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Telegram to John Sparks from Theodore Roosevelt. ID: 2015-24_2_1_13_3

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A graphic mock-up of the road from Nevada to Washington, D.C. that appeared in Senator Paul Laxalt's Washington Update newsletter from 1983 (83-01_5_2_1087, Special Collections and University Archives)

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Announcing the Bruce & Nora James Visiting Scholar Award for the Study of Nevada Politics and Public Service
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