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

Date

1999-05-08

Description

Gay Pride 1999 (Dennis McBride, photographer) Sunset Park. Lock, Stock, and Leather booth. (5-8-99)

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Jack W. Zunino oral history interview

Identifier

OH-02816

Abstract

Oral history interview with Jack W. Zunino conducted by Stefani Evans and Claytee D. White on August 20, 2016 for the Building Las Vegas Oral History Project. In this interview, Zunino tells of his employment with G.C. Wallace Engineering and JMA architects before founding his own landscape architecture firm in 1989. Additionally, Zunino discusses the evolution of landscape architecture in casino design.

Archival Collection

Rose Miztri and Rachel Parker oral history interview

Identifier

OH-02628

Abstract

Oral history interview with Rose Miztri and Rachel Parker conducted by Claytee D. White on March 07, 2016 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. In this interview, Miztri discusses growing up in La Puente, California and moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1978. She describes her experiences in the United States Army and talks about being involved in a motorcycle accident. Parker talks about her upbringing and describes her experience being transgender while attending high school in Chicago, Illinois. Parker then recalls her first impressions of Las Vegas, Nevada in 1990 and why she was unable to get a job because of her sexuality. Later, Miztri and Parker discuss assisting transgender youth with housing, employment, and becoming comfortable in a society where tolerance and understanding of different sexual identities are constantly evolving. Lastly, both explain their involvement with Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG), an international educational organization aimed to bring awareness on sexual identities.

Archival Collection

Raul Mangubat and Dave Hoemann at Gay Pride: photographic print

Date

1998-04-25

Description

Gay Pride at Sunset Park, 1998. Photographer: Dennis McBride. L-R: Raul Mangubat; Dave Hoemann.

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Roberta Kane oral history interview

Identifier

OH-03238

Abstract

Oral history interview with Roberta Kane conducted by Barbara Tabach on September 6, 2017 and May 22, 2018 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. Kane explains how she was the first born Jewish baby in Las Vegas, Nevada and her parents’ deep involvement with the Jewish community of the 1930s. She then talks about the formalization that occurred in the Jewish community with the building of Temple Beth Sholom. In a second session, Kane recalls the Wildcat Lair, a gathering spot of students from Las Vegas High School in the 1950s.

Archival Collection

Gay Academic Union and Lesbian Gay Academic Union newsletters, 1983-1985

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Terry Wilsey Papers on the Las Vegas, Nevada LGBT Community
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00472
Collection Name: Terry Wilsey Papers on the Las Vegas, Nevada LGBT Community
Box/Folder: Box 01 (Restrictions apply)

Archival Component

Eugene Williams oral history interview

Identifier

OH-02427

Abstract

Oral history interview with Eugene Williams conducted by Claytee White on July 18, 2008 for the All That Jazz Oral History Project. Williams discusses being signed to a musical group called the Platters in 1970, and performing with them for eighteen years. Williams also talks about his temporary hiatus form music to focus on his family, then returning to music through an ex-Platters group called the Sound of the Platters.

Archival Collection

Booths and people at Sunset Park for Gay Pride, image 009: photographic print

Date

1998-04-25

Description

Gay Pride 1998 at Sunset Park. Photographer: Dennis McBride.

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Flex nightclub float in the Gay Pride parade: photographic print

Date

1999-05-08

Description

The third annual Gay Pride parade at Sunset Park, 1999. Photographer: Dennis McBride; Flex nightclub float.

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Buffalo Bar float in the Gay Pride parade: photographic print

Date

1999-05-08

Description

The third annual Gay Pride parade at Sunset Park, 1999. Photographer: Dennis McBride; Buffalo bar float.

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