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Nevada Women's History Project bylaws, policies, and procedures
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Folder from the Nevada Women's History Project Records (MS-00406).
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Parade float parking spaces at Gay Pride: photographic print
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The third annual Gay Pride parade at Sunset Park, 1999. Photographer: Dennis McBride. Parking spaces designated for parade floats. (5-8-99)
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LaShannon Lewis oral history interview
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Oral history interview with LaShannon Lewis conducted by Claytee D. White on March 22, 2019 for the African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project. In this interview, Lewis discusses her early life in Las Vegas, Nevada and growing up in the Westside. She talks about moving out of the Westside neighborhood, attending a sixth grade center, and the geographical division of the community. Lewis remembers her employment as a social worker for Clark County, and the redevelopment of the Westside.
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Cast of "A Very Gay Christmas Carol" in Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic prints
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Barr Smith oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Barr Smith conducted by Melvin Smail on February 22, 1980 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview, Smith discusses his personal history and the history of Las Vegas, Nevada. Smith discusses working at the Basic Magnesium plant, playing high stakes poker games with prominent gamblers like "Nick the Greek," and the casinos built on the early Las Vegas Strip. Smith also describes how Las Vegas has changed, the different forms of gambling and gaming available in the city, and life in 1940s Las Vegas.
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Las Vegas Men's Chorus booth at Gay Pride: photographic print
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Paco Panyanouvong and the Club Utopia booth at Gay Pride: photographic print
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Antioco Carrillo and unidentified persons at a liquor booth at Gay Pride: photographic print
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Samuel Smith oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Samuel Smith conducted by Claytee White on June 17, 2011 and June 22, 2011 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. Smith discusses moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1978 and working as a fire inspector until he retired in 2003. He also discusses organizing free reading and math classes to help people prepare for the firefighter exam.
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