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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
Sports: Rodeo: Nevada Gay Rodeo: history, 2012
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Dennis McBride Collection on LGBTQ Las Vegas, Nevada
Box/Folder: Box 24
Archival Component
Enola Gay at the Smithsonian Museum of American History, 1995
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Nevada Desert Experience Records
Box/Folder: Box 11
Archival Component
Gay Kauffman oral history interview, 2006 October 11
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Nevada Test Site Oral History Project Records
Box/Folder: Digital File 01
Archival Component
Las Vegas Gay and Lesbian Chorus in the Gay Pride parade: photographic print
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Image
History: Gay: Las Vegas: Diva Las Vegas: Queer Space and Subjectivity in the Entertainment Capital of the World, 2014
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Dennis McBride Collection on LGBTQ Las Vegas, Nevada
Box/Folder: Box 11
Archival Component
Las Vegas Gay Pride Festival in Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic prints
Date
Archival Collection
Description
From the Las Vegas Bugle Photograph Collection on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender History (PH-00336). Las Vegas Gay Pride Festival - June 5, 1994.
Image
Las Vegas Gay and Lesbian Chorus marching in the Gay Pride parade: photographic print
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Image
#57089: Parenting Project, 1987 October 22
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas Creative Services Records (1980s)
Box/Folder: N/A
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