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Sidney Lowe oral history interview

Identifier

OH-01153

Abstract

Oral history interview with Sidney Lowe conducted by Claytee D. White on January 22, 2013 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. Lowe begins the interview by discussing her upbringing in Alabama and South Carolina and her experiences with racial segregation and discrimination. She continues, describing places she has lived, her relationship with the father of her children, and moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1982. Lowe talks about life in Las Vegas during the 1980s, obtaining a position in the James R. Dickinson Library at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) as a library assistant, and her education. Lowe concludes by discussing her career working for the UNLV library system and the library's function on campus.

Archival Collection

Michael Montandon oral history interview

Identifier

OH-02839

Abstract

Oral history interview with Michael Montandon conducted by Stefani Evans and Claytee D. White on September 22, 2016 and October 3, 2016 for the Building Las Vegas Oral History Project. Montandon talks of forming relationships with developers, legislators, and other municipalities. He speaks about land use, open space, parks, trails, conservation, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), and Southern Nevada Public Lands Management Act (SNPLMA). He shares histories and stories of the Becker family's role in developing Clark County, of the Combs family's North Las Vegas, Nevada pig farm and the drama that routinely characterized BLM land auctions, and of why North Las Vegas spent millions of dollars to build its own sewage treatment plant.

Archival Collection

Gay rights, undated

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

National Organization for Women, Las Vegas Chapter Records
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Collection Number: MS-00354
Collection Name: National Organization for Women, Las Vegas Chapter Records
Box/Folder: Box 05

Archival Component

Gay and Lesbian Community Center burglary, anti-gay graffiti, 2002 February 23

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Las Vegas Bugle Collection on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender History
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Collection Number: MS-00476
Collection Name: Las Vegas Bugle Collection on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender History
Box/Folder: Box 03

Archival Component

Emma Stampley oral history interview

Identifier

OH-01755

Abstract

Oral history interview with Emma Stampley conducted by Claytee D. White on October 22, 2007 for the UNLV University Libraries Oral History Collection. In this interview, Stampley discusses her early life in Fayette, Mississippi and growing up in a family of farmers. She remembers segregated schools, the living conditions during that time, and moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1968. Stampley talks about participating in the civil and welfare rights movements, and the foundation of Operation Life. Lastly, Stampley recalls traveling to civil and welfare rights movement marches, police harassment, and the African American experience in Las Vegas during that time.

Archival Collection

Dennis McBride holding a boa constrictor at Gay Pride: photographic print

Date

1999-05-08

Description

Gay Pride 1999 at Sunset Park. Dennis McBride with boa.

Image

Gay Or Not, 2005

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Guide to the Canadian Film Centre Worldwide Short Film Festival Submissions
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Collection Number: MS-00615
Collection Name: Guide to the Canadian Film Centre Worldwide Short Film Festival Submissions
Box/Folder: Box 2005-030

Archival Component

Pride Pageant Royalty float in the Gay Pride parade: photographic print

Date

1999-05-08

Description

Gay Pride 1999 at Sunset Park; Photographer: Dennis McBride. Pride Pageant Royalty.

Image

Las Vegas Bugle Collection on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender History

Identifier

MS-00476

Abstract

The Las Vegas Bugle Collection on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) History (1984-2002) consists of correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, and ephemera chronicling issues of the LGBT communities in Nevada. In addition to records of the newspaper, the Las Vegas Bugle, the collection also contains documents pertaining to the founding of the Gay Community Service Center of Las Vegas, Nevada; Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG); local political campaigns; and photographs documenting LGBT life and culture in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Archival Collection

Crowd watching performaces at Gay Pride, image 004: photographic print

Date

1999-05-08

Description

Gay Pride 1999 at Sunset Park; Photographer: Dennis McBride. (5-8-99)

Image