTION GUIDE AVAILABLE
Dick, Mida Mae
Coll # 86-10
Date: 1957 - 1986
Extent 2 document boxes
Collection consists of Las Vegas show programs and postcards,
entertainment magazines and newspaper clippings about Las Vegas
entertainment personalities, Las Vegas, and the state of Nevada.
The greatest amount of material focuses on the Tropicana and its
Folies Bergere show.
COLLECTION GUIDE AVAILABLE
Dunes Hotel
Coll # 93-08
Date: 1955 - 1992
Extent 19 document boxes (7.5 linear ft.)
Collection is comprised of publicity files of the Dunes Hotel.
Material includes scrapbooks, budgets, employee files, contracts,
correspondence, press releases, news clippings, advertising and
publicity. Notable subjects include the Casino de Paris production
show and showgirls, Major Riddle and Dunes Hotel restaurants such
as the Sultan's Table. INVENTORY AVAILABLE
El Cortez Hotel
Coll # Roller Shelf
Date: 1963
Extent 1 DBL OVERSIZE box
Collection contains a scrapbook from 1963 of news clippings of
promotional events, performers and the general goings on of the
hotel.
Fluke, David
Coll # 89-29
Date: 1947 - 1981
Extent 2 document boxes
Collection consists of the notebooks of David Fluke, a Las Vegas
resident whose hobby was
documenting the history of Las Vegas Strip entertainment and performers
from 1947-1981.
Notebooks feature handwritten lists of the entertainers' play
dates, lounge shows, dates of
Las Vegas debuts, celebrity trivia and biographies. INVENTORY
AVAILABLE
Frontier Hotel - Casino
Coll # 88-109
Date: 1948 - 1988
Extent 79 boxes (75 document boxes, 1 slim document box, 3 flat
oversize boxes) 32 linear ft.
Collection is comprised of the publicity files of the Frontier
Hotel. Documents include press releases, news clippings, ad copy,
photographs, marketing information, and programs on the various
performers and promotional events that took place at the hotel.
There is a significant amount of material on Siegfried and Roy
during their time at the Frontier Hotel. INVENTORY AVAILABLE
Gregory, Matt
Coll # 96-22
Date: 1959-1986
Extent 3 record storage boxes
Collection is comprised of the papers of Las Vegas producer, manager/agent
Matt Gregory. Gregory was also known as creator of the Las Vegas-style
mini-revue. Collection includes contracts, costume sketches, press
releases, videos, show reviews, and advertisements. Shows documented
include Fancy That, Feminine Touch, Mad Mod World, La Nouvelle
Eve, and Kanpai. COLLECTION GUIDE AVAILABLE
Harrah's Entertainment,
Inc.
Coll # 2002-33
Date: 1930's - 1990's
Extent 21 boxes (17 record storage boxes, 2 large flat oversize
boxes, 2 flat oversize boxes)
Collection is comprised of the corporate archives of Harrah's
Entertainment Inc. Includes Harrahscope company newsletters, photographs,
photo albums, news clippings, promotional items (ranging from
matchbooks, dice, hats, glasses to key chains, and playing cards),
Bill Harrah's personal playing card and automobile hood ornament
collections. INVENTORY AVAILABLE
Hayes, Grace
Coll # 86-75
Date: 1900 - 1989
Extent 4 document boxes (19 linear in.) + 1 album
Collection includes the personal and financial papers of actress
and singer, Grace Hayes, who owned the Red Rooster, a nightclub
on Highway 91 (later the Strip). Collection includes financial
documents, newspaper clippings about Grace Hayes, her son, actor
and writer Peter Lind Hayes, and his wife actress Mary Healy.
Also includes obituaries for her husband, producer Robert Hopkins;
personal correspondence; show business mementos; legal documents
and photo albums. COLLECTION GUIDE AVAILABLE
Houssels, Nancy
Coll # 97-11
Date: ca. 1990s
Extent 1 document box
Collection consists of newsletters, programs, posters, magazine
articles, anniversary reports, and
news clippings on the Nevada Dance Theatre (now Nevada Ballet
Theatre). Nancy Houssels
co-founded the Nevada Dance Theatre with Vassili Sulich in 1974.
