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Will Collins, Dacoda Clayton Collins, and Rob Schlegel in the Pride Visionaries float: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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Gay Pride 1999 at Sunset Park; Photographer: Dennis McBride; "Pride Visionaries". L-R: Will Collins, Dacoda Clayton Collins; Rob Schlegel.
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Transcript of interview with Dorothy Frassmann by Dennis McBride, September 21, 1997
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Archival Collection
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Born in Brooklyn, New York on October 29, 1931, Dorothy Frassmann talks about her life and experiences.
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Transcript of interview with Christopher Phipps by Dennis McBride, November 6, 1998
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Archival Collection
Description
Christopher Phipps, attorney in Las Vegas discusses his life. Hailing from Honolulu, Hawaii, and his adventure that led him to Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Marlon Tinana and the Mariposa Café float: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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Anthony M. Valentino Erotica Collection
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The Anthony M. Valentino Erotica Collection (1950s-1990s) contains homoerotic drawings, stories, photographs, ephemera, and magazine articles collected and created by Valentino. This collection provides insight into gay erotica and pornography dating from the mid- to late- twentieth century.
Archival Collection
Jim Richter and the cake for the mass holy union: photographic print
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Gay Pride at Sunset Park, 1998. Photographer: Dennis McBride, 4-25-98. Jim Richter and the cake he baked for the Pride celebration's mass holy union.
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Las Vegas Professional Men's Club Records
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The Las Vegas Professional Men’s Club Records (1984-1997) consist of the constitution, meeting minutes, and organizational documents of the Las Vegas Professional Men’s Club, later known as the Las Vegas Men’s Club (LVMC). The LVMC provided a social outlet for gay men in Southern Nevada. The bulk of the materials date from the 1990s and include membership lists, event fliers, promotional materials, financial documents, and information documenting the club’s fundraising activities.
Archival Collection
Native American government reform: Kickingbird, Kirke, "The Powers of Tribal Government and the Role of Tribal Governments in Economic Development" report; Wright, Beverly M., and Shelley E. Carter, "A Barrier to Successful Reform: Apathy Within the Tribal Government of the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head/Aquinnah" report; Office of Navajo Government Development Staff, "Engaging the People of the Navajo Nation in the Process of Nation Building" report; excerpts from a symposium on constitutional reform and economic development; and newspaper article, 1985, 2001
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Katherine A. Spilde Papers on Native American Gaming
Box/Folder: Box 66
Archival Component
Lavern Cummings and Tony Midnite oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Lavern Cummings and Tony Midnite conducted by Dennis McBride on August 29, 2000 for the Las Vegas Gay Archives Oral History Project. In the interview, Cummings and Midnite discuss their work as female impersonators in Las Vegas, Nevada during the late 1960s and 1970s. They also talk about other impersonators and performance venues in Las Vegas and around the United States. They explain the distinctions between transgender and straight performers, and the perceptions of transgender and straight audience members. Other subjects Cummings and Midnite cover include their early lives and arrivals to Las Vegas, and the history of sex reassignment surgeries beginning in the 1930s.
Archival Collection