Oral history interview with Frances R. Peterson conducted by Claytee D. White on October 24, 2025 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. In this interview, Peterson describes her childhood in St. Louis, Missouri and Davenport, Iowa. At the age of nineteen, she relocated to Las Vegas, Nevada where she worked at Sunrise Hospital from 1974 to 2008. She recalls watching the hospital expand from its initial single building, and helping implement the computer system at the hospital. Peterson also enjoys entertainment, and frequents the Smith Center for ballet and other performances.

Oral history interview with Homero "Alex" Garza and Crisanta "Cris" Marshall conducted by Claytee D. White and Stefani Evans on October 28, 2025 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. In this interview, the two siblings describe their childhood and experience as children of immigrants living in Nevada. Cris, born in Ojinaga, Mexico, and Alex, born in Bunkerville, Nevada lived with their parents, who immigranted to Nevada when Cris was young, to work on ranches in Bunkerville, Hiko, and Alamo, Nevada.

This collection is unprocessed. See Access Note for more information. The Wayne C. Kodey Photographs (approximately 1977-1996) consist of photographic negatives and positives in 35mm and 120 formats featuring the work of former Las Vegas Review-Journal photographer Wayne C. Kodey. The materials consist of assignments done during his work with the Review-Journal, as well as personal projects and work for other clients.

Oral history interview with Richard W. Dieleman conducted by Claytee D. White and Stefani Evans on October 21, 2025 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. In this interview, Dieleman describes his childhood and moving to Las Vegas, Nevada at age two so his father could work on building Hoover Dam. He recalls growing up in Boulder City, people watching on Fremont Street, and the yearly Helldorado parades. His father later started Jake's Crane and Rigging, which led Dieleman to work primarly in crane operation services.

The Clark County School District Community Partnership Photographs consist mostly of photographic prints and slides that depict various activities of the Clark County School District (CCSD) Community Partnership program, which include teacher training events and classes, student career days, community outreach, local business and organization involvement, and holiday events. Also included in the collection are newspaper clippings, newsletters, audiovisual material, and born-digital files.

Oral history interview with Sandra Stupak conducted by Claytee D. White on October 12, 2020 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. In this interview, Stupak describes her early life in a rural town outside of Melbourne, Australia. While working at radio station in Melbourne, Sandra met her future husband, Bob Stupak, and the couple eventually relocated to Las Vegas, Nevada. Sandra describes the process of acquiring funding, gaming licenses, and eventually opening Vegas World in 1979 and the Stratosphere in 1996.

Oral history interview with Susan Lowe Shlisky conducted by Claytee D. White on November 23, 2022 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. In this interview, Shlisky describes growing up in Las Vegas, Nevada after moving with her family at the age of five. She describes working at the Sahara Hotel from a young age, eventually working in the pit on the casino floor. She then moved on to long career working at the Internal Revenue Service and the U.S. Department of Labor.

The Barbara G. Brents Professional Papers (1982-2025) contain materials representing sociologist Barbara "Barb" Brents's academic career as a faculty member in the Department of Sociology at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). In particular, the materials document Brents's research on the political economy of sex workers in Nevada and the culminating scholarly output including papers and her co-authored monograph, The State of Sex: Tourism, Sex and Sin in the New American Heartland.