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Tobias Mattstedt Menu Collection (MS-00823)

Abstract

The Tobias Mattstedt Menu Collection (approximately 1990-2009) is comprised of menus documenting the restaurant industry in Las Vegas, Nevada, the United States, and internationally. The menus include restaurants located in Las Vegas casinos, most notably the MGM Grand, located in Las Vegas. Included in the MGM Grand menus are restaurants such as the Pearl, Tabu Ultra Lounge, and the Grand Wok and Sushi Bar. The collection also documents menus collected by Mattstedt that are not affiliated with the MGM Corporation. These include menus located in the United States, especially Hawaii, including menus from the restaurants Olio!, Nob Hill, Diego's, and Sea Blue. The collection also includes international menus with a focus on Asian countries. The material provides insight into menu design, food culture, and the Las Vegas service industry.

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Date

1990 to 2009

Extent

5.70 Cubic Feet (11 boxes )
5.25 Linear Feet

Related People/Corporations

Scope and Contents Note

The Tobias Mattstedt Menu Collection (approximately 1990-2009) is comprised of menus documenting the restaurant industry in Las Vegas, Nevada, the United States, and internationally. The menus include restaurants located in Las Vegas casinos, most notably the MGM Grand, located in Las Vegas. Included in the MGM Grand menus are restaurants such as the Pearl, Tabu Ultra Lounge, and the Grand Wok and Sushi Bar. The collection also documents menus collected by Mattstedt that are not affiliated with the MGM Corporation. These include menus located in the United States, especially Hawaii, including menus from the restaurants Olio!, Nob Hill, Diego's, and Sea Blue. The collection also includes international menus with a focus on Asian countries. The material provides insight into menu design, food culture, and the Las Vegas service industry.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Publication Rights

Materials in this collection may be protected by copyrights and other rights. See Reproductions and Use on the UNLV Special Collections website for more information about reproductions and permissions to publish.

Arrangement

Materials are arranged geographically.

Biographical / Historical Note

Tobias Mattstedt, a German native, worked in a variety of luxury resort hotels across Europe, the United States, and Asia. He was educated in hotel management in Germany and worked for many hotel operations in Europe such as the Carlton in Cannes, France. He later moved to the United States to attend the School of Hotel Administration at Cornell University. Upon completion of his education he worked for the Ritz-Carlton in a senior leadership position. Mattstedt then began working for the MGM Grand Corporation in 2001 as Vice President Food and Beverage for the MGM Grand located in Las Vegas. He would later join MGM Mirage and become Senior Vice President Operations and International Operations. In 2009 Tobias Mattstedt founded his own company, Beyond Hospitality, which specializes in hotel development, food and beverage master planning, and concept creation. In 2012 he expanded his company to Asia and created Beyond Hospitality Far East which is based in Hong Kong.

Source:

"About Beyond Hospitality," Beyond Hospitality, accessed February 15, 2017, http://www.beyondhospitality.com/about_beyond_hospitality.html.

Related Collections

The following resources may provide additional information related to the materials in this collection:

UNLV University Libraries Menu Collection, 1852-2010. MS-00436. Special Collections and Archives, University

Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.

William Lin Menu Collection, 1972-1987. MS-00798. Special Collections and Archives, University

Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.

Jean Hertzman Collection, 1970s-2000s. MS-00797. Special Collections and Archives, University

Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.

Bohn-Bettoni Menu Collection, 1870s-1930s. MS-00793. Special Collections and Archives, University

Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.

Vern Lanegrasse Papers, 1961-2010. MS-00295. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries,

University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.

Preferred Citation

Tobias Mattstedt Menu Collection, approximately 1990-2009. MS-00823. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.

Acquisition Note

Materials were donated in 2016 by Tobias Mattstedt; accession number 2016-068.

Processing Note

These records are unprocessed. A rough inventory of the accession was created by Maggie Bukowski and Tammi Kim in 2017. To prepare the inventory, the described materials were reviewed to create a contents list, estimate dates, and identify material types. No other work has been performed.

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EAD ID

US::NVLN::MS00823

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