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Celesta Lowe (née Lisle) (1917-2004) was an American historian, columnist and librarian. She was the first director of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas library's special collections.

Lowe was born in Nevada in 1917.[1] Lowe's mother, Celestia A. Lisle, was born in Payson, Utah, and married John Quincy Lisle in 1907.[2] Lowe moved with her family to California as a child and graduated from El Monte High School in 1934.[3] She married David Walker "Deke" Lowe in Nevada in 1935 and the couple went on to own and operate the Goodsprings Hotel.[3] Together they had several children, including author Janet Lowe.[4][5]

Lowe founded the Southern Nevada Historical Society in 1959 with Maryellen Vallier Sadovich.[6] In 1961 Lowe was appointed as a library technician at the southern division of the University of Nevada.[7] She had previously worked at the Nevada State Library Department.[7] Lowe was named the head of the UNLV special collections department when it was founded in 1967.[3]

In addition to her work at the UNLV, Lowe wrote for numerous magazines including Desert Magazine, Nevada Highways, and Westways.[5] She also authored two long-running columns - Echoes from the Archives" and "Southwestern Bookshelf" - for the Las Vegas Review Journal.

Lowe died December 9, 2004, in Henderson, Nevada, at the age of 87.[5] In 2007 was named to the Roll of Honour of the Nevada's Women's History Project.[8] The Celeste Lowe papers are held by the UNLV's Special Collections and Archives.[9]

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