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Sports personalities at the Sands Hotel: photographs
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Series XXII. Social Functions
Sands Hotel and Casino
Copa Room at the Sands Hotel (Las Vegas, Nev.)
Mixed Content
Equality Won! Day celebration at Equality Nevada Community Center, 708 South Sixth Street, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital image
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Image
Eugene Buford oral history interview
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Abstract
Oral history interview with Eugene Buford conducted by Claytee White on September 12, 2006 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. In this interview Eugene Buford talks about his great grandmother, Mary Nettles, who was instrumental in the start and growth of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored Peoples (NAACP) in Las Vegas, Nevada. He speaks about his experiences with prejudice and discrimination, while reflecting upon what it was like being an African American growing up in Las Vegas.
Archival Collection
Orr, William T., 1917-2002
Bio taken from Wiki: "William T. Orr (September 27, 1917 – December 25, 2002) was an American television producer associated with a series of western and detective programs of the 1950s-1970s. On most of his Warner Bros.series, he was billed as "Wm. T. Orr." Orr began his career as an actor; his film credits included The Mortal Storm, The Gay Sisters, and The Big Street."
Person
Aid for AIDS of Nevada 9th Annual Aids Walk Poster, 1999 April 18
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Strutt Hurley Collection on the Southern Nevada Association of Pride, Inc. (SNAPI) and Las Vegas Gay Pride
Box/Folder: Oversized Box SH-077
Archival Component
Carratelli, Holly, 1962-
Holly Carratelli is a Las Vegas, Nevada resident and advocate of gay rights. She was born July 5, 1962.
Source:
Susan and Holly Carratelli oral history interviews, 1999 June 24 and 1999 June 26. OH-00344. Oral History Research Center, Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.
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