Abstract
The Get Booked Financial Records (1993-1998) comprise the early business records of Get Booked, a lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) bookstore located in Las Vegas, Nevada. The collection documents the initial purchase of the business as well as monthly financial records and promotional coupons.
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Scope and Contents Note
The Get Booked Financial Records (1993-1998) comprise the early business records of Get Booked, a lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) bookstore located in Las Vegas, Nevada. The collection documents the initial purchase of the business as well as monthly financial records and promotional coupons.
Access Note
Collection is open for research.
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Arrangement
Materials are arranged chronologically.
Biographical / Historical Note
Robert Schlegel sold his bookstore, Bright Pink Literature, Las Vegas, Nevada's first lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) bookstore, to Wes Miller and Marlon Tinana in June of 1993. Tinana and Miller changed the name of the bookstore, located near East Naples Drive and Paradise Road, to Get Booked. In the LGBT newspaper the Las Vegas Bugle, Wes Miller explained that naming the business "Get Booked" was his response to a experience being arrested near the store location in 1992 and his political statement against police operations in the early 1990s. Get Booked became an anchor for the Las Vegas gay community and artists, writers, performers, and political figures frequently gathered for events. Miller became the sole owner of the store in 1994 after Tinana sold his shares and Raul Mangubat was appointed general manager in the same year. Get Booked remains in operation and is one of Las Vegas, Nevada's largest LGBTQ retailers.
Sources:
"A Brief History of Get Booked" GetBooked.com. Accessed February 22, 2019. http://getbooked.com/about/
"Bright Pink Literature (Get Booked),"
Preferred Citation
Get Booked Financial Records, 1993-1998. MS-00473. 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 2003; accession number 2003-018.
Processing Note
Material was processed and inventoried by a Special Collections staff member. In 2014, as part of a legacy finding aid conversion project, Hannah Robinson wrote a collection description and entered the data into ArchivesSpace. In 2019, as part of an archival backlog elimination project, Sarah Jones rehoused the materials and revised the collection description to bring it into compliance with current professional standards.