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Harrah’s Entertainment Corporate Archives

Identifier

MS-00460

Abstract

The Harrah’s Entertainment Corporate Archives (dating from 1811 to 2004 with the bulk of the materials dating from 1940 to 2000) contain the promotional and corporate files of Harrah’s Entertainment Inc. and its predecessors, as well as Bill Harrah’s personal papers and card game collection. The materials were compiled and developed as a corporate archive by Harrah's Entertainment, Inc.’s Corporate Communications Department. The collection is primarily comprised of casino and employee periodicals, reports, manuals, promotional files, ephemera, and newspaper articles that document Bill Harrah’s casinos in Reno, Nevada and Lake Tahoe as well as Harrah’s Inc., Holiday Inns, Inc., Holiday Corporation, the Promus Companies, and Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc. Also included are photographs that document the construction of Harrah’s properties, business operations, the people who worked and performed at Harrah’s properties, and Bill Harrah’s automobile collection. The collection also contains Bill Harrah’s collection of playing cards and card games. Also included are photographs of the Harrah family.

Archival Collection

Tod Story and Shelley Berkley at Gay Pride: photographic print

Date

1999-05-08

Description

The third annual Gay Pride parade at Sunset Park, 1999. Photographer: Dennis McBride; Grand Marshall Congresswoman Shelley Berkley (right) and her assistant, Tod Story (left).

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Shelley Berkley and Tod Story at Gay Pride: photographic print

Date

1999-05-08

Description

The third annual Gay Pride parade at Sunset Park, 1999. Photographer: Dennis McBride; Grand Marshall Congresswoman Shelley Berkley (right) and her assistant, Tod Story (left).

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A used condom in the parking lot at Gay Pride: photographic print

Date

1998-04-25

Description

Gay Pride 1998 (Dennis McBride, photographer) Sunset Park. (4-25-98) 2nd annual parade; a used condom in parking lot.

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Lock, Stock and Leather shop booth at Gay Pride: photographic print

Date

1997-05-10

Description

Gay Pride 1997 (Dennis McBride, photographer) Gay Pride 1997 at Sunset Park. Lock, Stock and Leather shop (L-R: Lisa Hernandez, black t-shirt; Kathleen Stubblefield, red t-shirt; owners)

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Eric Redd performing at Gay Pride, image 001: photographic print

Date

1998-04-25

Description

Gay Pride 1998. Photographer: Dennis McBride. Performer: Eric Redd.

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Eric Redd performing at Gay Pride, image 002: photographic print

Date

1998-04-25

Description

Gay Pride 1998. Photographer: Dennis McBride. Performer: Eric Redd.

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Las Vegas Bugle Collection on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender History

Identifier

MS-00476

Abstract

The Las Vegas Bugle Collection on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) History (1984-2002) consists of correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, and ephemera chronicling issues of the LGBT communities in Nevada. In addition to records of the newspaper, the Las Vegas Bugle, the collection also contains documents pertaining to the founding of the Gay Community Service Center of Las Vegas, Nevada; Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG); local political campaigns; and photographs documenting LGBT life and culture in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Archival Collection

Dennis McBride holding a boa constrictor at Gay Pride: photographic print

Date

1999-05-08

Description

Gay Pride 1999 at Sunset Park. Dennis McBride with boa.

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Pride Pageant Royalty float in the Gay Pride parade: photographic print

Date

1999-05-08

Description

Gay Pride 1999 at Sunset Park; Photographer: Dennis McBride. Pride Pageant Royalty.

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