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Journalist and photographer Sherwin "Scoop" Garside was born in Tonopah, Nevada in 1915. He was the son of Frank Garside, an owner of many newspapers, including the Las Vegas Review, which became the Las Vegas Review-Journal in 1929. Sherwin Garside moved to Las Vegas, Nevada when his father purchased the Las Vegas Review in 1926. Garside graduated from Las Vegas High School, where he earned the nickname "Scoop" writing for the school newspaper, The Desert Breeze.
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The international subject files include materials about gaming and non-gaming topics in Africa, Asia, Australia, Canada, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, the Middle East, and the Pacific Islands dating from approximately 1991 to 2015. The materials include socioeconomic reports, national surveys, annual reports, Alberta Gaming Research Institute materials, conference materials, maps, brochures, booklets, journal articles, periodicals, promotional materials, photographs, audio recordings, video recordings, and newspaper articles. The international subject files focus primarily on gaming and non-gaming topics in Australia and Canada and provide valuable documentation for national and international comparative research.
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The National Indian Gaming Association (NIGA) files document NIGA’s efforts to protect Native American rights through policy-making and the regulation of Native American gaming enterprises. The materials date from 1993 to 2014, with the bulk of materials dating from 1997 to 2001. Materials include research and publications, materials about the Enzi Amendment, and materials about gaming classifications collected by Katherine Spilde while she worked for NIGA. Also included are reports, directories, memos, correspondence, press releases, congressional records, testimonies, interviews, notes, journal articles, photographs, video recordings of NIGA hearings, promotional materials, and newspaper articles.
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L-R: Former Las Vegas Rotary Club President Angelo Manzi, North Las Vegas Mayor Bud Cleland, Colonel Hupp and Las Vegas newspaper journalist and editor John Cahlan. The two men on the right are holding a certificate of appreciation celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the Rotay Club in Las Vegas.
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