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Bess Hanson oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Bess Hanson conducted by Debra Puepke on February 25, 1971 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project. In her interview Hanson discusses growing up in Las Vegas, Nevada and raising a family there.
Archival Collection
Company Mobility Histories Papers
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The Company Mobility Histories Papers (1972-1977) includes surveys completed by students for Nevada History 117, a course taught by Professor Ralph Roske at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). Students followed locations, phone numbers, ownership, and name changes of various businesses over their time of operation. Included were hotels, convenience stores, automotive shops, construction companies, and markets.
Archival Collection
Bunny Harris oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Bunny Harris conducted by Kenneth P. Young on February 28, 1979 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project. This interview offers an overview of the history of Las Vegas, including transportation, mining, farming, ranching, and housing. During the interview, Mrs. Bunny Harris discusses the Elks Club, Cashman Field, McCarran Airport, Howard Hughes and Nellis Air Force Base.
Archival Collection
Las Vegas Bugle float at the second annual Gay Pride parade, image 001: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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Nevada Gay Times, 1983
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Las Vegas, Nevada LGBTQ Collection
Box/Folder: Box 04
Archival Component
National Gay Task Force, information, 1977
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Renee Diamond Papers
Box/Folder: Box 14
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Parents and Friends Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG), 1994
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Daniel Hinkley Papers
Box/Folder: Box 05
Archival Component
Linda Hartley oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Linda Hartley conducted by Pauline Marchese on March 10, 1978 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. During the interview, the two discuss Hartley’s personal history, such as schools that she had attended and her recollection of local recreational activities. The two go on to talk about changes in crime, the environment, and briefly discuss a variety of issues at the time, including: segregated schools, prostitution, and effects of the Nevada Test Site.
Archival Collection
Charles J. Sorrells oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Charles J. Sorrells conducted by Karen Schank on November 30, 2010 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. In this interview, Sorrells primarily discusses his family's history in Nevada beginning in the early 1900s when his grandfather moved there from Georgia. Sorrells describes life in the rural desert town of Shoshone, Nevada and a town called Greenwater, his grandfather's main residency, located somewhere in Death Valley. Through his family history, Sorrells provides an overview of Nevada's history as it progressed from an Old West lifestyle to modern American living by the mid-twentieth century. Sorrells also talks about life in Las Vegas, Nevada, his children, and his career as a certified public accountant.
Archival Collection
A Very Gay Christmas Carol t-shirt, 2000
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Center Stage, Inc. Records
Box/Folder: Box 02
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