The Nevada Women’s Archives was founded in 1994 to collect, preserve, and provide access to primary source materials documenting women’s activities in the development of Nevada. It is located within the Special Collections Department of the Lied Library at UNLV and houses more than 250 collections.
Notes written by General Joe Battley regarding the Empire Crafts booking of the Copa Room at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. The notes outline the date, contact person, and number of guests. Site Name: Sands Hotel and Casino
Oral history interview with Dorothy Frassmann conducted by Dennis McBride on September 21, 1997 for the Las Vegas Gay Archives Oral History Project. Frassmann discusses her upbringing from New York, Canada, and Las Vegas, Nevada, notably as a lesbian.
Transcribed from behind photograph, "Railroad post office stamp from a railroad post office car in either the Las Vegas and Tonopah Railroad or Bullfrog-Goldfield Railroad from Rhyolite, Nevada."
Transcribed from behind photograph, "Railroad post office stamp from a railroad post office car in either the Las Vegas and Tonopah Railroad or Bullfrog-Goldfield Railroad from Rhyolite, Nevada."
Notes regarding Bonanza Airline Officers and Station Managers who met at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. The officers included Frank Chabot (Treasurer), Noland Ryan (Assistant to the President), General Joe Battley (Sands Executive), G. Robert Henry (Executive Vice President), and Thomas Magners (Regional Manager of Stations). The Station Managers included Glenn Woods (Reno), Blaine Barney (Cedar City), Ed Wolfe (Las Vegas), Larry Ecklund (Blyth), Henry Puryear (Yuma), Ray Vaughn (Santa Ana), and Robert Yeager (El Centro). Site Name: Sands Hotel and Casino
Oral history interview with Hanford Searl conducted by Dennis McBride on November 02, 1996 for the Las Vegas Gay Archives Oral History Project. Searl discusses being gay and the struggles he faced in religion and university before moving to Las Vegas, Nevada.