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Las Vegas Men's Chorus booth at Gay Pride: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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Patricia Van Betten correspondence regarding oral history project, 2004 April 20
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: History of Nursing in Southern Nevada Oral History Project Records
Box/Folder: Box 01 (Restrictions apply)
Archival Component
It's a Gay, Gay World, 2004
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Guide to the Canadian Film Centre Worldwide Short Film Festival Submissions
Box/Folder: Box 2004-035
Archival Component
Fort Irwin Archaeological Project Report Number 22, 1986
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Elizabeth von Till and Claude N. Warren Professional Papers
Box/Folder: Box 168 (Restrictions apply)
Archival Component
James A. Gay III interview, 1973: transcript
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Archival Collection
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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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Las Vegas Gay Pride Festival in Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic prints
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Archival Collection
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