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Las Vegas Citizens Committee for Community Improvement meeting minutes, April 22, 1968, 1968 April 22

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

UNLV Libraries Collection on the Las Vegas Paiute Tribe
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Collection Number: MS-00961
Collection Name: UNLV Libraries Collection on the Las Vegas Paiute Tribe
Box/Folder: Box 01 (Restrictions apply)

Archival Component

George Smith oral history interview

Identifier

OH-02566

Abstract

Oral history interview with George Smith conducted by Dennis McBride on June 28, 2002 for the Las Vegas Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Archives Oral History Project. In this interview, Smith discusses his life as a priest of the Christian Orthodox church and a gay man. He describes his experiences living in an Orthodox monastery, his interactions with the gay community of Las Vegas, Nevada since the 1960s, and other gay priests Smith has known. Smith also details bringing in speakers for talks with his gay congregation to provide information on topics including sexually transmitted diseases and careers. He concludes by discussing his involvement with gay student groups at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

Archival Collection

Jan Jones oral history interview

Identifier

OH-00970

Abstract

Oral history interview with Jan Jones conducted by Dennis McBride on March 26, 1998 for the Las Vegas Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Archives Oral History Project. In this interview, Jones discusses moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1981 and describes the car dealership commercials she was involved in with Kenny Kerr in the 1980s. Jones recalls the No Hate rallies that were organized in Nevada to support gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people. She then talks about the backlash she received as Mayor of Las Vegas because of her support for the gay community.

Archival Collection

"Memorial for Queer Rhyolite" project webpage: archived website, 2021

Level of Description

Other Level

Archival Collection

<em render="italic">Memorial for Queer Rhyolite</em> Papers
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Collection Number: MS-01067
Collection Name: Memorial for Queer Rhyolite Papers
Box/Folder: N/A

Archival Component

Ralph Vandersnick oral history interview

Identifier

OH-01871

Abstract

Oral history interview with Ralph Vandersnick conducted by Dennis McBride on October 18, 1997 for the Las Vegas Gay Archives Oral History Project. Vandersnick discusses growing up on a farm with his family in Illinois, owning a gay bar called the Studio Club in California, and owning another gay bar called Snick's Place when he moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1976.

Archival Collection

Frontier Strike: first arrest, Culinary Union, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1991 September 22 (Folder 2 of 2), image 22

Date

1991-09-22

Description

Arrangement note: Series I. Demonstrations, Subseries I.A. Frontier Strike

Image

Picket at the El Cortez Hotel, Culinary Union, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1988 April 22 (folder 1 of 1), image 22

Date

1988-04-22

Description

Arrangement note: Series I. Demonstrations, Subseries I.B. Other Demonstrations and Strikes

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