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Lavern Cummings and Tony Midnite oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Lavern Cummings and Tony Midnite conducted by Dennis McBride on August 29, 2000 for the Las Vegas Gay Archives Oral History Project. In the interview, Cummings and Midnite discuss their work as female impersonators in Las Vegas, Nevada during the late 1960s and 1970s. They also talk about other impersonators and performance venues in Las Vegas and around the United States. They explain the distinctions between transgender and straight performers, and the perceptions of transgender and straight audience members. Other subjects Cummings and Midnite cover include their early lives and arrivals to Las Vegas, and the history of sex reassignment surgeries beginning in the 1930s.
Archival Collection
People at Gay Pride: 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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Else Lappoehn, Sylvia Brunn, Art Ruckle and George Brunn oral history interview, 2007 April 22
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Carole Terry's "Germans in Las Vegas" Oral History Project
Box/Folder: Box 02, Box 04
Archival Component
Victoria and Brad Babich oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Victoria and Brad Babich conducted by Claytee D. White on November 22, 2013 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. In this interview, the Babich couple describe their family histories and life in Las Vegas, Nevada during the mid-twentieth century. Brad Babich discusses his father's work in the gaming industry of Las Vegas, the prevalence of organized crime in the city, the influence of Howard Hughes and the federal government, and other aspects of Las Vegas history. He also talks about nuclear weapons tests at the Nevada Test Site and the health problems some employees acquired there. The two talk about recreational activities of the time, as well as the entertainers that performed on the Las Vegas Strip. Other topics of discussion include race relations in Las Vegas, casino history, and changes that have occurred over the years in the city.
Archival Collection
University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) 20th commencement program, 1983 May 22
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas Commencement Programs and Graduation Lists
Box/Folder: Box 02
Archival Component
University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) 25th commencement program, 1988 May 22
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas Commencement Programs and Graduation Lists
Box/Folder: Box 03
Archival Component
