Reid Public History Institute News
The Reid Public History Institute was created in 2022 with the mission to expand the study of the histories of labor, immigration, land use, industry, and the environment in Nevada and the surrounding region. The institute bears the name of Senator Harry Reid, whose lifelong enthusiasm for Nevada history helped to preserve and protect many of its treasures.
Reid Public History Institute In The News
A new exhibit on the Holocaust has opened at the Nevada governor's office in Las Vegas. Gov. Joe Lombardo's office, the Nevada Center for Humanity, and the UNLV Reid Public History Institute hosted an open house Tuesday for the exhibit, titled "The Holocaust: Reconstructing Shattered Humanity."
A song by pop megastar Taylor Swift has brought new attention to Clara Bow, a major Hollywood film siren in the 1920s who famously left Tinsel Town for Southern Nevada to start a new life with with her cowboy actor husband, Rex Bell.