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Newspaper clippings about R.F. Perkins, Lost City Museum, Southern Nevada archaeology, Moapa Valley, and Lake Mead areas, 1927-1990
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Maps of Nevada settlements, Moapa Valley, Holy Land, Italy, Ireland, Maya empire, 1958-1995
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Collected publications: Nevada State Parks materials, academic articles, professional journals, historical magazines, and books and manuscripts about archaeology, 1907-1987
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Inventory for collection, undated
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Photograph album with cabinet cards and carte de visite prints, diary with photographs, birthday date book, photographs of Los Angeles, postcards, greeting cards, newspaper clippings, 1875 - 1965
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Gay business directories for Nevada, California, and other North American markets, 1992-1997
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Gay business directories for Las Vegas, 2002-2015
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Series I: Press coverage, media releases, and casino establishment in Jersey (United Kingdom), 2001-2009
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This series, dated 2001-2009, was collected by Peter Collins and includes press coverage, interviews, and media releases about legalized gambling, as well as information dealing with casino establishment in Jersey, a British Crown dependency. The majority of the press coverage and releases relate to the United Kingdom (UK), primarily in relation to the passage of legislation and discussion regarding large casino gambling in metropolitan areas of the UK in addition to Jersey.
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Series II: Academic research papers and multimedia, 1992-2010 and undated
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This series (1992-2010) contains academic research papers collected by Peter Collins and include papers authored by Collins. It also includes a DVD copy of a keynote speech from an academic conference, VHS tapes related to casino development, and several unidentifiable partial papers.
The scope of the research is both general and country-specific and deals primarily with issues of problem gambling, ethics, and legalization. Additional materials are specific to three academic researchers; William Eadington of the University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada, Robert Ladouceur of Université Laval de Québec, Canada, and Barry Standish, of the University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
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United Kingdom academic papers
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