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Gay Or Not, 2005
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Guide to the Canadian Film Centre Worldwide Short Film Festival Submissions
Box/Folder: Box 2005-030
Archival Component
People sitting on the lawn at Gay Pride: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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Gay Pride at Sunset Park (5-8-99) Photographer: Dennis McBride
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Keys Lounge in the Gay Pride parade: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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Gay Pride 1999 at Sunset Park; Photographer: Dennis McBride. Keys Lounge.
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James A. Gay III interview, 1973: transcript
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Interview with James A. Gay III conducted by Joyce M. Wright in 1973. Edited by Elizabeth Nelson Patrick, and transcribed for the project "Black Experience in Southern Nevada, Donated Tapes Collection," James R. Dickinson Library, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, December 1978. Arriving in 1946 from Fordyce, Arkansas, Gay became the first African-American mortician in Las Vegas. He later worked as Assistant Manager of the Sands Hotel and Casino and Union Plaza while serving as an executive board member of the Culinary Union. Instrumental in the Las Vegas community, Gay worked to improved race relations, addressing social, economic, and civic issues. Gay was awarded an honorary degree from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 1988.
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Jarbidge, Nevada Community Archives Collection
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The Jarbidge, Nevada Community Archives Collection contains scanned images from seven archival collections and document the community of Jarbidge, Nevada from approximately 1910 to 2006. The materials were collected from various families living in Jarbidge in 2006 as part of a project led by Carrie Townley Porter. The images depict early Jarbidge structures, surrounding landscape, the Elkoro Mine, and residents of the area. Also included are images of certificates, correspondence, and newspaper articles relating to the families' histories. Also included in the collection are written summaries of ten oral history interviews of Jarbidge residents conducted in 2006. This collection contains digital surrogates only; the owners and Jarbidge Community Archives retain the originals.
Archival Collection
Bee and Peter Tadora at Gay Pride: photographic print
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Mermaid Café booth at Gay Pride: photographic print
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Keys Lounge booth at Gay Pride: photographic print
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Las Vegas Bugle float at the second annual Gay Pride parade, image 001: photographic print
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Jimmy Gay at his desk: portrait photograph
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Archival Collection
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Black and white portrait photograph of Jimmy Gay working at his desk, dated 1946.
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