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Mass holy union ceremony performed at Gay pride, image 001: photographic print
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Mass holy union ceremony performed at Gay pride, image 002: photographic print
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Stewart, Omer Call, 1908-1991
Omer C. Stewart (1908-1991) was Professor Emeritus of the Department of Anthropology at the University of Colorado in Boulder, Colorado and a renowned scholar of indigenous religions, particularly peyotism. He was also an outspoken advocate for the indigenous nations of the United States. Omer C. Stewart and Martha C. Knack wrote a book together in 1984 titled As Long as the River Shall Run: An Ethnohistory of Pyramid Lake Indian Reservation.
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Melvin Green oral history interviews
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Oral history interviews with Melvin Green conducted by Robin Fults on November 28 and December 1, 2014 for the African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project. In this interview, Green talks about growing up in Bonita, Louisiana and his education through college. He then talks about working for an architectural firm in Connecticut before being recruited to join a firm in Las Vegas, Nevada in 1986. He relates numerous stories about his childhood, discusses problems with discrimination and segregation in the South, and an example of discrimination from a Las Vegas furniture store in the late 1980s. He expands on his views of religion, spirituality, and politics, the importance of travel, of hard work, and commitment. He also gives examples of architectural projects that he has created.
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Jewish Federation correspondence, meeting minutes, and other records, item 02
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Memo from Arne Rosencrantz to the Board of Directors for the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas, Nevada.
Transcript of interview with Lendon Kaye Barney by Kelly Adams, March 3, 1978
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Photograph of youth worship leaders at church podium, (Nev.), 1940-1960
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Audio recording clip of interview with Jerushia McDonald - Hylton & Suzilene McDonald by Claytee D. White, September 23, 2011
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Part of an interview with sisters Jerushia and Suzilene McDonald by Claytee White on September 23, 2011. Jerushia and Suzilene describe their early childhood on the Westside.
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