Abstract
The Charles J. Hirsch Photographic Slide Collection (approximately 1956-1987) is comprised of forty-six color slides that depict gaming tables, gaming cards and dice, slot machines, captured cheating devices, and statistical graphs from the Golden Nugget Casino, located in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Scope and Contents Note
The Charles J. Hirsch Photographic Slide Collection (approximately 1956-1987) is comprised of forty-six color slides that depict gaming tables, gaming cards and dice, slot machines, captured cheating devices, and statistical graphs from the Golden Nugget Casino, located in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Access Note
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
Materials in this collection may be protected by copyrights and other rights. See Reproductions and Use on the UNLV Special Collections and Archives website for more information about reproductions and permissions to publish.
Arrangement
Materials remain as they were received.
Biographical / Historical Note
Charles Joseph Hirsch was born in New York City, New York in 1912 and attended Pace University, where he earned a bachelor's degree in Accounting and Business Administration in 1938. In 1950, Hirsch was hired by the Golden Nugget, Inc. in Las Vegas, Nevada, where he served as Chief Accounting Officer, Controller, and Assistant Corporate Secretary until 1970. Charles J. Hirsch passed away on July 3, 2002.
Source:
Charles J. Hirsch Papers, 1952-1987. MS-00291. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries,
University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.
Preferred Citation
Charles J. Hirsch Photographic Slide Collection, approximately 1956-1987. PH-00233. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Acquisition Note
Materials were donated in February and August 1987 by Charles Hirsch; accession number 1987-151.
Processing Note
In 2020, as part of an archival backlog elimination project, Joseph Puentes wrote the finding aid and
entered the data into ArchivesSpace.