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Organizations: Scouts: Boy, 1994-2015

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Dennis McBride Collection on LGBTQ Las Vegas, Nevada

Archival Component

Organization and electric renovation, 1994-1996

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Colorado River Commission of Nevada Reference Library Collection

Archival Component

Organization of News Bureau, 1930-1931

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Union Pacific Railroad Collection

Archival Component

Organizations: Religious: LDS, 1979-2015

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Dennis McBride Collection on LGBTQ Las Vegas, Nevada

Archival Component

Nevada Welare Rights Organization, 1971

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Mollie Gregory Collection of Oral Histories

Archival Component

Organizations: Prime Timers, 1997-2014

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Dennis McBride Collection on LGBTQ Las Vegas, Nevada

Archival Component

Series 4. Women's Organizations, 1969-2003

Level of Description

Series

Scope and Contents

The Women's Organzations series (1969-2003) contains documents such as meeting minutes, fliers, notes, brochures, bylaws, event information, and general information that relate to Florence McClure's extensive involvement with women's groups that focused on political, health and social betterment efforts in Nevada. McClure often took a leadership or executive role in these organizations including the Soroptimists International of Greater Las Vegas and the American Association of University Women. McClure was also an active lobbyist for women's rights concerning sexual, domestic, and physical abuse. There are several folders that reflect this including: Community Action Against Rape; a copy of her scrapbook on the founding of CAAR; Community Coalition for Victim's Rights; Families of Murder Victims; Jean Nidetch Women's Center; National Association for Victim's Assistance; Nevada Network Against Domestic Violence; and Safenest.

Archival Collection

Florence McClure Papers

Archival Component

Slide of student organization promotions, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, circa 1990s

Date

1990 to 1999

Description

UNLV fraternity, sorority and student organization information tables, banners and posters inside the Moyer Student Union.

Image

Dennis McBride Collection on Las Vegas, Nevada LGBTQ Organizations

Identifier

MS-01114

Abstract

The Dennis McBride Collection on Las Vegas, Nevada LGBTQ Organizations (approximately 1984-2008) contains photographs, magazines, and documents relating to various LGBTQ organizations and events in Las Vegas, Nevada. Photographs of prominent community members, including Strutt Hurley, William "Bill" Schafer, Rob Schlegel, and Dennis McBride attending events such as National Coming Out Day and pageants organized by the Southern Nevada Association of Pride, Inc. (SNAPI). Also included in the collection are magazines, newspaper clippings, and documents relating to various issues such as Nevada's "Question 2", a ballot measure that prevented same-sex marriages from being conducted or recognized in Nevada; offical reports on the AIDS epidemic; and student organizations like Students for an Equal America (SEA) and Human Understanding Despite Differences Lifts Everyone (HUDDLE). This collection also contains digital scans of some of the photographs in the collection.

Archival Collection

Reports and booklets prepared by various environmental organizations

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Citizen Alert Records

Archival Component