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Audio clip from interview with Lynn Rosencrantz, January 7, 2016

Date

2016-01-07

Description

In this clip Lynn Rosencrantz describes what it is like for her to be Jewish in Las Vegas, Nevada as an adult.

Sound

Alphabetical subject files, 1955-1997

Level of Description

Series

Scope and Contents

The alphabetical subject files (1955-1997) contains newspaper clippings articles, business information, conference materials, and community organizational materials related to the Las Vegas, Nevada Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer/Questioning (LGBTQ) community. Subjects include HIV, LGBTQ businesses, censorship, conferences, education, entertainment, human rights, publications, religion, rodeo, and social events.

Archival Collection

Las Vegas, Nevada LGBTQ Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00251
Collection Name: Las Vegas, Nevada LGBTQ Collection
Box/Folder: N/A

Archival Component

Photograph of yarmukles in Congregation Ner Tamid's Polis Lobby, Henderson, Nevada, May 24, 2016

Date

2016-05-24

Description

A collection of yarmulkes await usage in the Polis Lobby of Congregation Ner Tamid on the Greenspun Campus for Jewish Life, Learning & Spiritual Renewal.

Image

Photograph of John Bush's house, Goldfield (Nev.), 1920-1954

Date

1920 to 1954

Description

John Bush's home in Goldfield, Nevada.

Image

Las Vegas African American Community Conversations, Part 2: Education, Economy and Integration: video

Date

2012

Description

The Las Vegas African American Community Conversations is a four part, one hour round table conversation with local Las Vegans. They share their powerful stories and great history, with topics ranging from “Migration, Civil Rights, Education, Church, Entertainment and the Early Legal Community”. Part Two: A conversation about “Education, Economy and Integration” MODERATOR- Sonya Horsford Ed.D. PANELISTS- Dr. Esther Langston (Professor UNLV) Verlia Davis-Hoggard (Director of Clark County Social Services-Retired) Idan M. Gaines (Regional Representative for Senator Harry Reid) Dr. Linda Young (President-CCSD Board of Trustees)

Moving Image

Two unidentified protestors set up for Ash Wednesday: photographic print

Date

1998-04-25

Description

Protestors at the Nevada Test Site on Ash Wednesday 1991.

Image

Protestor leading the Ash Wednesday celebration: photographic print

Date

1998-04-25

Description

Protestors at the Nevada Test Site on Ash Wednesday 1991.

Image

Transcript of interview Skip Allen by Henry Pierzchala, February 27, 1980

Date

1980-02-27

Archival Collection

Description

Henry Pierzchala interviews Skip Allen (born 1935 in Somerset, Kentucky) about his early experiences in Las Vegas. Allen discusses some of his experience from a position in human resources for the military, as well as working for his father in a business in the area of what is now the Las Vegas Strip. Allen also describes recreational activities, his views on morality while living in Las Vegas, and some of his later experiences in hospitality, specifically in the food and beverage and hotel industries.

Text

Unidentified protestor preparing the ash mixture for Ash Wednesday: photographic print

Date

1998-04-25

Description

Unidentified protestor preparing the ash mixture for Ash Wednesday at the Nevada Test Site 1991.

Image

Protestor burning sage blesses another protestor: photographic print

Date

1998-04-25

Description

Protestors at the Nevada Test Site on Ash Wednesday 1991. Protestor burning sage blesses another protestor.

Image