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Club Metro bar grand opening, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital image

Date

2013-07-20

Description

From the Dennis McBride Photograph Collection (PH-00263) -- LGBTQ+ events and organizations in Las Vegas, Nevada -- Digital images file.

Image

Club Metro bar grand opening, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital image

Date

2013-07-20

Description

From the Dennis McBride Photograph Collection (PH-00263) -- LGBTQ+ events and organizations in Las Vegas, Nevada -- Digital images file.

Image

Club Metro bar grand opening, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital image

Date

2013-07-20

Description

From the Dennis McBride Photograph Collection (PH-00263) -- LGBTQ+ events and organizations in Las Vegas, Nevada -- Digital images file.

Image

Castaways "Closing Celebration" television advertisement: video

Date

1987-07-14

Description

Television commercial for Castaways hotel and casino "Closing Celebration.". Original media 2 Inch Quad, color, aspect ratio 4 x 3, frame size 720 x 486. From The Production Company Audiovisual Collection (MS-00930) -- Digitized audiovisual material file.

Moving Image

Photograph of Boyd and Prell, image 002

Date

1961-07-11

Description

Help Us Write History article from UNLV Special Collections, posted in the Las Vegas Review Journal on November 7, 1982 on behalf of the Dorothy Dorothy Collection. The purpose of this article was to identify the two men in the image after the collection was donated.

Image

Moapa River Indian School Annual Report, 1912

Date

1912-07-15

Description

Department of the Interior, United States Indian Service 1912 annual report of the conditions on the Moapa River Reservation School. Section I includes reservation law and order. Section II includes reservation health.

Text

Nevada State Board of Education Questions for the Examination of Teachers

Identifier

MS-00036

Abstract

Nevada State Board of Education Questions for the Examination of Teachers (1894) consists of a single test booklet from the Nevada State Board of Education containing questions to test the knowledge of teachers. The test includes questions from subjects such as physiology, reading, orthography, geography, and United States history.

Archival Collection

Campbell Family Photograph Collection

Identifier

PH-00130

Abstract

The Campbell Family Photograph Collection is comprised of nine black-and-white photographic reprints of Pioche, Nevada and two photographic reprints of Dr. Linwood Campbell, taken from approximately 1895 to 1929 and reprinted between approximately 1950 and 1969.

Archival Collection

"Samantha Stupak the Dog" news segment: video

Date

1991-07-30

Archival Collection

Description

Dr. David Tack with "Samantha Stupak" the dog talking about a dangerous disease called "wobble" syndrome. Original media VHS, color, aspect ratio 4 x 3, frame size 720 x 486. From the Bob Stupak Professional Papers (MS-01016) -- Professional papers -- Audiovisual material -- Digitized audiovisual clips file.

Moving Image

Las Vegas African American Community Conversations round table interviews

Identifier

OH-03599

Abstract

The Las Vegas African American Community Conversations is a four-part conversation with local Las Vegans. The first part of the round table is moderated by Trisha Geran with a central theme of "Migration, Work and Community Emergence." The panelists discuss the early history of the African American community in Las Vegas, Nevada. They also discuss how and why their families moved to Las Vegas, most citing the economic opportunities as a major factor. The participants share their personal histories and family histories building up the African American community in downtown Las Vegas and the Westside. The second part of the round table is moderated by Sonya Horsford with a central theme of "Education, Economy, and Integration." The panelists discuss the Clark County School District pre- and post-integration. They discuss the hardships of the Sixth Grade Center Integration Plan on the African American community as well as discussing the differences in the school facilities. The round table participants also discuss the social services and social programs and the history of those programs from the African American perspective. They also discuss civic involvement and the various civic groups started by the panelists, and share discrimination they faced.

The third part of the round table is moderated by Claytee D. White with a central theme of "Civil Rights and Entertainment." The panelists discuss the racism and segregation present in Las Vegas and discuss how African American community leaders worked to integrate African Americans into the Las Vegas community. They discuss the 1969 riots in detail, and discuss African American entertainers and the entertainment industry. They share personal experiences working in the entertainment industry and discuss the importance of the local unions, such as the Culinary Workers Union Local 226, the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees Local 720, and their contributions to the unions. The fourth and final part of the round table is moderated by Rachel Anderson with a central theme of the "Early African American Legal Community." The panelists discuss the foundations of the professional legal community in Las Vegas, noting the contributions of Charles Keller, Dr. William Bailey, and the Reverend Marion Bennett as driving forces for civil rights activism in Las Vegas. They share their experiences growing up in Las Vegas facing discrimination and segregation. Lastly, they share the changes they have seen and how both the legal and African African communities have grown.

Archival Collection