Taken from Wikipedia, "Gay Robert Brewer, Jr. (March 19, 1932 – August 31, 2007) was an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and won the 1967 Masters Tournament."
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The Equal Rights Nevada (2000-2002) collection is comprised of organizational records documenting the group’s unsuccessful fight against Question 2, a referendum voted upon in 2000 and 2002 to amend Nevada’s state constitution to forbid same-sex marriage. It includes campaign files, financial records, publicity, correspondence, ephemera, and other supporting documentation from national and regional marriage equality organizations.
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The Eddie Anderson Papers date from 1965 to 2000. The collection contains material from Eddie Anderson’s work as a political and social activist, as well as his radio career in Reno, Nevada. Included are newspaper articles, research notes, correspondence, speeches on political activism and gay rights, video recordings, audio recordings, memorabilia, black-and-white photographs, and color photographs. There is a photograph of Eddie Anderson with President Richard Nixon from 1969.
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David Green was born in New York in July 1949. He was the founder of the Gay and Lesbian Community Center of Southern Nevada in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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David Green oral history interviews, 1999 August 20 and 1999 October 22. OH-00727. Oral History Research Center, Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Sam Gay was the Sheriff of Clark County, Nevada between 1911 and 1931. He was born March 1, 1860 in Prince County, Canada and grew up in Massachusetts. Gay moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1905 to work as a bouncer in the Arizona Club. He was chosen by the first Sheriff of Clark County, Charles C. Corkhill, to be his deputy in 1909, and he later became Sheriff himself. He died August 24, 1932 in Las Vegas.
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