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Jared E. Shafer booth at Gay Pride: photographic print

Date

1998-04-25

Description

Gay Pride at Sunset Park, 1998. Photographer: Dennis McBride. (4-25-98) Jared E. Shafer booth.

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Jonathan Sparer oral history interview

Identifier

OH-02812

Abstract

Oral history interview with Jonathan Sparer conducted by Stefani Evans and Claytee D. White on August 29, 2016 for the Building Las Vegas Oral History Project. Sparer discusses his involvement in the Jewish, and LGBTQ+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer) communites, and his career as an architect in Las Vegas, Nevada. He also talks about working on projects that included The Mirage Hotel and Casino, the Congregation Ner Tamid, and The Center (The Gay and Lesbian Community Center of Southern Nevada).

Archival Collection

Harrah’s Entertainment Corporate Archives

Identifier

MS-00460

Abstract

The Harrah’s Entertainment Corporate Archives (dating from 1811 to 2004 with the bulk of the materials dating from 1940 to 2000) contain the promotional and corporate files of Harrah’s Entertainment Inc. and its predecessors, as well as Bill Harrah’s personal papers and card game collection. The materials were compiled and developed as a corporate archive by Harrah's Entertainment, Inc.’s Corporate Communications Department. The collection is primarily comprised of casino and employee periodicals, reports, manuals, promotional files, ephemera, and newspaper articles that document Bill Harrah’s casinos in Reno, Nevada and Lake Tahoe as well as Harrah’s Inc., Holiday Inns, Inc., Holiday Corporation, the Promus Companies, and Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc. Also included are photographs that document the construction of Harrah’s properties, business operations, the people who worked and performed at Harrah’s properties, and Bill Harrah’s automobile collection. The collection also contains Bill Harrah’s collection of playing cards and card games. Also included are photographs of the Harrah family.

Archival Collection

Musical group performing at Gay Pride: photographic print

Date

1998-04-25

Description

Gay Pride 1998 at Sunset Park. Photographer: Dennis McBride. Musical Performer: Back Alley Sally. (4-25-98)

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Gay and Lesbian Community Center of Southern Nevada Records

Identifier

MS-00537

Abstract

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

Darcelvis performing at Gay Pride, image 002: photographic print

Date

1998-04-25

Description

Gay Pride 1998 (Dennis McBride, photographer) Gay Pride 1998. Darcelvis, "The World's Only Female Elvis Impersonator".

Image

Lori Lipman Brown oral history interview

Identifier

OH-00133

Archival Collection

Wall of Dedication at the Gay and Lesbian Community Center in Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic prints

Date

1995

Description

From the Las Vegas Bugle Photograph Collection on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender History (PH-00336). "Wall of Dedication" at the Gay and Lesbian Community Center, 912 E. Sahara Ave., Las Vegas. Each brick of the wall has a plaque to reflect a donation. "Becky" is the chairperson for the wall project.

Image

Gay and Lesbian Community Center of Southern Nevada Photograph Collection

Identifier

PH-00410

Abstract

The Gay and Lesbian Community Center of Southern Nevada Photograph Collection contains mainly candid photographs of events and individuals affiliated with the Las Vegas-based Gay and Lesbian Community Center of Southern Nevada (GLCCSN) dating from 1993 to 2000. Photographs depict events honoring prominent members of the gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and queer community; meetings at GLCCSN; and candidate nights for members of the community running for public office. The collection also includes a number of photographs of the Freedom to Marry celebration at the GLCCSN and the Gay Pride Las Vegas festival from 1998 to 1999.

Archival Collection

Bridge Digital Archive Information

Date

2014-06

Description

Description of The Bridge at Hoover Dam digital archive by photographer Jamey Stillings

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