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Photographs of the Gay Academic Union, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 1983

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Terry Wilsey Papers on the Las Vegas, Nevada LGBT Community
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Collection Number: MS-00472
Collection Name: Terry Wilsey Papers on the Las Vegas, Nevada LGBT Community
Box/Folder: Box 01 (Restrictions apply)

Archival Component

Gay Switchboard: Las Vegas Telephone Reference Guide, 1983-1984

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Terry Wilsey Papers on the Las Vegas, Nevada LGBT Community
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Collection Number: MS-00472
Collection Name: Terry Wilsey Papers on the Las Vegas, Nevada LGBT Community
Box/Folder: Box 01 (Restrictions apply)

Archival Component

Photograph of the mural at the Gay Nineties bar, Last Frontier Hotel, Las Vegas, circa 1940s

Date

1940 to 1949

Archival Collection

Description

An image of the mural at the Last Frontier Hotel's Gay Nineties bar.

Image

Royal Barony of the Desert Empire booth at Gay Pride: photographic print

Date

1998-04-25

Description

Gay Pride at Sunset Park, 1998. Photographer: Dennis McBride. (4-25-98) Royal Barony of the Desert Empire, Inc. booth (aka the Imperial Royal Sovereign Court of the Desert Empire, Inc.) with Nora Mae T----------- (R.C. Allred).

Image

Gay Pride parade paused at Naples and Paradise Road, image 003: photographic print

Date

1997-05-10

Description

Gay Pride 1997 (Dennis McBride, photographer) Gay Pride 1997 parade. Same location.

Image

Campus history and historial aerials, 1959-1990

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

University of Nevada, Las Vegas Creative Services Thematic Slides and Prints
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Collection Number: PH-00388-06
Collection Name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas Creative Services Thematic Slides and Prints
Box/Folder: Box 113

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Vegas PBS Interviews for the African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project

Identifier

OH-03598

Abstract

Oral history interviews with Ruby Amie Pilot, Eva G. Simmons, Melvin Sanders, Jarmilla McMillan-Arnold, Hannah Brown, Sonny Thomas, and Claytee White conducted by Vegas PBS on April 01, 2013, April 02, 2013, April 12, 2013, and November 19, 2013 for the African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project. In these interviews, the participants discuss their early lives and moving to Las Vegas, Nevada. Pilot talks about segregation on the Las Vegas Strip, integration, and the importance of church activities in the African American community. Simmons describes her career as a teacher, the schools on the Westside, and businesses on Jackson Street. Thomas describes the funeral industry and his role as a funeral director. McMillan-Arnold talks about segregated Las Vegas, African American entertainers, and the issue of homelessness on the Westside. Brown remembers growing up on the Westside, segregated schools, and her role as President of the National Coalition of 100 Black Women – Las Vegas chapter. Lastly, Sanders discusses his childhood in Las Vegas, being the son of a preacher, and the redevelopment of the Westside.

Archival Collection

Gay Community Yellow Pages booth at Gay Pride: photographic print, 1997 May 10

Level of Description

Item

Archival Collection

Dennis McBride Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00263
Collection Name: Dennis McBride Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 037

Archival Component