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Equal Right to Marry Project event at the Gay and Lesbian Community Center of Southern Nevada: photographic prints, 1996 July 31

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Item

Archival Collection

Dennis McBride Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00263
Collection Name: Dennis McBride Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Box 041

Archival Component

Nancy Siegert Shepherd oral history interview

Identifier

OH-03931

Abstract

Oral history interview with Nancy Siegert Shepherd conducted by Claytee D. White on October 22, 2024 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. Shepherd recalls growing up in Illinois with her family and attending Catholic mass services. Shepherd attended Northwestern University where she met her current husband during her freshman year and married after graduation. She recalls relocating several times with her husband to accommodate her husband John's beginning medical practice in ophthalmology. She remembers one city where they lived, Anniston, Alabama, where Shepherd faced segregation including separate drinking fountains, waiting rooms, and bathrooms. Las Vegas, Nevada was the family's last stop in 1968. Shepherd describes her various civic engagements and social organizations, including work related to Spring Mountain State Park, the Junior League of Las Vegas, Medical Wives, Great Basin National Park Foundation, St. Viator's School Board, and the Boys and Girls Club. Digital audio available; no transcript available.

Archival Collection

Bee and Peter Tadora at Gay Pride: photographic print

Date

1999-05-08

Description

Gay Pride 1999 at Sunset Park; Photographer: Dennis McBride. (5-8-99) L-R: Bee; Peter Tadora.

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Mermaid Café booth at Gay Pride: photographic print

Date

1999-05-08

Description

Gay Pride 1999 at Sunset Park; Photographer: Dennis McBride (5-8-99); Mermaid Café booth.

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Keys Lounge booth at Gay Pride: photographic print

Date

1999-05-08

Description

Gay Pride 1999 at Sunset Park; Photographer: Dennis McBride. Keys Lounge booth. (5-8-99)

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Katherine L. Rankin oral history interview

Identifier

OH-02090

Abstract

Oral history interview with Katherine L. Rankin conducted by Claytee D. White on June 16, 2014 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. In the interview, Rankin discusses her childhood, her move to Las Vegas, Nevada, and her career as a librarian. Rankin talks about how she began her library career on the Gila River Reservation in Arizona before accepting a position as an audio and visual materials cataloger at University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) in the 1970s. Rankin later describes her work with the American Library Association, getting tenure at UNLV, and her role as a map cataloger in UNLV Special Collections and Archives.

Archival Collection

Lake Las Vegas: archived website, 2017

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Archival Collection

Building Las Vegas Web Archive
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Collection Number: MS-01044
Collection Name: Building Las Vegas Web Archive
Box/Folder: N/A

Archival Component

AIA Las Vegas: archived website, 2017

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Archival Collection

Building Las Vegas Web Archive
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Collection Number: MS-01044
Collection Name: Building Las Vegas Web Archive
Box/Folder: N/A

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SLS Las Vegas: archived website, 2016

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Archival Collection

University of Nevada, Las Vegas Gaming Web Archive
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Collection Number: MS-01020
Collection Name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas Gaming Web Archive
Box/Folder: N/A

Archival Component

The D Las Vegas: archived website, 2016 to 2022

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Archival Collection

University of Nevada, Las Vegas Gaming Web Archive
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Collection Number: MS-01020
Collection Name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas Gaming Web Archive
Box/Folder: N/A

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