Out of the Neon Closet: Queer Community in the Silver State records (2000-2017) are comprised of Dennis McBride's research and working files for his book on the history of the LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer) community in Nevada. The records include correspondence from Dennis McBride to different publishers detailing his research. The collection also includes copies of his book proposal, peer reviews, manuscript drafts, and proofs.
Out of the Neon Closet: Queer Community in the Silver State records (2000-2017) are comprised of Dennis McBride's research and working files for his book on the history of the LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer) community in Nevada. The records include correspondence from Dennis McBride to different publishers detailing his research. The collection also includes copies of his book proposal, peer reviews, manuscript drafts, and proofs. The book was self-published by McBride in 2017.
Collection is open for research.
Materials in this collection may be protected by copyrights and other rights. See Reproductions and Use on the UNLV Special Collections and Archives website for more information about reproductions and permissions to publish.
Material is arranged chronologically.
Author and Director of the Nevada State Museum, Dennis McBride was born and raised in Boulder City, Nevada. He received his Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). He is well-known as an expert in the history of Hoover Dam and has written several histories of Boulder City. He has chronicled and collected the history of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) community in Las Vegas since the late 1970s. His work culminated in the book
Out of the Neon Closet: Queer Community in the Silver State Records, 2000-2017. MS-00875. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.
Materials were donated in 2017 by Dennis McBride; accession number 2017-163.
In 2019, Joyce Moore processed the physical papers and created the finding aid in ArchivesSpace. Tammi Kim transferred and processed the digital files; filenames were normalized and files were converted from various word processing formats to PDF/A.