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I. Archived websites, 2020 to 2021
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Scope and Contents
The websites archived in this series were selected by UNLV Special Collections and Archives staff to represent a broad overview of community reaction to COVID-19 in the Las Vegas Valley from March 2020 to July 2021. Websites from local news media, educational institutions, the hospitality industry, arts and entertainment industry, municipal governments, public health departments, and UNLV are represented in this series.
Archival Collection
Collection Name: UNLV Libraries Collection of Digital Communication about COVID-19 in Las Vegas
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Sunrunners booth at Gay Pride: photographic print
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Gay Pride at Sunset Park, 1998. Photographer: Dennis McBride. Sunrunners booth.
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Unidentified entertainment at Gay Pride: photographic print
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Gay Pride 1999 (Dennis McBride, photographer) Sunset Park. (5-8-99) Entertainment.
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James A. Gay III interview, 1973: transcript
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Interview with James A. Gay III conducted by Joyce M. Wright in 1973. Edited by Elizabeth Nelson Patrick, and transcribed for the project "Black Experience in Southern Nevada, Donated Tapes Collection," James R. Dickinson Library, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, December 1978. Arriving in 1946 from Fordyce, Arkansas, Gay became the first African-American mortician in Las Vegas. He later worked as Assistant Manager of the Sands Hotel and Casino and Union Plaza while serving as an executive board member of the Culinary Union. Instrumental in the Las Vegas community, Gay worked to improved race relations, addressing social, economic, and civic issues. Gay was awarded an honorary degree from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 1988.
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Event staff at Gay Pride: photographic print
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The Experience booth at Gay Pride: photographic print
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