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Las Vegas Bugle Photograph Collection on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender History
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Abstract
The
Archival Collection
History: Las Vegas: LGBTQIA Archive, 1983-2014
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Dennis McBride Collection on LGBTQ Las Vegas, Nevada
Box/Folder: Box 11
Archival Component
Jimmy Gay oral history interview: audio clip
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Archival Collection
Description
Jimmy Gay discusses racism in Las Vegas before and after World War II. He says that prior to WWII, there wasn't a lot of prejudice, and there were only a few African American families. After WWII, he says that the influx of soldiers returning and the migration of Black families from the South led to Las Vegas becoming the "Mississippi of the West."
Sound
Club Histories and Archives Project, 1987
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Nevada Federation of Women's Clubs Records
Box/Folder: Box 04
Archival Component
Las Vegas Gay Archives: correspondence, 1983-1985
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Las Vegas, Nevada LGBTQ Collection
Box/Folder: Box 03
Archival Component
Department of History: archived website, 2013 to 2022
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas Web Archive
Box/Folder: N/A
Archival Component
Ron Lawrence oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Ron Lawrence conducted by Dennis McBride on 1997 June 22, July 11, and August 08 for the Las Vegas Gay Archives Oral History Project. In this interview Ron Lawrence discusses his early life, his career, and the gay community in Las Vegas, Nevada. He also discusses gay rights and the AIDs epidemic in the 1980s.
Archival Collection
Special Collections and Archives Oral History Research Center: archived website, 2014 to 2022
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas Web Archive
Box/Folder: N/A
Archival Component
Gudrun Fonfa oral history interviews
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Oral history interviews with Gudrun Fonfa conducted by Dennis McBride on June 15, 2008 and June 22, 2008 for the Las Vegas Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Archives Oral History Project. In these interviews, Fonfa discusses moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1981 and describes the lesbian community at the time. She talks about the founding of organizations to support the rights of the gay community. Fonfa discusses her contributions to Nevadans for Human Rights (NHR) and the development of the gay community. Lastly, Fonfa describes Women United of Nevada (WUN) and the organization's decision to change their mission statement.
Archival Collection
Las Vegas Gay Archives of the UNLV Lied Library Special Collections Department booth at Gay Pride: photographic print, 1997
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Dennis McBride Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 037
Archival Component