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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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Savoy, dinner, May 22, 1897
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Archival Collection
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Jimmy Gay at his desk: portrait photograph
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Archival Collection
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Black and white portrait photograph of Jimmy Gay working at his desk, dated 1946.
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People at Gay Pride: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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Gay Pride 1998 at Sunset Park. Photographer: Dennis McBride. (4-25-98)
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Dale Kimball oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Dale Kimball conducted by Dennis McBride on May 16, 1999 and January 1, 2001 for the Las Vegas Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Archives Oral History Project. In this interview, Kimball discusses their personal impressions of and historical information about the people who donated to the Nevada Coalition for the Protection of Marriage, an organization which opposed same sex marriage. The interview consists entirely of Kimball reading through a list of donors to the Coalition and providing personal anecdotes on each individual.
Archival Collection
Jack LeVine oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Jack LeVine conducted by Suzanne Becker on June 28, 2007 for the Voices of the Historic John S. Park neighborhood Oral History Project. LeVine discusses being a real estate agent and a gay man living in Las Vegas, Nevada since moving there in the 1980s.
Archival Collection
#71259: Sean Clark, associate dean for research and sponsored projects on November 22, 2016, 2016 November 22
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Archival Collection
Archival Component
North Las Vegas: Kiel Ranch Bicentennial Project Financial History, 1973-1982
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Archival Collection
Archival Component
Correspondence, memoranda, and clippings: Oral History of Nurses in Southern Nevada Project, 1996-2008
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Archival Collection
Archival Component