Skip to main content

Search the Special Collections and Archives Portal

Search Results

Display    Results Per Page
Displaying results 611 - 620 of 315322

Video clip of interview with Gay (Gertrud Anne Yoder) Kauffman, October 11, 2006

Date

2006-10-11

Description

Part of the Nevada Test Site Oral History Project (MS-00818)

Moving Image

Ray Farmer and four unidentified men at the Buddies Together booth at Gay Pride: photographic print

Date

1996-05-04

Description

Gay Pride 1996- Buddies Together booth at Sunset Park. Ray Farmer, founder, standing. (5-4-96)

Image

Emmanuel Ortega oral history interview

Identifier

OH-03731

Abstract

Oral history interview with Emmanuel Ortega conducted by Monserrath Hernandez, Maribel Estrada Calderon, Elsa Lopez, Barbara Tabach, and Laurents Bañuelos Benitez on 2019 for the Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project. Emmanuel Ortega was born in Artesia, California and was raised in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico before moving to El Paso, Texas with his family at the age of thirteen. In 1998 his family relocated once again from El Paso to Las Vegas, Nevada where his father joined the Carpenters Union. They settled in Green Valley and he began attending a hybrid community college and high school program allowing him to obtain college credits. He continued at the College of Southern Nevada for two more years where he was a photography major and later transferred to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) where he studied art history. He moved back to Las Vegas in 2011 where he began teaching at UNLV and received a PhD in Ibero-American colonial art history from the University of New Mexico in 2017. He is the co-host of the podcast "Latinos Who Lunch" where hosts discuss pop culture, art, and issues of race, sex, and gender in the Latinx community.

Archival Collection

Flex Lounge float and Kenny Kerr Show float in the Gay Pride parade: photographic print

Date

1997-05-10

Description

Gay Pride 1997 (Dennis McBride, photographer) First annual Gay Pride parade, lining up behind Flex Lounge at Charleston Boulevard and Arville. Flex Lounge float and Kenny Kerr Show float. (5-10-97)

Image

Nathalie Martinez oral history interview: transcript

Date

2021-06-24

Description

Oral history interview with Nathalie Martinez conducted by Rodrigo Vazquez and Barbara Tabach on June 24, 2021 for Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project. Nathalie Martinez, one of the original members of the Latinx Voices project team, dicusses her personal history and the history of her parents who immigrated to the United States from Colombia and El Salvador. She shares her educational background and experiences working as an interviewer for the Latinx Voices project before its culmination and her graduation in 2021. Nathalie also talks about her work on the project's podcast and her work linguistically translating the interviews from Spanish to English.

Text

Cindy Baca oral history interview: transcript

Date

2019-05-22

Archival Collection

Description

Oral history interview with Cindy Baca conducted by Barbara Tabach on May 22, 2019 for the Remembering 1 October Oral History Project. Cindy Baca, born and raised in Las Vegas, talks about her family and occupation as a librarian at Escobedo Middle School. Cindy's twin daughters were present and injured during the Route 91 Festival and October 1 shooting. She describes their experiences and the Random Acts of Kindness project she piloted at her school after the incident.

Text

Mass holy union ceremony performed at Gay pride, image 001: photographic print

Date

1998-04-25

Description

Gay Pride at Sunset Park, 1998. Photographer: Dennis McBride. Mass holy union ceremony performed by Metropolitan Community Church Rev. Beau McDaniels. (4-25-98)

Image

Mass holy union ceremony performed at Gay pride, image 002: photographic print

Date

1998-04-25

Description

Gay Pride at Sunset Park, 1998. Photographer: Dennis McBride. Mass holy union ceremony performed by Metropolitan Community Church Rev. Beau McDaniels. (4-25-98).

Image

Jessica Guiao oral history interview: transcript

Date

2022-11-22

Description

Oral history interview with Jessica Guiao conducted by Grecia Lopez on November 22, 2022 for the Reflections: the Las Vegas Asian American and Pacific Islander Oral History Project. In this interview, Guiao recalls her childhood in Hayward, California, and being raised in Las Vegas, Nevada. She recalls not liking the climate of Nevada at first, and describes the friends she has made throughout her time in the city and the identity she has developed. Guiao discusses some of the pressures and stereotypes surrounding Asian Americans, such as what career path they should pursue or the aversion to embracing subcultures, and how she has consolidated her rebellion into her own identity. Throughout the interview, Guiao touches on other topics such as Filipino food, the long-standing history between Mexican and Filipino communities, Catholicism, goth culture, and anti-Asian hate and racism that she and her family has faced.

Text

Melfi, Schlegel, Carratelli, and Collins at the second annual Gay Pride parade: photographic print

Date

1998-04-25

Description

Gay Pride 1998 (Dennis McBride, photographer) Sunset Park. (4-25-98) 2nd annual parade. (L-R: Sue Melfi; Rob Schlegel; Susan Carratelli; Will Collins).

Image