A gifted onstage improviser, Greene was revered by his peers and live audiences as one of the greatest stand-up acts of his generation.

In 1920, the population of Las Vegas was about 2,300, while Clark County was over 4,800. Nevada’s population was just over 77,400, according to U.S. Census data posted on UNLV’s website.

So you’re on a date. One person pays for dinner, maybe a show on the Strip. At night’s end, the payer might expect something in return. Is that so much different than sugar dating?

Cleopatra’s Barge has sailed into Las Vegas history, destined to be replaced at Caesars Palace this spring by just another upscale bar aimed at Millennials.

As Lucille Bryant told a University of Nevada Las Vegas oral historian, once she moved to Las Vegas in 1953 and got a job at the Algiers Hotel.

What are the current plans for businesses in the Westside Business core? During the years from the early 1940s through the 1970s, businesses on the Westside were vibrant and successful. There were restaurants, nightclubs with gaming, a bowling alley, taxicab company, malt shop, beauty shops, and barbershops.

This event is said to support Zabarte's Native American Forum On Nuclear Issues, a collaboration between tribal stakeholders, non-governmental organizations and the departments of Environmental studies, History, Sociology, the Law School and the UNLV Libraries.

A pair of top executive branch officials left Nevada earlier this week, potentially leaving no formal acting governor as required by state law.

Claytee White, historian and director of UNLV’s Oral History Research Center, mentioned the Historic Westside’s resiliency and long-lasting legacy.

$1.3 million in federal funding to support the redevelopment of Jackson Avenue in the Historic Westside

For more than 200 years, American industries, even universities, used slaves. Over that time, some 300,000 slaves who could be bought, sold, deeded and gifted, were forced into labor. And it wasn’t that long ago, ending in the late 1800s.

Part of UNLV University Libraries Special Collections & Archives, "Doubling Down" is a collection of about 800 audiovisual items found in several archival collections. These items include oral histories from casino workers and executives, aerial footage of Las Vegas, entertainment acts from the Stardust, and publicity records from casino owner Bob Stupak. They date from 1960 to 2005.