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Native American gaming management and operational control files, 1986-2009
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Materials contain management and operational control procedure manuals, reports, and gaming compacts (1986-2009) from various Native American nations collected by Gary W. Royer. The subseries includes reports and manuals for operations at the Tulalip Resort Casino operated by the Tulalip Tribes of Washington. Also included are legislation, reports, and newspaper articles about the legalization and regulation of Native American gaming at the US federal level.
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Collection Name: Gary W. Royer Collection on Gaming
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Jet Pilot, 1948 to 1966
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The Jet Pilot sub-series (1948-1966) contains material related to the development, production, and post-production of the RKO Radio Pictures film, Jet Pilot (1957). Records include advertising and publicity, censorship, distribution, editing, legal, production and direction, and story development, as well as film soundtracks. Types of materials include newspaper and magazine clippings, billing sheets, pressbooks, paintings, correspondence, editor notes, music scores and sheets, contracts and agreements, daily film and printing reports, and screenplays.
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Collection Name: Howard Hughes Film Production Records
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Lucille "Seely" Cragin Papers
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The Lucille "Seely" Cragin Papers contain materials documenting the public relations activities of Cragin and her husband, former Las Vegas Mayor Ernie W. Cragin. The collection dates from 1926 to 1957 and is comprised of newspaper clippings, correspondence, memorabilia, and photographs. The majority of this collection focuses on the christening of the cargo ship the S.S. Las Vegas Victory, which she helped sponsor. This material was formerly known as the Mrs. E. W. Cragin Papers.
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Albert E. Wile Papers
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The Albert E. Wile Papers (1941-1973) contain the papers of Albert Wile, who served as a police captain in Las Vegas, Nevada in the 1940s. Wile oversaw the city jail; his papers include correspondence from and about inmates and inventories and records of the Las Vegas City Jail. It also includes personal correspondence of Wile and some newspaper clippings about law enforcement in Las Vegas and North Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Benjamin F. Smith Papers
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The Benjamin F. Smith Papers, dated from 1960 to 1969, contains a photocopy of a typed manuscript written by Benjamin F. Smith titled "Lady Luck and I." The manuscript details Smith's life, and focuses mainly on his time in Las Vegas, Nevada and his gambling strategies. The manuscript also contains gambling plays, figures, and charts. The collection also contains photocopied newspaper clippings and a brief biography of Smith written by Larry Evans.
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William Rehn oral history interview
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Oral history interview with William Rehn conducted by Melissa Valentine on February 15, 1979 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview, Rehn discusses how he believes people have changed in Las Vegas, Nevada since he moved there in 1939. Rehn bemoans how African Americans were treated and segregated in Las Vegas, and describes his career as a political cartoonist. He describes clubs in Las Vegas and their connection to organized crime, as well as the inner workings of the casinos and their relation to the economy.
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