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Stormy Caldwell oral history interview

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Oral history interview with Stormy Caldwell conducted by Dennis McBride on March 26, 2005 for the Las Vegas Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Archives Oral History Project. In this interview, Caldwell discusses the gay community in Lake Tahoe and Reno, Nevada. She talks about her involvement with Stonewell Park, an idea of a separated gay community during the 1980s. Caldwell then discusses buying land on Thunder Mountain, Nevada and the possibility of Stonewell Park being built in that area.

Nancy Mallette oral history interview

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Oral history interview with Nancy Mallette conducted by Dennis McBride on December 02, 2006 for the Las Vegas Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Archives Oral History Project. Mallette opens her interview explaining that she was born in Montreal, Canada and that a job with Cirque du Soleil brought her to Las Vegas, Nevada. She recalls meeting other lesbians in a community group in Ottawa, Canada. Mallette then describes her membership in Lesbian Voice magazine and how she helped create a social branch for the organization.

Mary Hausch oral history interview

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Oral history interview with Mary Hausch conducted by Claytee D. White on April 07, 2009 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. In this interview, Hausch discusses her upbringing in Ohio and her career in education journalism during the 1960s and 1970s. She describes attending Ohio University during the protest movements against the Vietnam War and how the Kent State University shootings affected college life.

Susan and Holly Carratelli oral history interviews

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Oral history interviews with Susan and Holly Carratelli conducted by Dennis McBride on June 24 and 26, 1999 for the Las Vegas Gay Archives Oral History Project. In the interviews, Susan and Holly recall first meeting during the planning for the 1994 National Coming Out Day event in Las Vegas, Nevada. They discuss what they value in a relationship, their past relationship experiences, and their involvement with the Gay and Lesbian Community Center and Metropolitan Community Church.

Florence and Jerry Vallen oral history interview

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Oral history interview with Florence and Jerry Vallen conducted by Kenneth "K. J." Evans in 1999 for the Las Vegas Review-Journal First 100 Oral History Project. In the interview, Jerome "Jerry" Vallen discusses his early life in Philadelphia, focusing on his family history and marrying Florence. Jerry then talks about his children, his education in hotel management, and his arrival to Las Vegas, Nevada with Florence in 1967. Jerry and Florence recall the establishment of the College of Hotel Administration, later known as the William F.

Juanice Rankin Ebarb oral history interview

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Oral history interview with Juanice Rankin Ebarb conducted by Angie DeLong and Nina Wolters on April 25, 2007 for the History of Blue Diamond Village in Nevada Oral History Project. Ebarb begins her interview by reminding her interviewers that they had attended school together. She then talks about her family's move to Blue Diamond Village in 1944 after her father found work at the gypsum board plant. She then talks about her family, particularly her older brother Meredith and younger brother Wayne, and their home in the Village.

Kathie Clinesmith oral history interview

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Oral history interview with Kathie Clinesmith conducted by Salme Armijo on October 30, 2010 for the History of Blue Diamond Village in Nevada Oral History Project. Clinesmith opens her interview by explaining that she was born and raised in San Gabriel, California, completing her Bachelor degree in English at a local university and then finishing a Master of Library Science degree at the University of Hawaii around 1970. She then talks about accepting a position with the Clark County, Nevada library district in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Randy Daybell oral history interview

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Oral history interview with Randy Daybell conducted by Patricia van Betten on April 01, 2010 for the History of Blue Diamond Village in Nevada Oral History Project. Daybell opens his interview by describing his birth and early upbringing in Heber City, Utah. He then discusses his education, his missionary work with the Mormon church, and his move to Washington, D.C. to work as director of the Mormon church's educational outreach program. He points out that he lived in Blue Diamond Village between the ages of three and six, and recounts memories from that early period in his life.

Alana Brown oral history interview

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Oral history interview with Alana Brown conducted by Dennis McBride on May 26, 2008 for the Las Vegas Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Archives Oral History Project. In this interview, Brown discusses establishing the Center Stage Inc. theater company in Las Vegas, Nevada with her partner, Lenore Simon. Brown describes the production of certain plays including Last Summer at Bluefish Cove and Hidden: A Gender. Brown also talks about the transgender community and what she knew about their struggles.

Ralph Denton oral history interview

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Oral history interview with Ralph Denton conducted by Dennis McBride on June 05, 2007 for the Las Vegas Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Archives Oral History Project. In this interview, Denton discusses Fred Alward, Lieutenant Governor of Nevada in the 1930s, and his political campaign running for Governor in 1938. Denton talks about Alward having to drop out of the race because of the backlash he received for being gay.

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