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History: Las Vegas: LGBTQIA Archive, 1983-2014
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Dennis McBride Collection on LGBTQ Las Vegas, Nevada
Box/Folder: Box 11
Archival Component
Jimmy Gay oral history interview: audio clip
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Jimmy Gay discusses racism in Las Vegas before and after World War II. He says that prior to WWII, there wasn't a lot of prejudice, and there were only a few African American families. After WWII, he says that the influx of soldiers returning and the migration of Black families from the South led to Las Vegas becoming the "Mississippi of the West."
Sound
Shoah Survivors Project oral history interviews
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The Shoah Survivors Project Oral History Interviews (2020 October) consist of four oral history interviews conducted in October 2020 and a project video created for the Shoah Survivors Project led by Roberta Sabbath and Shahab Zargari. The project interviewed four Holocaust survivors now living in Las Vegas, Nevada: Alexander Keuchel, Sabina Wagschal Callwood, Stephen Nasser, and Henry Kronberg. The collection also contains brief notes and partial transcripts for the video oral history interviews.
Archival Collection
Hidden History Projects, 1998
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: MGM Mirage Records on Mandalay Resort Group
Box/Folder: Box 10
Archival Component
Veterans History Project, 2001
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Southern Nevada Daughters of the American Revolution Records
Box/Folder: Box 04
Archival Component
Veterans History Project, 2006
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Southern Nevada Daughters of the American Revolution Records
Box/Folder: Box 02
Archival Component
Las Vegas Fiber Arts Guild oral history project interviews
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Abstract
The Las Vegas Fiber Arts (LVFA) Guild oral history project interviews (2020-2023) consist of interviews conducted by the LVFA Guild of their membership. The interviews cover a wide range of topics, and members discuss their individual history of weaving and the fiber arts, preferred methods, and different types of fibers. Interviewees also discuss mentors within the craft, their level of involvement with the guild, and the different events that the LVFA Guild organizes in Las Vegas, Nevada. Digital audio and transcripts available.
Archival Collection
Las Vegas Gay Archives: correspondence, 1983-1985
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Las Vegas, Nevada LGBTQ Collection
Box/Folder: Box 03
Archival Component
Ron Lawrence oral history interview
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Abstract
Oral history interview with Ron Lawrence conducted by Dennis McBride on 1997 June 22, July 11, and August 08 for the Las Vegas Gay Archives Oral History Project. In this interview Ron Lawrence discusses his early life, his career, and the gay community in Las Vegas, Nevada. He also discusses gay rights and the AIDs epidemic in the 1980s.
Archival Collection