Abstract
The Wayne C. Kodey Photographs (1971-2010) consist of 35mm and medium format photographic negatives, positives, and slides featuring the work of former Las Vegas Review-Journal staff photographer Wayne C. Kodey. The photographs include assignments for the Review-Journal and other publications documenting sporting events, entertainment, and general news and special interest stories throughout the Las Vegas Valley and southern Nevada. The collection also contains Kodey’s off-assignment photographic work, which consists of national parks, railroads, landscapes of the Mojave Desert and southwestern United States, and personal travels.
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Scope and Contents Note
The Wayne C. Kodey Photographs (1971-2010) consist of 35mm and medium format photographic negatives, positives, and slides featuring the work of former Las Vegas Review-Journal staff photographer Wayne C. Kodey. The photographs include assignments for the Review-Journal and other publications documenting sporting events, entertainment, and general news and special interest stories throughout the Las Vegas Valley and southern Nevada.
The collection also contains Kodey’s off-assignment photographic work, which consists of national parks, railroads, landscapes of the Mojave Desert and southwestern United States, and personal travels. Kodey’s work includes several panoramic medium format negatives.
Access Note
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
This material is made available to facilitate private study, scholarship, or research. Material in this collection may be protected by copyright, trademark, privacy, publicity rights, or other interests not owned by UNLV. For commercial use, users must obtain copyright clearance from the Las Vegas Review-Journal. Users are responsible for determining whether permissions are necessary from rights owners for any intended use and for obtaining all required permissions. Please contact UNLV Special Collections and Archives (special.collections@unlv.edu) for additional information.
Arrangement
Materials are arranged by topic.
Biographical / Historical Note
Wayne C. Kodey moved to Las Vegas, Nevada to work for the Las Vegas Review-Journal as a staff photographer in 1979. He photographed news assignments throughout the Las Vegas Valley and southern Nevada for the Review-Journal and was also a contributing photographer to national publications, such as USA Today and Sports Illustrated. Kodey retired from the Review-Journal in 1995. Wayne and his wife, photographer Geri Kodey, ran a local photography equipment store, Casey’s Cameras, from 1995 to 2013. As of 2026, Wayne C. Kodey resides in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Source:
Behlke, Max. "Remote Sales Taxes: A Question of Fairness." State Legislatures Magazine, April 2018. https://documents.ncsl.org/wwwncsl/Magazine/April-2018.pdf
Preferred Citation
Wayne C. Kodey Photographs, 1971-2010. PH-00467. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.
Acquisition Note
Materials were donated in 2025 by Wayne C. Kodey; accession number 2025-099.
Processing Note
In 2025, Landon Paljusaj accessioned the collection. In 2025 and 2026, Alyssa Lalos and Sarah Jones rehoused the photographic negatives into archival sleeves and folders, and Landon Paljusaj arranged and described the materials and wrote the finding aid in ArchivesSpace.
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Acquired by Aaron Mayes, Visual Materials Curator, as part of UNLV Special Collections and Archives holdings on the visual history of the Las Vegas Valley. All material that formed the original gift has been retained.