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Kevin M. Kelly oral history interviews

Identifier

OH-01003

Abstract

Oral history interviews with Kevin M. Kelly conducted by Dennis McBride on September 08 and 22; and November 10, 2000 for the Las Vegas Gay Archives Oral History Project. In the interviews, Kelly talks about his family and early life in Boston, Massachusetts with a focus on his Catholic upbringing. He recalls his law education, serving in the United States Army during the Vietnam War for eleven years, and discovering his sexuality in 1966 while working in the Boston City Hospital. Kelly then describes being discharged from the military due to allegations of being gay, and his family's reaction. He then recalls moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1978, where he was involved in a robbery and shooting incident with a male sex worker in 1982. Kelly goes on to recall the trial that proceed the incident and how it publicly outed him. He details how he was charged with felony sodomy and ultimately lost his job as a result of the trial. Finally, he talks about serving on a task force to investigate bias in Nevada's court system in 1992 and being honored in 1994 by the Gay and Lesbian Community Center of Southern Nevada for his work.

Archival Collection

Frontier Strike: first arrest, Culinary Union, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1991 September 22 (Folder 2 of 2), image 22

Date

1991-09-22

Description

Arrangement note: Series I. Demonstrations, Subseries I.A. Frontier Strike

Image

Picket at the El Cortez Hotel, Culinary Union, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1988 April 22 (folder 1 of 1), image 22

Date

1988-04-22

Description

Arrangement note: Series I. Demonstrations, Subseries I.B. Other Demonstrations and Strikes

Image

Jim Feist interview with Ruchman at Landry's Restaurant in Las Vegas, 1999 September 22

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Penelope Ruchman Collection of Las Vegas, Nevada Casino Professionals Oral Histories
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Collection Number: MS-00907
Collection Name: Penelope Ruchman Collection of Las Vegas, Nevada Casino Professionals Oral Histories
Box/Folder: Box 01, Digital File 00

Archival Component

Wayne Tanaka oral history interviews

Identifier

OH-01801

Archival Collection

Las Vegas Citizens Committee for Community Improvement meeting minutes, April 22, 1968

Date

1968-04-22

Description

Las Vegas Citizens Committee for Community Improvements minutes: street access to the Las Vegas Paiute Colony.

Text

Las Vegas History- 1946-1955, 1949

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Las Vegas Library Regional History Files Collection
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Collection Number: MS-00809
Collection Name: Las Vegas Library Regional History Files Collection
Box/Folder: Box 13

Archival Component

Las Vegas History 1904-2005, 2005

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Las Vegas Library Regional History Files Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00809
Collection Name: Las Vegas Library Regional History Files Collection
Box/Folder: Box 13

Archival Component

North Las Vegas-History, 1927-1967

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Las Vegas Library Regional History Files Collection
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Collection Number: MS-00809
Collection Name: Las Vegas Library Regional History Files Collection
Box/Folder: Box 18

Archival Component

Las Vegas History-Airport, 1927-1971

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Las Vegas Library Regional History Files Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00809
Collection Name: Las Vegas Library Regional History Files Collection
Box/Folder: Box 13

Archival Component