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Crowd watching Cyndi Lauper perform at Gay Pride, image 009: photographic print

Date

1997-05-10

Description

Gay Pride 1997 (Dennis McBride, photographer), Sunset Park, 5-10-97. Cyndi Lauper entertaining.

Image

Kevin Orrock oral history interview

Identifier

OH-02516

Abstract

Oral history interview with Kevin Orrock conducted by Claytee White on December 04, 2015 for the Building Las Vegas Oral History Project. In this interview, Orrock focuses on Summerlin, Nevada, the 22,000-acre, award-winning, master-planned community on the west side of the Las Vegas, Nevada. He discusses Summerlin’s physical layout, its history, its development, and its future. He also talks about the development and future of Downtown Summerlin; its balance of private, charter, and public schools; and the ways the company selects its residential builders.

Archival Collection

Robert H. Barrett oral history interview

Identifier

OH-00165

Abstract

Oral history interview with Robert H. Barrett conducted by Robert B. Grzywacz on February 22, 1975 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Barrett discusses the history of early Las Vegas, Nevada in terms of prostitution, education, Carole Lombard's plane crash, and atomic testing at Yucca Flats, Nevada.

Archival Collection

The Gay and Lesbian Community Center, training manual, 1995

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Las Vegas Bugle Collection on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender History
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00476
Collection Name: Las Vegas Bugle Collection on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender History
Box/Folder: Box 01

Archival Component

National Gay Rodeo Association action photographs, 1998

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Las Vegas Bugle Collection on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender History
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00476
Collection Name: Las Vegas Bugle Collection on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender History
Box/Folder: Box 02

Archival Component

Sidney Lowe oral history interview

Identifier

OH-01153

Abstract

Oral history interview with Sidney Lowe conducted by Claytee D. White on January 22, 2013 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. Lowe begins the interview by discussing her upbringing in Alabama and South Carolina and her experiences with racial segregation and discrimination. She continues, describing places she has lived, her relationship with the father of her children, and moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1982. Lowe talks about life in Las Vegas during the 1980s, obtaining a position in the James R. Dickinson Library at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) as a library assistant, and her education. Lowe concludes by discussing her career working for the UNLV library system and the library's function on campus.

Archival Collection

Louis Conner oral history interview

Identifier

OH-03170

Abstract

Oral history interview with Louis Conner conducted by John Grygo on March 22, 2013 for the African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project. In this interview, Conner discusses his personal history and growing up in Tallulah, Louisiana. He talks about moving to Las Vegas, Nevada with his family for job opportunities in the late 1950s. Conner describes his employment at the Stardust Hotel, segregation, and living in West Las Vegas. He then talks about integration in the mid-1960s, Jackson Street entertainment, and the changing demographic of the Westside. Lastly, Conner discusses the development of Las Vegas, families moving out of the Westside, and new businesses in the area.

Archival Collection

Ron Guerrero and female impersonator at the second annual Gay Pride parade: photographic print

Date

1998-04-25

Description

Gay Pride 1998 (Dennis McBride, photographer) Sunset Park. 2nd annual parade. Ron Guerrero (left) and female impersonator friend.

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

Date

1998-04-25

Description

Gay Pride at Sunset Park, 1998. Photographer: Dennis McBride. Lock, Stock, and Leather booth with Lisa Hernandez.

Image

Frank Herman at the Lambda Business and Professional Association booth at Gay Pride: photographic print

Date

1999-05-08

Description

Gay Pride 1999 at Sunset Park; Photographer: Dennis McBride. Lambda Business and professional Association booth (Frank Herman). (5-8-99)

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