Abstract
The Terry Wilsey Papers on the Las Vegas, Nevada LGBT Community (1979-2002) are comprised of records from the Las Vegas Gay Switchboard, the Nevadans for Human Rights, and other LGBT community groups based in Las Vegas, Nevada. The collection contains newsletters, agendas and meeting minutes, informational pamphlets, as well as photographs, programs, and a VHS recording of local theatre productions.
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Scope and Contents Note
The Terry Wilsey Papers on the Las Vegas, Nevada LGBT Community (1979-2002) are comprised of records from the Las Vegas Gay Switchboard, the Nevadans for Human Rights, and other LGBT community groups based in Las Vegas, Nevada. The collection contains newsletters, agendas and meeting minutes, informational pamphlets, as well as photographs, programs, and a VHS recording of local theatre productions.
Access Note
Collection is open for research, with the exception of materials that are restricted to protect personally identifiable information. Restrictions are noted at the file level of this inventory and will be open for research use January 1, 2059.
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Arrangement
Material remains in original order.
Biographical / Historical Note
Organizer and activist Terry Wilsey has been active in the Las Vegas, Nevada community since the late 1970s. Wilsey served as the president of the organization Nevadans for Human Rights and helped reignite the group after its period of inactivity from 1980-1981. Nevadans for Human Rights served to connect the gay community of Las Vegas and also promoted political and social efforts for gay rights. In 1982 Wilsey restarted the Nevada Gay Times, a second iteration of the Vegas Gay Times newspaper. Wilsey organized the first Vegas Pride event in 1983, a seminar held at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) and a joint enterprise of Nevadans for Human Rights, the Gay Academic Union, and the Metropolitan Community Church. Wilsey was a speaker at the first pride event and served as the organization's media contact for Las Vegas Pride in 1984. Wilsey co-founded the group "Aid for AIDS in Nevada" in 1984. In addition to his involvement in Las Vegas Pride, Nevadans for Human Rigths, and the Nevada Gay Times, Wilsey also volunteered for the telephone support charity the Las Vegas Gay Switchboard, contributed to the Stonewall Democratic Club of Southern Nevada, and supported the Gay Academic Union at UNLV.
Sources:
Friess, Steve. "Into the Light." Desert Companion. September 2011. Accessed July 28, 2014. http://www.desertcompanion.com/article.cfm?ArticleID=204
McBride, Dennis. "Aids in Southern Nevada." Out History. 2010. Accessed July 28, 2014. http://outhistory.org/exhibits/show/las-vegas/articles/aids-southern-nv
McBride, Dennis. "Las Vegas' First Gay Pride Celebration." Out History. 2009. Accessed July 28, 2014. http://outhistory.org/exhibits/show/las-vegas/articles/first-pride
McBride, Dennis. "Nevadans for Human Rights." Out History. 2009. Accessed July 28, 2014. http://outhistory.org/exhibits/show/las-vegas/articles/nhr
Preferred Citation
Terry Wilsey Papers on the Las Vegas, Nevada LGBT Community, 1979-2002. MS-00472. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Acquisition Note
Materials were donated in 2002 and 2007 by Terry Wilsey via Dennis McBride; accession number 2003-017.
Processing Note
Material was processed by Special Collections staff. In 2014, as part of a legacy finding aid conversion project, Hannah Robinson wrote the collection description and entered the data into ArchivesSpace. In 2018, 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.