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University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Address: Special Collections - Las Vegas Gay Archives
4505 Maryland Parkway
Box 457010
Las Vegas, NV 89154-7010
Phone: (702) 895-2234 Fax: (702) 895-1078
Contact: Su Kim Chung, Manuscripts Librarian
Email: skchung@unlv.edu
Internet address:  http://library.unlv.edu/speccol/index.html
Hours: Mon, Wed, Fri: 9 am - 5 pm; Tue,Thu: 9 am - 9 pm.
Wheelchair Access: yes
History
Special Collections Department was founded in 1965 to combine rare books, Nevada collections, and gaming collections. The Lesbian and Gay Archives was acquired in 1986 (not a separate facility, only a focus for collecting).
Information about holdings
Manuscripts: 51 ft.
Organizational records: .5 ft.
Printed material: 18 ft. periodicals
Objects/ephemera: 20
Film/Video/Sound: 1 ft.
Other holdings/notes: posters

Time periods/geographical regions documented:
Nevada: manuscripts and some periodicals, 1955-1997; National: some periodicals, 1974-1997.

Significant People/organizations/subjects documented:
AIDS, bars--Las Vegas, business, child molesting, drag, entertainers, First Desert States Gay/Lesbian Conference, Las Vegas Gay Archives, Lesbian Gay Academic Union, Lesbian & Gay Pride Coalition, Metropolitan Community Church, mormons--gay, Nevada Gay Times, Nevadans for Human Rights, politics--gay--Nevada, pornography, prostitution, religion, and social events--gay.
Collecting interests
The Las Vegas Gay Archives is one of the collectin initiatives within the manuscripts section of UNLV Special Collections. The Archives ncludes personal papers and organizational records of notable figures, organizations and businesses in the LAs Vegas gay community. The collection is supported by a number of rare monographs and journals that chronicle gay history and the development of the gay community in the United States.
Use requirements
Anyone may use the collections during regular hours.
Services
Research space, copying, audiovisual facilities, reference assistance on site, telephone reference, Internet reference (email/web), and loan agreements for exhibits.
Indices, finding aids, collection descriptions
Finding aid to manuscript collection, typed inventory alphabetically by subject.

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