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UNLV Libraries Collection of Trump Entertainment Resorts, Inc. Promotional Materials and Reports (MS-00992)

Abstract

The UNLV Libraries Collection of Trump Entertainment Resorts, Inc. Promotional Materials and Reports includes financial reports, press releases, press kits, promotional materials, a security handbook, and newspaper and magazine clippings for Trump Entertainment Resorts, Inc. in New York City, New York dating from 1987 to 2007.

Finding Aid PDF

Date

1987 to 2007

Extent

0.65 Cubic Feet (1 box)
0.54 Linear Feet

Scope and Contents Note

The UNLV Libraries Collection of Trump Entertainment Resorts, Inc. Promotional Materials and Reports includes financial reports, press releases, press kits, promotional materials, a security handbook, and newspaper and magazine clippings for Trump Entertainment Resorts, Inc. in New York City, New York dating from 1987 to 2007. This collection contains items previously described as “Prospectus, 10,000,000 shares Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts, Inc. common stock,” “Prospectus, 12,500,000 shares Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts, Inc. common stock,” “Competitor analysis, December 1989,” “Promotional and publicity material: Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort,” “Promotional and publicity material: Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino,” and “Promotional and publicity material: Trump’s Castle Hotel and Casino.”

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

Collection is arranged by material type.

Biographical / Historical Note

Trump Entertainment Resorts, Inc., formerly Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts, is a hotel and casino operator based in New York City, New York. Trump Entertainment Resorts, Inc. previously owned multiple properties, including the Trump Taj Mahal, Trump’s Castle Hotel and Casino, and Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino. However, after multiple bankruptcies and closures of its properties, Trump Entertainment Resorts, Inc. was purchased by Carl Icahn of Icahn Enterprises in 2016. As of 2019, Trump Entertainment Resorts, Inc. exists solely as a subsidiary of Icahn Enterprises, with its last operating property, the Trump Taj Mahal, having closed permanently in 2016.

Sources:

Lopez, Linette. “The Trump Taj Mahal Casino Sold for 4 Cents on the Dollar - Here's How Trump Bankrupted It Twice.” Business Insider, May 10, 2017. https://www.businessinsider.com/how-trump-bankrupted-the-taj-mahal-2017-5.

Parry, Wayne. “Trump's Taj Mahal — the '8th Wonder of the World' — Sold for Pennies on the Dollar.” Chicago Tribune, May 9, 2017. https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-trump-taj-mahal-sold-20170509-story.html.

Tully, Shawn. “How Donald Trump Made Millions Off His Biggest Business Failure.” Fortune, March 10, 2016. https://fortune.com/2016/03/10/trump-hotel-casinos-pay-failure/.

Preferred Citation

UNLV Libraries Collection of Trump Entertainment Resorts, Inc. Promotional Materials and Reports, 1987-2007. MS-00992. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.

Acquisition Note

Materials were acquired periodically by UNLV Special Collections and Archives from a variety of sources; accession number 2019-126.

Processing Note

In 2019, as part of an archival backlog elimination project, Kyle Gagnon compiled the materials from multiple sources that included subject files and previously cataloged materials. Kyle Gagnon wrote the finding aid.

Resource Type

Collection

Collection Type

EAD ID

US::NVLN::MS00992

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