Chris Giunchigliani moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1978 from Johnson County, Kansas. She worked as a bartender while pursuing her Master's in Education (with an emphasis on the emotionally disturbed) at University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). Giunchigliani served in the Nevada State Assembly from 1991 to 2006, and as a Clark County Commissioner.
David G. Bedford is a resident of Las Vegas, Nevada. He collected a series of twenty color photographic prints taken in the early 1980s that depict the previously abandoned Ice House of the Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad. The building was located at 650 South Main Street in Las Vegas, and it was demolished in 1988. Bedford donated this photograph collection to UNLV Special Collections & Archives.
James Berry, Jr. was a native of Las Vegas, Nevada. He collected five black-and-white photographs the areas around Las Vegas taken from approximately 1930 to 1944. The materials include photographs of the Union Pacific Depot, Las Vegas High School, the Las Vegas Downs Racetrack, and the Army Air Force Base in Indian Springs, Nevada. These photographs were donated to UNLV Special Collections & Archives in 1977.
Ilene Bittle (1936-) was an educator from the Clark County School District, and a life-long resident of Henderson, Nevada. Over the years, she collected assorted memorabilia and visual materials from the old Basic High School in Henderson. Materials included scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, event programs and invitations, newsletters, and other school mementos. She donated this collection to UNLV Special Collections & Archives in 1993. She was also a founding member of Friends of Henderson Libraries.
Jennie Briggs is a Las Vegas resident, and an active labor union member working in the hospitality industry. In 2014, she contributed materials to the Las Vegas, Nevada Strip Hotel Labor Relations Collection held at UNLV Special Collections & Archives. This collection is composed of legal documents, correspondence, and human resources manuals and pamphlets related to Las Vegas labor unions from 1963 to 2008.
Jerry L. Bruner is a retired real estate appraiser, and former president of the Las Vegas Appraisal and Construction Finance Corporation, as well as Steffen Holding Corporation. He is the son of Elmo C. Bruner (1906-1973), an architect and appraiser; and Lucile Spire Bruner (1909-1998), an educator and celebrated Las Vegas, Nevada artist.