Oral history interview with Hughie and Greta Mills conducted by Claytee D. White on April 07, 2011 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. Hughie and Greta Mills discuss living in Charlestown, West Virginia and getting married in 1954 in Brooklyn, New York. Hughie Mills discusses his career as an educator at Columbia University and Greta Mills discusses being a librarian there. They then discuss retiring and moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1989.
Oral history interview with Ruth Annette Mills conducted by Lisa Gioia-Acres on November 20, 2008 for the Heart to Heart Oral History Project. Mills discusses her career as an elementary school teacher in Las Vegas, Nevada and being a community activist in the League of Women Voters. She also discusses her work as a facilitator for the school integration program in Las Vegas and starting the Nevada Health Care Reform Project.
Oral history interview with Catherine Morales-Jackson conducted by Claytee D. White on May 05, 2010 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project Oral History Project. Catherine provides retrospective on a range of library topics the including discussion of the thousands of volumes she bound to the move to Lied Library, a Celebrity Pancake fundraiser to staff parties, and the implementation of a campus parking fee to the various library organizations that she has belonged to over the years.
Oral history interview with Donald C. Moyer conducted by Claytee D. White on April 17, 2007 for the UNLV @ 50 Oral History Project. In this interview Donald Moyer describes coming to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) in 1965 to serve as the president for the university. He discusses getting regents, community members, and the faculty and student body to recognize the needs of the University. He also discusses trying to establish UNLV as a separate entity from the University of Nevada, Reno.
Oral history interview with Jo Mueller conducted by Claytee D. White on August 26, 2011 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. Mueller discusses moving to Las Vegas, Nevada with her husband, Hal Mueller, in 1956 so he could work for the federal government as a meteorologist and was involved with nuclear testing. She also discusses raising their two children and her involvement in the Parent Teacher Association, Weight Watchers, and the League of Women Voters.
Oral history interview with Patricia Mulroy conducted by Claytee D. White on November 18, 2013 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. Mulroy discusses her arrival in Las Vegas, Nevada as a University of Nevada, Las Vegas student. She also discusses water conservation for the Las Vegas Valley, becoming the general manager of the Las Vegas Valley Water District from 1989 to 2014 and the general manager of the Southern Nevada Water Authority from 1993 to 2014.
Oral history interview with William Murphy conducted by Donald Sutherland on February 20, 1972 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview, Murphy discusses his life in Henderson, Nevada. Murphy describes the growth of the city and briefly talks about subjects such as atomic bomb testing, indoor heating, and his career in the U.S. Navy.
Oral history interview with Thomas Nartker conducted by Dr. David Emerson on November 13, 2006 for the UNLV @ 50 Oral History Project. Nartker discusses his careers as a professor of mathematics, a computer scientist for Shell Oil, and a director of the computer center at the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. He also discusses starting the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Information Science Research Institute with Dr. Taghva and doing research on optical character recognition for the Department of Energy.
Oral history interview with Laralee Nelson conducted by Claytee D. White on April 20, 2010 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project Oral History Project. Nelson discusses her career as a cataloger at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Libraries from 1982 to 2010. She also discusses witnessing monumental changes in the library such as changes in leadership, a move from the old Dickinson Library to the new Lied Library, and the impact of the technology on the campus.
Oral history interview with Paulette Nelson conducted by Claytee White on March 2, 2009 for the UNLV @ 50 Oral History Project. Nelson discusses moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1981 and working at the Nevada Test Site for two years. Nelson then talks about being offered a position in the cataloging department at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) Libraries. Lastly, she talks about being supervisor of the Architecture Studies Library for nine years until her retirement in 2009.