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Las Vegas Creek: photographic print

Date

1910 (year approximate) to 1945 (year approximate)

Description

From the Elizabeth Harrington Photograph Collection (PH-00291). Inscription with image reads: "Las Vegas Creek as it flowed through the Old Ranch to fade away into the desert. Sam Gay took his prisoners here tying them to the big shade tree so they could be more comfortable in the hot weather." - E(lizabeth) Harrington (Sam Gay was Sherriff)

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9th Annual "Hell on Heels" event, 1990 May 05

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Scope and Contents

Established in 1982 in Las Vegas, the queer Satyricon Motorcycle Club hosted an annual run they called Hell on Heels, which was attended by queer motorcycle clubs from throughout the Western United States. Celebrated over two or three days, the run included a fundraising stage production featuring musical numbers and lip-synched drag performances by club members. This video records the 9th annual Hell on Heels stage production, titled, Ankles Aweigh, which includes Las Vegas lesbian activist and Satyricons member Lisa Hernandez. This version includes an advertising introduction. See "Ankles Aweigh: A Satyricon Show" [Las Vegas Bugle, April 1990, 1].[00:00:00 - 02:03:19]

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: Box 19, Digital File 00

Archival Component

Group photograph of founding members of the Valley View Golf Club, 1958

Date

1958

Description

Black and white photograph of most of the original members of the Valley View Golf Club, dated 1958. From left to right: Willie "Punch" Hughes, Marshall Branch, Mr. Caperton, unknown, Jonas Geran (Barber), Henry Moore, Willie Brewster, Jim Roberts, unknown, Andy Breuner, Dr. James McMillan, unknown, Lorenzo Calhoun, and Jimmy Gay.

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Minutes from Temple Beth Sholom Board of Directors meetings, January 1993 - June 1993

Date

1993

Archival Collection

Description

Meeting minutes include reports from committees of the board, correspondence, and balance sheets.

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Emmanuel Ortega oral history interview: transcript

Date

2019-06-06

Description

Oral history interview with Emmanuel Ortega conducted by Monserrath Hernandez, Maribel Estrada Calderon, Elsa Lopez, Barbara Tabach, and Laurents Bañuelos Benitez on 2019 for the Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project. Emmanuel Ortega was born in Artesia, California and was raised in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico before moving to El Paso, Texas with his family at the age of thirteen. In 1998 his family relocated once again from El Paso to Las Vegas, Nevada where his father joined the Carpenters Union. They settled in Green Valley and he began attending a hybrid community college and high school program allowing him to obtain college credits. He continued at the College of Southern Nevada for two more years where he was a photography major and later transferred to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) where he studied art history. He moved back to Las Vegas in 2011 where he began teaching at UNLV and received a PhD in Ibero-American colonial art history from the University of New Mexico in 2017. He is the co-host of the podcast "Latinos Who Lunch" where hosts discuss pop culture, art, and issues of race, sex, and gender in the Latinx community.

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