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Nevada Council on Problem Gambling Records (MS-00494)

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Date
1962 to 2023
Extent
44.22 Cubic Feet (72 boxes)
37.14 Linear Feet
2,802 digital_files (10.700 GB)
Related People/Corporations
Access Note

Collection is open for research. Where use copies do not exist, production of use copies is required before access will be granted; this may delay research requests. Please contact UNLV Special Collections and Archives for additional information.

Publication Rights

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Related Collections

The following resources may provide additional information related to the materials in this collection:

Arnie and Sheila Wexler Professional Papers, 1976-2006. MS-00579. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/f10605

Bob Weinstein Papers on Problem Gambling, 1945-2024. MS-01194. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/f17j62

Charter Hospital of Las Vegas Collection, MS-00320. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/f1tc70

Julian Taber Collection on Gambling Addiction, 1977-1988. MS-00578. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/f13w4h

Rena Nora Papers on Gambling Addiction, 1978-2009. MS-00584. Special Collections, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/f1g60h

Preferred Citation

Nevada Council on Problem Gambling Records, 1962-2023. MS-00494. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/f10g66

Acquisition Note

Materials were donated in 2004 by Carol O’Hare; accession number 2004-019, and Trey Delap in 2025; accession number 2025-095.

Processing Note

The original box of material was processed by Dana Miller in February 2006. In 2018, Joyce Moore revised and enhanced the collection description to bring it into compliance with current professional standards. In 2025, Landon Paljusaj accessioned the additional 47 boxes of material. In 2026, Tammi Kim and Landon Paljusaj processed the 2025 addition, including rehousing materials, and writing the finding aid in ArchivesSpace. Tammi Kim transferred digital files off of original source media, created access copies, normalized filenames, and entered the descriptions into ArchivesSpace. Original source media that was uningested due to lack of appropriate technical hardware or data corruption remain in their original formats and are described in the inventory. Some word processing documents that are file protected were not converted and remain in their original file formats.

Resource Type
Records
Collection Type
EAD ID
US::NvLN::MS00494
Appraisal Note

Acquired by Su Kim Chung, curator, and Kristian Taketomo, Curator for Gaming Collections, as part of UNLV Special Collections and Archives holdings on problem gambling. Approximately 6 linear feet of duplicates and out of scope material was returned to the donor.

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