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Lady Yucca photographs, 1965
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Gay Kauffman Nevada Test Site Papers
Box/Folder: Box 01
Archival Component
Yucca Lake photographs, 1963
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Gay Kauffman Nevada Test Site Papers
Box/Folder: Box 01
Archival Component
Elgin Holbert Jr. oral history interview
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Abstract
Oral history interview with Elgin Holbert Jr. conducted by Claytee D. White on April 28, 2021 for African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project.
Elgin Holbert Jr. discusses growing up in the Westside community of Las Vegas, the activities he participated in as a child, community leaders he admired, and his observations of mixed family life (as his father was Black and his mother was white). Elgin also speaks of his work as a Red Cap on the Union Pacific Railroad (UPR), his time at Nevada Power, and his experience dealing cards at various Las Vegas casinos including the Riviera Hotel and Casino (for 15 years), the Tropicana Las Vegas (for 15 years), and the Treasure Island Hotel (for 20 years).
Subjects discussed include: Viola Cunningham; Union Pacific Railroad; Riviera Hotel and Casino; Tropicana Las Vegas Hotel Casino; Treasure Island Hotel; Cotton Bowl; Jimmy Gay; Jefferson Recreational Center; and Eleanor Walker
Archival Collection
Insurance, 1998
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Gay and Lesbian Community Center of Southern Nevada Records
Box/Folder: Box 01
Archival Component
News Articles, 1977-1988
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Reno Gay Rodeo Collection
Box/Folder: Box 01
Archival Component
Sex-Life and the Criminal Law by John Roeburt, 1963
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Gay Fiction Book Collection
Box/Folder: Box 01
Archival Component
That Certain Summer by Burton Wohl, 1973 October
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Gay Fiction Book Collection
Box/Folder: Box 01
Archival Component