Research
| October 17, 2022
Silver Screen to Silver State
The Walking Box Ranch is a direct link to the world of 1930s Hollywood glamor and a vital resource for 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ's students of historic preservation.
Articles Featuring Andy Kirk
Campus News
| February 3, 2021
51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Newsmakers 2021: January
A collection of news stories from the new year highlighting the experts and events at 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ.
Research
| July 17, 2018
Thing-makers, Tool Freaks and Prototypers
How the Whole Earth Catalog’s optimistic message reinvented the environmental movement in 1968
Campus News
| November 15, 2017
51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Raises $2.2 Million to Fund Harry Reid Endowed Chair in History
Faculty hire, expected as early as Fall 2018, will further position 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ history department as leader in the study of the Intermountain West.
51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ History
| October 18, 2017
Grasping at the Past
It wasn't a popular decision to tear down Maude Frazier Hall, but the demolition had a silver lining for preservationists.
Arts and Culture
| August 30, 2017
Doom Towns and Toxic Archives
History professor finds the humanity in a Barrick Museum exhibit meditating on the minutiae of atomic testing history.
Research
| November 16, 2016
Atomic Testing, One Panel at a Time
51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ professor Andy Kirk's "Doom Towns" takes a ground-level view of ground zero, and presents it in the form of graphic novel about Las Vegas' position in the atomic firmament.
People
| July 17, 2013
Las Vegas: 'A Place Out of Place'
The director of 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ's public history program explains why the myth that Las Vegas has no history persists.