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Aquiles Garcia oral history interview

Identifier

OH-02250

Abstract

Oral history interview with Aquiles Garcia conducted by Claytee D. White on January 10 and February 20, 2015 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. Garcia discusses the political atmosphere and risks of being gay in Juan Perón’s Argentina in the 1940s, Las Vegas, Nevada life in the late 1950s and early 1960s, and his dual Las Vegas careers as a dancer and a casino dealer throughout the second half of the twentieth century.

Archival Collection

Rose Pry oral history interview

Identifier

OH-02563

Abstract

Oral history interview with Rose Pry conducted by Dennis McBride on August 24, 2008 for the Las Vegas Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Archives Oral History Project. In this interview, Pry discusses arriving to Las Vegas, Nevada in the 1980s and describes the lesbian community at the time. She talks about Women United of Nevada (WUN), a lesbian-identified organization founded in 1987, the events that they held around the community, and the women who were leaders in the organization. Lastly, Pry then discusses her employment writing for the Las Vegas Bugle under Rob Schlegel.

Archival Collection

Susanne E. Morrow oral history interview

Identifier

OH-01338

Abstract

Oral history interview with Susanne E. Morrow conducted by Dennis McBride on September 29, 2000 for the Las Vegas Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Archives Oral History Project. Morrow begins by discussing her childhood in a military family, her marriage and children, and her move to Genoa, Nevada in 1961. She then talks about her move to Carson City, Nevada in 1962 and her twenty-nine year career as a journalist and city editor for the Nevada Appeal newspaper. The remainder of the interview focuses on Morrow's memories of the 1965 assault on then Chief Justice of the Nevada Supreme Court, Frank McManee, and the subsequent judicial actions and court decisions that reflected attitudes toward homosexuality prevalent in society at the time.

Archival Collection

Las Vegas Gay Pride Festival in Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic prints, image 001

Description

Stamp on verso: "Donna Michelle Porter Photography Las Vegas NV (702) 222-8306." At the time the photograph was taken Jan Jones Blackhurst was known as Las Vegas, Nevada Mayor Jan Laverty Jones.

Las Vegas Gay Pride Festival in Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic prints, image 009

Description

Stamp on verso: "Donna Michelle Porter Photography Las Vegas NV (702) 222-8306."

Las Vegas Gay Pride Festival in Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic prints, image 004

Description

Stamped on verso: "Donna Michelle Porter Photography Las Vegas NV (702) 222-8306."

Las Vegas Gay Pride Festival in Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic prints, image 007

Description

Stamped on verso: "Donna Michelle Porter Photography Las Vegas NV (702) 222-8306."

Las Vegas Gay Pride Festival in Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic prints, image 012

Description

Stamped on verso: "Donna Michelle Porter Photography Las Vegas NV (702) 222-8306."

Las Vegas Gay Pride Festival in Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic prints, image 002

Description

Stamp on verso: "Donna Michelle Porter Photography Las Vegas NV (702) 222-8306.”

Las Vegas Gay Pride Festival in Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic prints, image 005

Description

Stamp on verso: "Donna Michelle Porter Photography Las Vegas NV (702) 222-8306.”