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Dykes on Bikes at the second annual Gay Pride parade, image 001: photographic print
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Dykes on Bikes at the second annual Gay Pride parade, image 002: photographic print
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Web Archive on the October 1, 2017 Shooting in Las Vegas, Nevada
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The collection is comprised of captured websites and Twitter data related to the mass shooting that occured at the Route 91 Harvest Festival in Las Vegas, Nevada on October 1, 2017. Captured websites are primarily comprised of articles and news stories from local, national, and international news media outlets. Websites were captured periodically from 2017 to 2018. The collection also includes Twitter data associated with the October 1 shooting that were captured via concurrent queries to the Twitter API for all Tweets containing the term “vegas” occuring September 29, 2017 to October 7, 2017. Also included are files containing tutorials for how to curate and analyze Twitter data which reference the 1 October Twitter dataset for illustrative purposes.
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J. K. Russ oral history interview: transcript
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Oral history interview with J. K. Russ conducted by Claytee D. White on December 22, 2017 for the Remembering 1 October Oral History Project. In this interview, Russ discusses her early life in New Zealand and growing up on a tobacco farm. She remembers arriving to the United States and establishing a career as an artist. Russ talks about the 1 October shooting, creating an art exhibit using cards and letters received from people all over the world, and Las Vegas’ response to the tragedy. Lastly, Russ describes the art community in Las Vegas and the Arts District.
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Nevada Freedom to Marry Coalition in the second annual Gay Pride parade: photographic print
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Doug Stevens and the Out Band performing at Gay Pride, image 001: photographic print
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Doug Stevens and the Out Band performing at Gay Pride, image 002: photographic print
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Roberta Kane oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Roberta Kane conducted by Barbara Tabach on September 6, 2017 and May 22, 2018 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. Kane explains how she was the first born Jewish baby in Las Vegas, Nevada and her parents’ deep involvement with the Jewish community of the 1930s. She then talks about the formalization that occurred in the Jewish community with the building of Temple Beth Sholom. In a second session, Kane recalls the Wildcat Lair, a gathering spot of students from Las Vegas High School in the 1950s.
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Crowd watching Cyndi Lauper perform at Gay Pride, image 002: photographic print
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Crowd watching Cyndi Lauper perform at Gay Pride, image 005: photographic print
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