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Equal Right to Marry Project event at the Gay and Lesbian Community Center of Southern Nevada: photographic prints, 1996 July 31

Level of Description

Item

Archival Collection

Dennis McBride Photograph Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00263
Collection Name: Dennis McBride Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Box 041

Archival Component

Ruby Lee Taylor and Susana Loli oral history interview

Identifier

OH-02128

Abstract

Oral history interview with Ruby Lee Taylor and Susana Loli conducted by David Schwartz on April 22, 2015 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. In this interview, Taylor and Loli discuss their careers working at the Riviera Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada and their membership in the Culinary Workers Union Local 226. They begin by discussing their individual job responsibilities, the benefits of being in the union, and the entertainment at the Riviera. They describe which shifts they prefer to work and give an overview of a hotel employee's life. Taylor and Loli conclude by discussing their responses to learning of the Riviera's closing and the health care provided by their union.

Archival Collection

Gay Kauffman Nevada Test Site Papers

Identifier

MS-00535

Abstract

The collection includes materials from the Nevada Test Site (1955-1967) including newsletters published by the Reynolds Electrical & Engineering Co., Inc. and photographs of Southern Nevada flora, fauna, and archaeology. It also includes photographs of test explosions at the Nevada Test Site, as well as photographs documenting a visit from North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) officials and a visit from John F. Kennedy to the Nevada Test Site. The collection also contains an oversized poster of an atomic explosion and one of a nuclear rocket development station.

Archival Collection

Photograph of Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra performing onstage at the Copa Room in the Sands Hotel, Las Vegas, January 22, 1964

Date

1 to 22

Archival Collection

Description

Dean Martin's (left) opening night at the Copa Room in the Sands Hotel with his pal, Frank Sinatra joining in, January 22, 1964.

Image

Union workers at the training school, Culinary Union, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1990s (folder 1 of 1), image 22

Date

1990 to 1999

Description

Arrangement note: Series III. Internal: Work

Image

Zina Tago at Gay Pride: photographic print

Date

1998-04-25

Description

Gay Pride at Sunset Park, 1998. Photographer: Dennis McBride. Zina Tago. At Sunset Park, 4-25-98.

Image

Rob Schlegel at Gay Pride: photographic print

Date

1999-05-08

Description

The third annual Gay Pride parade at Sunset Park, 1999. Photographer: Dennis McBride; Rob Schlegel. (5-8-99)

Image

Washington's birthday at the Hotel Atlas, menu, Friday, February 22, 1901

Date

1901-02-22

Archival Collection

Description

Note: Menu is printed on textured red paper in gold ink. Full-length portrait of George Washington on one side Restaurant: Hotel Atlas Location: Dayton, Ohio, United States

Text

NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt booklet

Date

1990 (year approximate) to 1999 (year approximate)

Description

From the Dennis McBride Collection on LGBTQ Las Vegas, Nevada (MS-00802) -- Alphabetical research files -- AIDS: Organizations: Names Project [AIDS quilt] file.

Text

Special Collections and Archives: archived website, 2014 to 2022

Level of Description

Other Level

Archival Collection

University of Nevada, Las Vegas Web Archive
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Collection Number: UA-00053
Collection Name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas Web Archive
Box/Folder: N/A

Archival Component