Katz-Yarchever,
Edythe
Coll # 96-17
Date: 1935-1985
Extent 6 boxes (1 record storage box, 3 document boxes, 2 oversize
boxes on roller shelves)
Collection consists of the papers of Edythe Katz-Yarchever and
her first husband, Lloyd Katz,
who owned a number of movie theatres in Las Vegas including the
Fremont Theatre and the Huntridge Theatre. The collection chronicles
their prominent role in the Jewish community in Las Vegas and
includes scrapbooks, clippings, programs, certificates, and photographs
on local Jewish community organizations.
Kaye, Norman
Coll # T14
Date: 1965 - 1969
Extent 1 document box
Collection is comprised of the papers of Norman Kaye, member of
the Mary Kaye Trio and Poet
Laureate of Nevada since 1960. Kaye wrote the song "Throw
a Dime My Way," the theme for the March of Dimes and many
others. He also founded the chorale group, the "Las Vegas
Ambassadors" in the 1960s. The collection includes some correspondence,
biographical information, news clippings, original sheet music
compositions, poems, and audio tapes and 45s of Mary Kaye Trio
recordings.
Kim Sisters
Coll # Roller shelf
Date: 1965 - 1969
Extent 1 oversize box
Collection consists of two scrapbooks of the Kim Sisters, a trio
of Korean-born musical entertainers who were prominent on the
Las Vegas Strip from the 1950s-1970s. The scrapbooks contain ads
for upcoming shows from around the world, reviews of performances,
articles and interviews and copies of The Ed Sullivan Show programs
on which they appeared.
Las Vegas Show Costume
Designs
Coll # 2000-19
Date: ca1960s-1990s
Extent 6 oversize flat boxes
Collection comprised of costume design sketches created by Anne
Guertin, Corrado Colabucci, Larry Merritt and Josephine Spinedi
for various Las Vegas production shows.
Las Vegas Show Programs
Coll # 93-28
Date: ca 1950s - 1960s
Extent 1 document box
Collection is comprised of various show programs from hotels such
as Caesar's Palace, Desert Inn, Flamingo, Dunes, El Rancho, Fremont,
Frontier, Hilton, International, and the Sands. INVENTORY AVAILABLE
Mack, Jess & Dorothy
Coll # MS22
Date: 1950 - 1989
Extent 12 boxes (9 document boxes, 1 slim document box, 2 record
storage boxes)
Collection is comprised of the personal papers of Jess Mack, actor,
comedy writer, booking agent and the first franchised agent for
the Screen Actors Guild in Las Vegas. Noted for his work in burlesque
and acting as agent to a number of prominent strippers during
the golden age of burlesque. Collection includes legal documents,
photographs, gags, scripts, sketches, newspaper clippings, correspondence,
issues of "Cavalcade of Burlesque", articles and publicity.
There are also a number of video tapes and cassette tapes. INVENTORY
AVAILABLE
Maines, Ken "Nevada"
Coll # 1031-4
Date: 1972
Extent 1 folder
Collection consists of various items written by Ken "Nevada"
Maines, including sheet music for his songs (Fremont Street, My
Name Is Love, and My Little Polish Rose), a poem, and his hints
for handicappers. There is also an offprint of an article on Maines
that appeared in the Las Vegas Sun.
Mannone, Wingy
Coll # 2001-28
Date: 1934 -1996
Extent 1 document box
Collection is comprised of the personal papers of Las Vegas trumpet
player Wingy Mannone and includes photographs, news clippings,
and personal memorabilia. COLLECTION GUIDE AVAILABLE
Marshall L. Wright
- Riviera Hotel Scrapbook
Coll # 97-14
Date: 1954-1956
Extent 1 oversize box
Collection contains a scrapbook of newspaper articles about Wright
and the Hotel Riviera, ads for upcoming performers like Liberace,
a copy of a menu, pictures of the hotel under construction, general
correspondence and the press packet from the 1955 opening.
Maurice, Dick
Coll # 2001-27
Date: 1970-1980
Extent: 3 boxes (1 document box, 1 slim document box, 1 small
flat box)
Dick Maurice was a Las Vegas-based radio and TV personality. His
collection contains audio and/or visual tapes from all of his
shows, photographs and some personal papers. SEE ARNOLD SHAW ARCHIVIST
FOR INVENTORY
Meadows Playhouse
Coll # T163
Date: 1968-1981
Extent 4 boxes (2 document boxes and 2 record storage boxes)
Collection houses the architectural plans for the Meadows Playhouse,
a UNLV playhouse, and interdepartmental correspondence about designing
a theatre major, examples of other university theatre major requirements,
copies of plays with set design notes, notes on student actors,
production playbills and newspaper clippings about upcoming productions.
