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Box SH-033, LLB, 3, SCA Main Stacks, Standard Shelf [Aisle: 0, Section: 2, Shelf: 4], PH--00336, Las Vegas Bugle Photograph Collection on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender History, Series I.

Archival objects in this container:

  1. Bill Harrah: photographic negative, approximately 1960 to 1965
  2. Construction crane on a cliff above the Blue Diamond Mine. Reproduction of a 1950s original: photographic negative, approximately 1983 to 1989
  3. Photographic prints and negatives, approximately 1930 to 1960
  4. Photographic prints, negatives, and slides, approximately 1980 to 2000
  5. Blue Diamond Mine manufacturing plant. Reproduction of a 1950s original: photographic negative, approximately 1983 to 1989
  6. Negative: Christmas Party. Operation Life held one annually and invited public officials and community members. Alversa Beals (in blue and white sweater), 1980s
  7. Negative: HUD regional office, San Francisco. Signing paperwork for the grant for Ruby Duncan Manor in Las Vegas, Nevada (housing for the elderly and the handicapped, funded under Sec. 202 of HUD). Ruby Duncan (right), executive director; Renee Diamond (left) board member for Operation Life, 1980s
  8. Negative: Hugo’s Cellar (restaurant in Four Queens Hotel, Las Vegas, Nev.). A dinner was held to celebrate Operation Life’s grant. L-R: Mahlon Brown, Aldine Weems, Jack Anderson, Ruby Duncan, 1980s
  9. Aerial view of the Blue Diamond Mine manufacturing plant and company town. Reproduction of a 1950s original: photographic negative, approximately 1983 to 1989
  10. Negative: (L-R): Aldine Weems; Marty Makower, National Economic Development and Law Center, Berkeley, California; Renee Diamond; unidentified federal employee; Ruby Duncan, executive director of Operation Life. HUD regional office, San Francisco, 1980s
  11. Negative: Aldine Weems (center) at Operation Life Christmas party, 1980s
  12. Negative: Dinner at Hugo’s Cellar (see photo 0323_0019). L-R: Mahlon Brown, Aldine Weems, Jack Anderson, Ruby Duncan, Diane Anderson (Jack’s wife), Renee Diamond, 1980s
  13. Unidentified woman, Marion Brooks, Mrs. W. G. Bradley, Mr. W. G. Bradley (responsible for acquiring land and locating plant at Blue Diamond Mine), Tom Brooks (son of Marion and Ruth Brooks), Ruth Brooks (wife of Marion Brooks), and Barbara Brooks (daughter of Marion and Ruth Brooks) identified from left to right. Photograph was taken in front of the Brooks' home in Blue Diamond, Nevada. Reproduction of a 1950s original: photographic negative, approximately 1983 to 1989
  14. Photographic negatives of existing prints: photographic negatives, approximately 1900-1915
  15. Negative: L-R: Aldine Weems, Mahlon Brown, 1980s
  16. Negative: L-R: Aldine Weems, Ruby Duncan, Tommy Ruggiero (board member, Operation Life). HUD regional office, San Francisco, 1980s
  17. Negative: Ruby Duncan and unidentified man. Operation Life Christmas party, 1980s
  18. Negative: Barbara McNair and sons Carlton (right) and Terrence (front) at Operation Life Christmas party, 1980s
  19. Negative: L-R: Jack Anderson, attorney for Operation Life; Ruby Duncan, Executive Director. HUD regional office, San Francisco, 1980s
  20. Negative: Barbara McNair (in red, at left) at Operation Life’s Christmas, party, 1980s
  21. Negative: L-R: Ruby Duncan and unidentified HUD official. HUD regional office, San Francisco, 1980s
  22. Negative: L-R: Renee Diamond and Ruby Duncan. Working on the paperwork for a grant for Operation Life. In HUD regional office, San Francisco, 1980s
  23. Negative: Tammy Bass (wearing black jacket) at Operation Life Christmas party. She was a HUD counselor who worked for Operation Life. Ruby Duncan (seated, wearing white) and Renee Diamond (standing, holding cup), 1980s
  24. Negative: Guests at Operation Life’s annual Christmas Party. Renee Diamond at far right, 1980s
  25. Negative: L-R: Unidentified HUD official and Ruby Duncan. HUD regional office, San Francisco, 1980s