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Gay Academic Union and Lesbian Gay Academic Union newsletters, 1983-1985
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Terry Wilsey Papers on the Las Vegas, Nevada LGBT Community
Box/Folder: Box 01 (Restrictions apply)
Archival Component
Crowd watching performaces at Gay Pride, image 004: photographic print
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Archival Collection
Description
Gay Pride 1999 at Sunset Park; Photographer: Dennis McBride. (5-8-99)
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Archives, 1961-1971
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Las Vegas Library Regional History Files Collection
Box/Folder: Box 01
Archival Component
Joan Swift oral history interviews
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Oral history interviews with Joan Swift conducted by Sue Peterson on March 18, 2004, March 25, 2004, and June 22, 2004 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. In this interview, Swift discusses life in Las Vegas, Nevada during the 1940s and 1950s. Swift begins the interview by describing her upbringing in the Basic townsite and Boulder City, Nevada, attending Basic High School, and life in Southern Nevada during World War II. She then discusses working in the Clark County Recorder's office, explaining her job duties and what function the office served for the county. Swift continues, talking about recreation activities at the time, including visiting the casinos on the Las Vegas Strip and the Helldorado Parades. Swift discusses nuclear weapons testing at the Nevada Test Site and her career as the Clark County recorder. Lastly, she describes her thoughts on the future of Las Vegas, Nevada.
Archival Collection
Dennis McBride holding a boa constrictor at Gay Pride: photographic print
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Archival Collection
Description
Gay Pride 1999 at Sunset Park. Dennis McBride with boa.
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Tod Story and Shelley Berkley at Gay Pride: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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Shelley Berkley and Tod Story at Gay Pride: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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Crowd watching performaces at Gay Pride, image 001: photographic print
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Archival Collection
Description
Gay Pride 1998 at Sunset Park. Photographer: Dennis McBride. (4-25-98)
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Second Flex Lounge float in the Gay Pride parade: photographic print
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Archival Collection
Description
Gay Pride 1999 at Sunset Park; Photographer: Dennis McBride (5-8-99); Flex Lounge.
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Pride Pageant Royalty float in the Gay Pride parade: photographic print
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Archival Collection
Description
Gay Pride 1999 at Sunset Park; Photographer: Dennis McBride. Pride Pageant Royalty.
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