Minsky, Harold
Coll # 87-97
Date: 1922 - 1978
Extent 27 boxes (24 document boxes, 2 slim document boxes and
1 record storage)
Collection is comprised of the personal papers of noted burlesque
producer, Harold Minsky. Minsky was noted for creating the "family
burlesque" style and for introducing the topless showgirl
to Las Vegas at the Dunes Hotel in 1957. His collection includes
scripts, publicity, photographs, financial records, payroll records,
sheet music, news clippings, contracts, and correspondence. COLLECTION
GUIDE AVAILABLE
Nevada Biltmore
Hotel
Coll # 2003-28
Date: 1942 - 1985
Extent Collection consists of a scrapbook on the Nevada Biltmore
Hotel, located in downtown Las Vegas. The scrapbook contains photographs
of the hotel, hotel stationary, a menu and news clippings announcing
who will be staying at the Biltmore and who will be appearing
and performing. There are also news clippings about city leaders.
Nevada Motion Picture
Division
Coll # MS5
Date: ca1970s-1990s
Extent 24 document boxes
Collection is comprised of film scripts from the Motion Picture
and Television Division of the
Nevada Commission on Economic Development. All film and television
scripts were set around Las Vegas or in the Nevada desert. Notable
titles include "Vegas Vacation," "Honeymoon in
Vegas," and "Leaving Las Vegas." INVENTORY AVAILABLE
Newton, Wayne Fan Club Collection
Coll # 88-158
Date: 1966 - 1988
Extent 2 record storage boxes
Collection is comprised of Wayne Newton Fan Club memorabilia.
It includes news clippings, articles, newsletters, correspondence,
promotional materials and recordings all pertaining to Wayne Newton
and his career in Las Vegas. INVENTORY AVAILABLE
Proctor, Cork
Coll # 2002-12
Date: 1943 - 2003
Extent 3 document boxes
The personal papers of Cork Proctor, musician and entertainer.
Collection contains flyers, awards, contracts, clippings, reviews
and two transcribed oral interviews. SEE ARNOLD SHAW ARCHIVIST
FOR INVENTORY
Rawls, Ellen Burke
Coll # 2002-19
Date: ca1980s-1990s
Extent 1 record storage box
Collection consists of newspaper columns on Atlantic City entertainment
by Atlantic City
journalist Ellen Burke Rawls. Other materials include correspondence
and columns on various
aspects of Atlantic City and New Jersey life.
Sands Hotel
Coll # 2000-12
Date: 1952 - 1979
Extent 80 boxes (7 flat boxes and 2 large flat boxes located on
the roller shelf, 58 document boxes, 12 record storage boxes,
2 flat boxes, 1 large flat box)
The Sands Collection is comprised of the publicity files of Al
Freeman, Publicity Director of the Sands Hotel for many years.
Materials in the collection include business documents, correspondence,
press releases, news clippings and advertisements etc. but the
bulk of the collection is comprised of photographs. The collection
is particularly rich in photographs of celebrities and entertainers,
the Rat Pack being the most prominent among these. There is also
a significant amount of material on the Copa Girls. COLLECTION GUIDE AVAILABLE
Schwartz, Sonny
Coll # 2001-14
Date: 1970s-1990s
Extent: 12 document boxes
Collection consists of audio cassette tapes from the radio show
of Sonny Schwartz, Atlantic City
journalist and radio host. Other material in the collection includes
news clippings, video tapes,
correspondence, radio program guest schedules, and newspaper columns
written by Schwartz.
INVENTORY AVAILABLE
Shaw, Arnold Papers
Coll # 2001-13
Date: 1920's-2001
Extent Numerous
Collection is comprised of the personal papers of noted popular
music scholar and author Arnold
Shaw. Shaw was the author of biographies on Frank Sinatra and
Harry Belafonte and books such as The Jazz Age, Dictionary of
Pop/Rock, Black Popular Music in America, and Fifty-Second Street.
