Materials include news reports, annual reports, correspondence, and research notes about hotels and casinos from 1969 to 2006 collected by Eugene Martin Christiansen. The materials primarily consist of newspaper articles, reports by hotel and casino corporations, financial analyses of hotel properties, pamphlets and brochures from hotels and casinos, annual reports, and equity research.

The hotel and casino posters series includes printed material advertising hotel and casino properties, entertainers, shows, and special events held at or by hotels and casinos located primarily in Las Vegas, Nevada from 1980 to 2002. The material also includes posters from Nevada cities outside of Las Vegas, as well as from Atlantic City, New Jersey and international locations.