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Nevada Partners: archived website, 2017

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Documenting the African American Experience in Las Vegas, Nevada Web Archive
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Collection Number: MS-00969
Collection Name: Documenting the African American Experience in Las Vegas, Nevada Web Archive
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TopChurchLV: archived website, 2017 to 2022

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Documenting the African American Experience in Las Vegas, Nevada Web Archive
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Collection Number: MS-00969
Collection Name: Documenting the African American Experience in Las Vegas, Nevada Web Archive
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AAPI Forward: archived website, 2022

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Reflections: The Las Vegas Asian American & Pacific Islander Web Archive
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Collection Number: MS-01112
Collection Name: Reflections: The Las Vegas Asian American & Pacific Islander Web Archive
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Richard Schlegel oral history interview

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OH-02564

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Oral history interview with Richard Schlegel conducted by Dennis McBride on June 03, 2006 for the Las Vegas Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Archives Oral History Project. In this interview, Schlegel discusses his involvement with Equal Rights Nevada (ERN) and the petition to amend the Nevada Constitution that prevented same-sex marriages in the early 2000s. He talks about the approach that ERN took to campaign against the petition and the role that the Coalition for the Protection of Marriage had at the time. Schlegel then describes the Marriage Protection Pledge, his experiences managing a campaign supporting marriage rights for gay couples, and explains how the outcome of the petition affected the Las Vegas, Nevada gay community.

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Judy Corbisiero oral history interviews

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OH-02543

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Oral history interviews with Judy Corbisiero conducted by Dennis McBride on September 05, 2003; and April 21, July 02, and December 10, 2004 for the Las Vegas Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Archives Oral History Project. In the interviews, Corbisiero recalls her early childhood in New York City, New York, coming out in the late 1970s, and meeting her then-partner, Janice Summers. She describes forming Summercor, Incorporated (a portmanteau of their last names) with Summers to produce women musicians, with a focus on lesbian artists, while living in New York. Corbisiero also talks about musicians she worked with, running political fundraisers during music events, and meeting her next partner, Gudrun Fonfa. She then explains moving to Las Vegas, Nevada with Fonfa in 1983 to promote women's music and culture in Las Vegas and throughout the West Coast.

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Nevada Archives Week, 2004-2010

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University of Nevada, Las Vegas Poster Collection
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Collection Number: UA-00050
Collection Name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas Poster Collection
Box/Folder: Flat File 03

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Christie Young oral history interview

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OH-02043

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Oral history interview with Christie Young conducted by Dennis McBride on October 18, 1998 for the Las Vegas Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Archives Oral History Project. In the interview, Young talks about her early life in Reno, Nevada and her experiences with race and sexuality during this time. She then describes attending University of Nevada, Reno in 1974, getting pregnant, having an abortion, and the social implications of abortions. Young recalls moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1979 to study anthropology at University of Nevada, Las Vegas, learning about gay culture, and attending the Metropolitan Community Church. She then explains joining gay rights organizations as a straight woman, gay rights activism in the 1980s and 1990s, and stories of individuals within the Las Vegas gay community.

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CHANGING PERSPECTIVES: Crescent Dunes Solar - Archive Description

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2019-05

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Description of CHANGING PERSPECTIVES: Crescent Dunes Solar digital archive, by photographer Jamey Stillings.

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Richard Ham oral history interview

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OH-02551

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Oral history interview with Richard Ham conducted by Dennis McBride on January 18, 2002 for the Las Vegas Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Archives Oral History Project. In this interview, Ham discusses the assault of Nevada Supreme Court Justice Frank McNamee in 1965. Ham describes being accused by McNamee of being a communist, McNamee's sexuality, and how McNamee was able to succeed politically despite being a gay man. He continues, discussing the history of the trial following McNamee's assault, and also describes other aspects of Nevada's political history during that time. Ham concludes by discussing being gay and some of his sexual experiences with men.

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UNLV Involvement Center: archived website

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UNLV Student Organizations Web Archive
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Collection Number: UA-00112
Collection Name: UNLV Student Organizations Web Archive
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