Materials in the collection include correspondence, news clippings,
records (lps), tapes, cassettes, sheet music, short stories, plays,
books, and interviews. SEE ARNOLD SHAW ARCHIVIST FOR INVENTORY
Silver Slipper Scrapbook
Coll # Roller Shelf
Date: 1974 - 1976
Extent 1 flat oversize box
Collection consists of 1 scrapbook containing adds announcing
upcoming performers and performance reviews at the Silver Slipper
Casino.
St. Denis, Ruth
Coll # 85-112
Date: 1905 - 1984
Extent 5 boxes (1 flat box and 2 large flat boxes located on the
roller shelf and 1 document box, 1 record storage box)
The Ruth St. Denis Collection pertains to the St. Denis School
of Dance in Los Angeles, CA. The collection contains scrapbooks
filled with magazine cutouts from early 20th century- performers
and celebrities. It also includes a variety of books on costume
and dance. INVENTORY AVAILABLE
Stevens, Maury
Coll # 86-66
Date: 1953 - 1981
Extent 2 document boxes
The collection of Maury Stevens, a Las Vegas advertising executive
who worked at a number of
Strip hotels and edited Las Vegas Life and Now Magazine. The collection
contains a variety of
programs, brochures, photos, magazines and news clippings pertaining
to hotels, performers and
special events in Las Vegas. INVENTORY AVAILABLE
Stuckey, Evelyn
Coll # 86-56
Date: 1949 - 1969
Extent 17 boxes (13 document boxes, 1 slim document box, 3 large
flat boxes)
The Evelyn Stuckey Collection focuses on the Las Vegas Rhythmettes,
a unique dance/pep club for girls that was active at Las Vegas
High School in the 1950s and 1960s. It includes news clippings,
magazine articles, photographs, correspondence and a number of
other documents pertaining to Rhythmettes founder Evelyn Stuckey
and the Rhythmettes organization. COLLECTION GUIDE AVAILABLE
Sulich, Vassili
Coll # 2003-11
Date: 1950's - 1990's
Extent 10 record storage boxes
Collection consists of the personal papers and photographs of
Croatian-born choreographer, Vassili Sulich, founder of the Nevada
Dance Theatre, the first professional ballet company in Nevada.
Includes materials from his time as a professional ballet dancer
in Europe, and as dancer at the Follies Bergere at the Tropicana
Hotel in Las Vegas. Collection is comprised of photographs, news
clippings, correspondence, programs, posters, scrapbooks, and
various ephemera.
Thunderbird
Coll # T100
Date: 1965 - 1973
Extent 12 document boxes
The Thunderbird Hotel Collection is comprised of material from
the hotel's entertainment department. It contains a variety of
photographs, memos, news releases, news clippings, contracts,
slides, posters and articles pertaining to entertainers and shows
at the Thunderbird.
Collection is arranged alphabetically by name of entertainer or
act. INVENTORY AVAILABLE
Vanda, Charles
Coll # 88-142
Date: 1955 -1987
Extent 3 boxes (2 record storage boxes, 1 slim document box)
The Charles Vanda Collection contains a variety of achievement
awards, plaques, and certificates that were presented to Charles
Vanda throughout his career. It also contains some news clippings
and articles pertaining to Charles Vanda, the arts and UNLV. broadcasting
pioneer and, after his retirement from CBS, a leader in the Las
Vegas arts community. See inventory.
Vinas, Jose Luis
Coll # 2003-10
Date: ca. 1950's - 1980's
Extent 3 flat oversized boxes
Collection consists of the costume designs, news clippings, and
photographs of noted Las Vegas costume designer, Jose Luis Vinas,
who designed for producer Frederic Apcar in shows such as Vive
Les Girls and Casino de Paris.
Willard, Bill Papers
Coll # 2001-17
Date: 1913-1999
Extent: 53 boxes (48 document boxes, 5 flat boxes)
Collection is comprised of the personal papers of Bill Willard,
a writer, performer, artist, columnist and former director of
the Arnold Shaw Popular Music Research Center. The collection
is comprehensive and contains a variety of records relating to
all areas of his life and interests. SEE ARNOLD SHAW ARCHIVIST
FOR INVENTORY
Young Audiences
Coll # T177
Date: 1960 - 1983
Extent 10 boxes (4 document boxes, 6 record storage boxes)
Collection contains the organizational records of the Young Audiences
group. Materials include minutes, financial records, bylaws, photographs,
projects, membership information, reports, publications, news
clippings, and public relations material. INVENTORY AVAILABLE
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