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Casino, racetrack, sports betting, and hospitality industry facilities and corporations files, 1975-2000

Level of Description

Sub-Series

Scope and Contents

Materials contain management and operational control procedure manuals, reports, statistics, pamphlets, informational packets, and newspaper articles about gaming facilities and corporations collected by Gary W. Royer for consulting purposes in his role as a gaming consultant and President of Casino Control Corporation (CCC) (1975-2000). Materials are primarily comprised of management and operation control procedure manuals and research files about various gaming facilities in Nevada. Also included is data compiled by Royer that include company profiles, financial data, type of gaming conducted on premises, notes, and record of owners and key employees.

Archival Collection

Gary W. Royer Collection on Gaming
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Collection Number: MS-00658
Collection Name: Gary W. Royer Collection on Gaming
Box/Folder: N/A

Archival Component

Flora Dungan Papers

Identifier

MS-00193

Abstract

Flora Dungan Papers (1929-1974) contain high school and university records, certificates, newspaper clippings, press releases, notes, correspondence, and booklets about her life and political activism in Nevada. Also included are Legislative materials, an audio cassette tape, a copy of the Nevada Constitution, and an oil painting of Flora Dungan.

Archival Collection

Transcript of interview with Alice Key by Claytee D. White, February 17, 1997

Date

1997-02-17

Archival Collection

Description

Interview with Alice Key conducted by Claytee D. White on February 17, 1997. Dancer, writer, and community activist, Key served as Deputy Labor Commissioner for the State of Nevada and leader of the NAACP in Las Vegas. As a newspaper reporter, she exposed the separation of blood plasma according to race in World War II. With Bob Bailey, Key created the first all-black television show in the nation and a radio program, interviewing black entertainers in a talk-show format.

Text

Publicity photographs of Howard Hughes and Hughes aircraft and clippings about technical drawings of Hughes aircraft: photograph album

Date

1940 (year approximate) to 1980 (year approximate)

Description

From the David Rea Collection of Howard Hughes Publicity Photographs (PH-00400). This collection is comprised of publicity photographs of Howard Hughes and his aircrafts, from approximately the 1940s to the 1950s, that were compiled by David Rea, former pilot for Hughes Aircraft Company. This collection also includes clippings and technical drawings of Hughes aircrafts. Note: Newspaper clippings were not digitized, but are available in the reading room. All digital objects from this collection are part of a photographic album.

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