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TopChurchLV: archived website, 2017 to 2022

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Documenting the African American Experience in Las Vegas, Nevada Web Archive

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AAPI Forward: archived website, 2022

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Reflections: The Las Vegas Asian American & Pacific Islander Web Archive

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Gloria Dea Anzalone oral history interview

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OH-03913

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Oral history interview with Gloria Dea Anzalone conducted by Claytee D. White on October 22, 2022 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. In this interview, Gloria Dea describes her childhood in Oakland, California where she learned the art of magic from her father. Her family moved to Sacramento where Gloria Dea first performed in Breuners Department Store and by age twelve, she was working in nighclubs. Later in Hollywood, Gloria Dea danced in several films and entertained in USO shows. She performed in 1941 at the Last Frontier and the El Rancho - some of the earliest places on what was later the Las Vegas Strip. In the interview, she recalls time serving as president of both the Women's Club of Burbank, Hadassah, and the board of American Guild of Variery Artists.

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Wendy Butler oral history interview

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OH-02538

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Oral history interview with Wendy Butler conducted by Dennis McBride on May 23, 2007 for the Las Vegas Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Archives Oral History Project. In this interview, Butler discusses her involvement with the magazine Lesbian Voice in Las Vegas, Nevada. She recalls that other gay magazine publications at the time would not include women’s issues or representation. Butler describes the development of her publication by reaching out to a diverse group of gay people in Las Vegas, and addressing issues surrounding gay people. Lastly, Butler discusses how she advertised her magazine and branching out to find support outside of the gay community.

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Classroom of Compassion: archived website, 2024

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UNLV December 6, 2023 Memorial Collection

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Vegas and the Virus: archived website, 2020

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UNLV Libraries Collection of Digital Communication about COVID-19 in Las Vegas

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Kendall Stagg oral history interview

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OH-01754

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Kendall Stagg oral history interview conducted by Dennis McBride on January 11, 2002 for the Las Vegas Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Archives Oral History Project. In the interview, Stagg discusses his early life in Utah, his religious upbringing, coming out as gay, and his involvement with the gay community in Reno, Nevada. He also talks about running for Nevada State Assembly District 32 in 2000 as one of Nevada's youngest openly gay politicians. Lastly, Stagg recalls his time as president of the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual Student Union in University of Nevada, Reno and co-founding Reno’s first Gay Pride parades in 1999.

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John Hardie Moss Jr. oral history interview

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OH-01343

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Oral history interview with John Hardie Moss Jr. conducted by Phyllis Sherwin on February 22, 1981 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview, Moss discusses his career as a world-class poker player and professional gambler in Las Vegas, Nevada. Moss describes the intricacies of poker and gambling, gambling for high-stakes, and cheating in the gambling world.

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"History of CCSD" oral history interviews, 2005

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Patrick W. Carlton Papers on the Oral History of the Public School Principalship Project

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Crescent Dunes Solar Archive Documents

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File

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Jamey Stillings Photographs

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