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Gay and Lesbian Community Center of Southern Nevada in the second annual Gay Pride parade, image 001: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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Gay and Lesbian Community Center of Southern Nevada in the second annual Gay Pride parade, image 002: photographic print
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Valley Bank-Tonopah, Nevada branch, project 06905, 1982 January 22
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Archival Collection
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James A. "Jimmy" Gay oral history interview
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Oral history interview with James A. Gay III (Jimmy Gay) conducted by Perry Kaufman on April 12, 1972 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Gay discusses becoming the first African-American mortician in Las Vegas, Nevada and his work improving race relations, social, economic, and civic issues.
Archival Collection
Gay Or Not, 2005
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Archival Collection
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Hotel Chatham menu, October 22, 1894
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Carratelli Family Collection on Gay Rights in Nevada
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The Carratelli Family Collection on Gay Rights in Nevada (1992-2002) consists of documents and ephemera from various gay rights organizations and events in Las Vegas, Nevada. In addition to documents, fliers, and meeting minutes, the collection houses a box of t-shirts from various gay events and campaigns. The collection is especially focused on issues of Gay Pride organizing.
Archival Collection
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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Nevada Women's History Project organizational records
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Archival Collection
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Folder from the Nevada Women's History Project Records (MS-00406).
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Sunrunners booth at Gay Pride: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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Gay Pride at Sunset Park, 1998. Photographer: Dennis McBride. Sunrunners booth.
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