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Elsie Whipple oral history interview

Identifier

OH-01964

Abstract

Oral history interview with Elsie Whipple conducted by Hugo A. Cascos Jr. on March 22, 1978 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview, Whipple discusses Southern Nevada history and recalls the construction of Boulder (Hoover) Dam. Whipple also recalls the first hotels and casinos to open on the Las Vegas, Nevada Strip, and her work as a missionary with the Mormon Church.

Archival Collection

Gay Business Directories Collection

Identifier

MS-00750

Abstract

The Gay Business Directories Collection, compiled by Dennis McBride, dates from 1992 to 2015 and consists of gay and lesbian business telephone directories from sixteen North American markets, including Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Palm Springs, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, and Vancouver.

Archival Collection

Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate University of Nevada, Las Vegas, January 22, 1996

Date

1996-01-22

Description

Includes meeting agenda and minutes. CSUN Session 26 Meeting Minutes and Agendas.

Text

Tamara Pickett oral history interviews

Identifier

OH-01482

Abstract

Oral history interviews with Tamara Pickett conducted by Dennis McBride on November 01, 2002 and November 08, 2002 for the Las Vegas Gay Archives Oral History Project. In these interviews, Pickett discusses her early life and the traumatizing experiences that occurred during her childhood. Pickett remembers serving in the United States Army, beginning her transition to Tamara, and completing a sexual reassignment surgery in 1999. Later, Pickett talks about her activism work in Las Vegas, Nevada, campaigning for improved health care for transgender veterans, and her involvement with the transgender community in Las Vegas.

Archival Collection

Map of proposed flood control project on the Virgin River in Clark County, Nevada, March, 1934

Date

1934-03

Description

'Map no. 7 to accompany report on flood control survey. Made by Graham S. Quate. March 1934. Drawn by T.K.' Scale [ca. 1:15, 600. 1 in.=approx. 1,300 feet]. Relief shown by hachures. North oriented to upper right corner. Library's copy has hand-drawn map and notes in pencil on verso.

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Photograph of Rabbi Felipe Goodman at Temple Beth Sholom, Las Vegas, Nevada, February 22, 2016

Date

2016-02-22

Description

Temple Beth Sholom Rabbi Felipe Goodman portrait taken in the Faye and Leon Steinberg Chapel.

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Photograph of Rabbi Felipe Goodman at Temple Beth Sholom, Las Vegas, Nevada, February 22, 2016

Date

2016-02-22

Description

Temple Beth Sholom Rabbi Felipe Goodman portrait taken in the Faye and Leon Steinberg Chapel.

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Photograph of Rabbi Felipe Goodman at Temple Beth Sholom, Las Vegas, Nevada, February 22, 2016

Date

2016-02-22

Description

Temple Beth Sholom Rabbi Felipe Goodman portrait taken in the Faye and Leon Steinberg Chapel.

Image

Photograph of "Burning Bush" sculpture at Temple Beth Sholom, Las Vegas, Nevada, February 22, 2016

Date

2016-02-22

Description

A sculpture titled "Burning Bush" sits in front of the entrance to Temple Beth Sholom.

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Photograph of "Burning Bush" sculpture at Temple Beth Sholom, Las Vegas, Nevada, February 22, 2016

Date

2016-02-22

Description

A sculpture titled "Burning Bush" sits in front of the entrance to Temple Beth Sholom.

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