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#66321: Nevada Test Site Oral History Project Reception, 2008 April 27
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas Creative Services Records (2000s)
Box/Folder: N/A
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Mike Spadoni at the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association booth at Gay Pride: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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Kitty Wright oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Kitty Wright conducted by Dennis McBride on January 25, 2004 for the Las Vegas Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Archives Oral History Project. In this interview, Wright discusses the life of her friend Suzanne Daly and the court cases that Daly faced. Wright recalls her memories with Daly, the court case regarding the custody of Daly's child, and her life after having a sex reassignment surgery.
Archival Collection
Audio recording clips of interview with Hazel Gay by Claytee D. White, December 2, 1995
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Archival Collection
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Interview with Hazel Gay conducted by Claytee D. White on December 2, 1995. Hazel and her husband Jimmy Gay moved to Las Vegas in 1946, becoming leaders in the African American community during the civil rights era.
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Correspondence, memoranda, and clippings: Oral History of Nurses in Southern Nevada Project, 1996-2008
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Patricia van Betten Healthcare and Nursing Papers
Box/Folder: Box 01
Archival Component
Long Beach Lesbian and Gay Pride, Inc. in the second annual Gay Pride parade: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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Transcript of interview with Jimmy Gay by Perry Kaufman, April 12, 1972
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Archival Collection
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Interview with James A. Gay III conducted by Perry Kaufman on April 12, 1972. 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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Gay and Lesbian Community Services Center Honorarium: photographic prints
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