Oral history interview with Valerie Murzl conducted by Claytee D. White, Stefani Evans, and Kristian Taketomo for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. Murzl talks about her early life growing up in the Bronx, New York as the daughter of Scottish-Irish and Italian Catholics. Growing up, Murzl watched her father fight for the rights of others and stand firmly against discrimination. Inspired by that and his love for education, Murzl wanted to go to college, but ultimately decided against pursuing higher education.

The Joan Adams Shoofey Papers (approximately 1943-2024) consist of photographs, newspaper clippings, and written anecdotes documenting the life of Las Vegas, Nevada beauty queen, public relations professional, and entrepreneur Joan Adams Shoofey. The photographs detail various aspects of Shoofey's life, including marriages, social events, beauty pageants, and businesses. Notable local and national celebrities and politicians featured in the images include Elvis Presley, Don Rickles, Tom Jones, Sam Boyd, Paul Laxalt, Oscar Goodman, and Oran Gragson, among others.

The El Mundo Spanish Newspaper Records (approximately 2000-2009) consist of contracts, tear sheets, and correspondence relating to advertising in the El Mundo newspaper. The materials detail the process of placing advertisements and notices in the newspaper, including translating English-language copy into Spanish for the newspaper’s primary audience.

The Austine Wood Comarow Papers (1971-2005) consist of newspaper and magazine articles, press releases, brochures, artwork reproductions, exhibit promotions, and audiovisual material relating to the career of artist Austine Wood Comarow. The materials detail Comarow’s career through correspondence with galleries and collaborators, price lists, resumes, and interviews, and document the development of Comarow’s signature art form, Polage, which uses polarized light and cellulose to create colorful images.

The Ann Parenti Midnight Muse Las Vegas Collection (2014-2019) consists of audiovisual materials documenting the Midnight Muse Las Vegas project to recognize the working musicians of Las Vegas, Nevada. The items include the Midnight Muse Las Vegas Milestones in Music compact disc, the documentary film Midnight Muse Las Vegas, Milestones in Music, and one compact disc by musician Nathan Tanouye, Las Vegas Suite, also featuring Clint Holmes and the Las Vegas Jazz Connection. These materials are commercially available.

Oral history interview with Steve Martinez conducted by Claytee D. White and Kristian Taketomo for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. Martinez discusses his early life growing up in the Bay Area of California. After receiving his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in political science, he worked for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), investigating child abuse, mortgage fraud, and counterintelligence. Martinez talks about how his work with the FBI led to moves to El Paso, Texas; Tucson, Arizona; Los Angeles, California; and Las Vegas, Nevada.

Oral history interview with Jshauntae Marshall conducted by Claytee D. White on November 22, 2025 for the African-Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project. In this interview, Marshall recalls her childhood growing up near Chicago, Illinois and attending church with her family. Marshall moved to Las Vegas, Nevada during her senior year of high school and decided to enter the medical field. She first attended the College of Southern Nevada to join the nursing program and later decided to become an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT).

The Keith L. Grove Photographs of Nevada Dance Theatre (1977-1991) consist of black and white photographic negatives and color slides of ballet performances and rehearsals of the Nevada Dance Theatre at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Also included is a Nevada Dance Theatre 20th anniversary souvenir program inscribed to Keith Grove from Vassili Sulich, featuring Grove's photographs.

The Roberta Baskin Shefrin Portfolio (1989-2004) consists of artwork facsimiles, newspaper clippings, photographs, exhibit programs, and the curriculum vitae of Las Vegas-based sculptor Roberta Baskin Shefrin. The materials document Shefrin's scultpure career, including images of her work, interviews and news articles, exhibit fliers and programs, and awards.

Oral history interview with Michael J. Brown conducted by Claytee D. White and Stefani Evans on October 30, 2025 and November 3, 2025 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. In this interview, Brown talks about his early life growing up near Cleveland, Ohio, and his family’s longstanding lineage in Ohio and the Appalachians. Brown became involved with politics at Ohio State University where he was involved with student government. After graduating from Ohio State University, he worked for the U.S.