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Hidden History Projects, 1998

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

MGM Mirage Records on Mandalay Resort Group

Archival Component

Veterans History Project, 2001

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Southern Nevada Daughters of the American Revolution Records

Archival Component

Veterans History Project, 2006

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Southern Nevada Daughters of the American Revolution Records

Archival Component

History of Blue Diamond in Nevada Oral History Project Public Event

Identifier

OH-03449

Abstract

History of Blue Diamond in Nevada Oral History Project Public Event conducted by the Blue Diamond History Committee from approximately 2005 to 2015 for the History of Blue Diamond Village in Nevada Oral History Project. During this event, multiple unidentified individuals narrate the history of Blue Diamond Village in a public event hosted by the Blue Diamond History Committee. Other individuals also share personal stories of their experiences in Blue Diamond Village.

Archival Collection

Jimmy Gay oral history interview: audio clip

Date

1972-04-12

Description

Jimmy Gay discusses racism in Las Vegas before and after World War II. He says that prior to WWII, there wasn't a lot of prejudice, and there were only a few African American families. After WWII, he says that the influx of soldiers returning and the migration of Black families from the South led to Las Vegas becoming the "Mississippi of the West."

Sound

Shoah Survivors Project oral history interviews

Identifier

OH-04007

Abstract

The Shoah Survivors Project Oral History Interviews (2020 October) consist of four oral history interviews conducted in October 2020 and a project video created for the Shoah Survivors Project led by Roberta Sabbath and Shahab Zargari. The project interviewed four Holocaust survivors now living in Las Vegas, Nevada: Alexander Keuchel, Sabina Wagschal Callwood, Stephen Nasser, and Henry Kronberg. The collection also contains brief notes and partial transcripts for the video oral history interviews.

Archival Collection

Publications: Las Vegas (gay) history, 2017

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Dennis McBride Collection on LGBTQ Las Vegas, Nevada

Archival Component

History: Gay: Las Vegas, 1998-2015

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Dennis McBride Collection on LGBTQ Las Vegas, Nevada

Archival Component

Financial history of the project, 1997-2016

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Junior League of Las Vegas' Records on the Morelli House Preservation Project

Archival Component