October is American Archives Month -- a time to celebrate and embrace our past as we look to the future. Each year, the Nevada State Archives and repositories all over the country raise public awareness on the importance and value of historic documents, records, and the archival profession.
Previously observed as "Archives Week," the Nevada State Archives now celebrates the entire month of October. Since 2001, we have created a poster celebrating the records and archival collections that document the rich history of the Silver State.
We would like to thank the Nevada State Historical Record Advisory Board (SHRAB) and the National Historical Publications & Records Commission for sponsoring our poster every year.
This year, Nevada commemorates the 250th birthday of the U.S. armed forces and recognizes the armed forces' essential role in the founding of our nation. When Nevada became a state in 1864, Nevadans stood ready to give "All for Our Country." This became the state motto and inspired the theme for Archives Month 2025.
Photographs courtesy of the Nevada State Archives, Nevada Historical Society, & the Nevada State Museum-Carson City.
Commemorates the 80th anniversary of Smokey Bear’s fire prevention and education campaign and recognizes the essential role of the Nevada Division of Forestry in protecting and managing our lands.
Photographs courtesy of the Nevada State Archives.
Commemorates the 80th anniversary of Smokey Bear’s fire prevention and education campaign and recognizes the essential role of the Nevada Division of Forestry in protecting and managing our lands.
Photographs courtesy of the Nevada State Archives.
Celebrating the State Board of Nursing Centennial and recognizing the many extraordinary contributions that Nevada’s healthcare workers and educators make to the well being of our communities.
Photographs courtesy of the Nevada State Archives, Nevada Historical Society, UNR Special Collections, & UNLV Special Collections.
Legacy formats can pose preservation challenges to archival repositories. Each poster highlights a specific endangered format held at the Nevada State Archives: dry process glass plate negatives, dictabelt recordings, floppy disks, and a variety of tapes. The posters are designed so that, if they’re displayed end-to-end, they’ll create what appears to be a strip of film.
Photographs courtesy of the Nevada State Archives.
Recognizing the Sesquicentennial of the Nevada State Capitol building. The structure is still in use by Nevada’s constitutional officers 150 years after being constructed is a testament to the skill of the original builders, as well as to everyone who had the foresight to protect and preserve the Capitol over the years.
Video providing a 150 year timeline of the Nevada State Capitol through historic photos and documents can be found here: https://youtu.be/ZYOFC5yc3Ug.
Photographs courtesy of the Nevada State Archives and the Nevada State Prison Preservation Society.
Photographs courtesy of the Nevada State Archives, UNR Special Collections, UNLV Special Collections, & the Nevada State Museum-Carson City.
Highlighting the history of the Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT) in a series of four posters.
Photographs courtesy of the Nevada State Archives.
Highlighting the history of the Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT) in a series of four posters.
Photographs courtesy of the Nevada State Archives.
Highlighting the history of the Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT) in a series of four posters.
Photographs courtesy of the Nevada State Archives.
Highlighting the history of the Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT) in a series of four posters.
Photographs courtesy of the Nevada State Archives.
Nevada History Day students researched primary source materials from archival collections across the state, the country, and the world. They analyzed and interpreted our rich documentary heritage in their projects. In 2016, 43 Nevada students competed against other states and territories at the National History Day contest. They were Nevada’s All-Star History Team.
50th Anniversary of the establishment of the Nevada State Archives.
Photographs courtesy of the Nevada State Archives.
Highlighting the history of Nevada over the last 150 years. Part of the Nevada 150 Commission's planned series of events, gatherings, exhibits and legacy projects to commemorate Nevada's Sesquicentennial.
Photographs courtesy of the Nevada State Archives, UNR Special Collections, & UNLV Special Collections.
The story of how Nevada became a state on October 31, 1864. Part of the Nevada 150 Commission's planned series of events, gatherings, exhibits and legacy projects to commemorate Nevada's Sesquicentennial.
Photographs courtesy of the Nevada State Archives, UNR Special Collections, & UNLV Special Collections.
Map images courtesy of the Nevada State Land Office.
Focusing on the gaming history of the Silver State from 1931 to 2011. Poster features pictures of casinos and gaming from around the state.
Photographs courtesy of the Nevada Historical Society, UNR Special Collections, UNLV Special Collections, Northeastern Nevada Museum, & the Sparks Heritage Museum.
Worth the fight. Highlighting the history of Nevada's various rivers, lakes, and snowfall in one of the driest regions in the nation.
Photographs courtesy of the Nevada State Archives & UNLV Special Collections.
Focusing on family records in Nevada and the genealogy resources that can be found. Poster shows pictures of families of Nevada's past.
Photographs courtesy of the Nevada State Archives, UNR Special Collections, UNLV Special Collections, Fourth Ward School, Nevada State Museum-Las Vegas, Sparks Museum, & the National Automobile Museum.
Displaying an assembled collection of Nevada's historic documents to represent a cross-section of mediums, time and geography. These "36 Treasures" include: a pre-historic fossil, a piece of Native American rock art, territorial period pieces, early Statehood papers, representative mining documents, vintage newspapers, civil rights era photographs, a famous deck of casino cards, and so on.
Photograph courtesy of the Nevada State Archives.
The Archives Treasure Hunt: Teaching the basics of archival research and raising awareness for various repositories around Nevada. Pick a historical repository on the treasure map and contact them about their archival treasures. Encouraging people to write about their archival treasure and submit their response for inclusion on the State Archives treasure map.
Photographs courtesy of the Nevada State Archives.
Memo describing the theme of "Homeland Security 1936" and the State Archives preservation of Nevada's military history. No poster is available for 2006.
"When we are forgotten, we cease to be: Archives Help Us Remember.” Archives Week provides an opportunity to show off archival treasures. People can visit them in person or visit them online through the Archives Week Treasure Map.
Photograph courtesy of the Nevada State Archives.
Photograph courtesy of the Nevada State Archives.
Photographs courtesy of UNR Special Collections, UNLV Special Collections, Boulder City/Hoover Dam Museum, & the Northeastern Nevada Museum.
Documenting Nevada from 1901 to 2001. Second year of Archives Week and will include a Documentary Treasure Map as well as special events and activities to increase public awareness of the relevance of archives to modern life.
Photographs courtesy of the Nevada State Archives, Nevada Historical Society, & UNLV Special Collections.
