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North Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce Records (MS-00938)

Abstract

The North Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce Records documents the activities of the North Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce in southern Nevada from approximately 1970 to 2007. The majority of this collection is comprised of photographs and scrapbooks documenting North Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce member events. The collection also includes business guides, event invitations, and issues of the organization’s monthly newsletters, Just North and Look North.

Finding Aid PDF

Date

approximately 1970-2007
bulk 1980-1989

Extent

2.67 Cubic Feet (5 boxes)
3.25 Linear Feet
28 digital_files (0.00158 GB)

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Scope and Contents Note

The North Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce Records documents the activities of the North Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce in southern Nevada from approximately 1970 to 2007. The majority of this collection is comprised of photographs and scrapbooks documenting North Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce member events. The collection also includes business guides, event invitations, and issues of the organization’s monthly newsletters, Just North and Look North. The collection also includes digital files used to create the June 2003 issue of Just North newsletter.

Access Note

Collection is open for research. Arrangements must be made in advance to access digital files; please contact UNLV Special Collections and Archives for additional information.

Publication Rights

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

Arrangement

Materials remain in the order they were received.

Biographical / Historical Note

The North Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce was founded in 1948 as a membership-based non-profit organization with the mission to stimulate growth and promote economic development in North Las Vegas, Nevada. The North Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce provided services and programs to ensure a viable and healthy business climate in the city by strengthening the business community’s government affairs presence and providing opportunities for members to build relationships. In 2012 the North Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce merged with the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce to create the Metro Chamber of Commerce.

Sources:

Santos, Paul Delos. "Why Joining a Chamber of Commerce Is Essential to Building Business Relationships." Las Vegas Sun. June 24, 2013. Accessed June 26, 2019. https://vegasinc.lasvegassun.com/business/2013/jun/24/building-business-relationships-why-joining-chambe/.

Chamber Information. 2004. Internet Archive. Accessed June 26, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20040803005224/http://www.nlvchamber.org/chamber/index.asp.

"Partnership. Advocacy. Resources." Look North | Las Vegas Metro Chamber of Commerce. 2013. Internet Archive. Accessed June 26, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20130625023100/http://www.lvchamber.com/chamber/look-north.

Preferred Citation

North Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce Records, approximately 1970-2007. MS-00938. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.

Acquisition Note

Materials were donated in 2018 by the Las Vegas Metro Chamber of Commerce; accession number 2018-004.

Processing Note

These records are unprocessed. The following actions were performed during accessioning by Tammi Kim. Loose photographs and papers were foldered and re-boxed, photographs in binders were rehoused in folders, and digital files were transferred off of a 3.5 inch floppy disk. Access copies were created for born-digital files; files were converted from .DOC to PDF/A. No other work has been done to these records.

Resource Type

Records

Collection Type

EAD ID

US::NVLN::MS00938

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