Bookend: Vintage Vegas

Collections capture history

July 14, 2014

Su Kim Chung (right) and items from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Libraries Special Collections

The mission of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) Libraries Special Collections is to support researchers in the study of Las Vegas, southern Nevada, and gaming.

Su Kim Chung is head of special collections public services at UNLV Libraries—home to the Center for Gaming Research, which includes a world-renowned Gaming Collection that documents the history, economics, and regulation of the gaming industry; and the Oral History Research Center, which collects oral narratives from local residents.

Several of UNLV’s digital collections provide online access to special collections content that is quintessential Vegas, including information on Howard Hughes, the Hoover Dam, the history of the mining industry in the area, and—of course—showgirls.

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