Abstract
The Anna and Jo Pitney Personal Papers are comprised of materials documenting the lives of Anna J. Pitney and her wife, Jo Pitney, a long-time Las Vegas lesbian couple. They were together since 1955 and traveled together often. The collectionIt includes correspondence, news clippings, photographs and photograph albums, travel notes, and a memoir of their lives written by Jo.
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Scope and Contents Note
The Anna and Jo Pitney Personal Papers are comprised of materials documenting the lives of Anna Jane "Muff" Pitney and her wife, Jo Ann Pitney, a long-time Las Vegas lesbian couple. They were together since 1955 and traveled together often. The collection includes correspondence, news clippings, photographs and photograph albums, travel notes, and a memoir of their lives written by Jo.
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 and Archives website for more information about reproductions and permissions to publish.
Arrangement
Materials remain in the order in which they were received.
Preferred Citation
Anna and Jo Pitney Personal Papers, 1956-1998. MS-01117. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Acquisition Note
Materials were donated by Dennis McBride in 2022; accession number 2022-035.
Processing Note
In 2022, Sarah Jones rehoused the material, created the description, and wrote the finding aid in ArchivesSpace.