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James A. Gay III interview, 1973: transcript
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Archival Collection
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Interview with James A. Gay III conducted by Joyce M. Wright in 1973. Edited by Elizabeth Nelson Patrick, and transcribed for the project "Black Experience in Southern Nevada, Donated Tapes Collection," James R. Dickinson Library, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, December 1978. Arriving in 1946 from Fordyce, Arkansas, Gay became the first African-American mortician in Las Vegas. He later worked as Assistant Manager of the Sands Hotel and Casino and Union Plaza while serving as an executive board member of the Culinary Union. Instrumental in the Las Vegas community, Gay worked to improved race relations, addressing social, economic, and civic issues. Gay was awarded an honorary degree from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 1988.
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Halloween at various Las Vegas, Nevada gay bars, 1999
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Las Vegas Bugle Collection on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender History
Box/Folder: Box 03
Archival Component
Photograph of North Las Vegas Women's Club, North Las Vegas, July 22, 1965
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Archival Collection
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Musical group performing at Gay Pride: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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Gay and Lesbian Community Center of Southern Nevada Records
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The Gay and Lesbian Community Center of Southern Nevada Records (1992-2023) and include news articles, institutional records such as bylaws, agendas, and meeting minutes, ephemera, and programs for the Center’s annual Honorarium fundraiser. Additional materials include materials relating the the wellness clinic.
Archival Collection
Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, March 22, 1983
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Archival Collection
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Darcelvis performing at Gay Pride, image 002: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of Exterior of the Desert Torah Academy, Las Vegas (Nev.), September 22, 2016
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Archival Collection
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The Desert Torah Academy's Robert Cohen Educational Campus at 1312 Vista Drive is connected with the Chabad of Southern Nevada.
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Photograph of Exterior of the Desert Torah Academy, Las Vegas (Nev.), September 22, 2016
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Archival Collection
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The Desert Torah Academy's Robert Cohen Educational Campus at 1312 Vista Drive is connected with the Chabad of Southern Nevada.
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