Skip to main content

Search the Special Collections and Archives Portal

Search Results

Display    Results Per Page
Displaying results 1 - 10 of 490

Jay Sarno Papers

Identifier

MS-00548

Abstract

This collection is comprised of publicity and promotional materials documenting the Caesar's Palace Hotel and Casino Resort and the Circus Circus Hotel and Casino Resort. Both resorts were a result of hotel and casino developer Jay Sarno. There is a small amount of material on Sarno in the collection such as newspaper clippings, a press release, and a copy of Sarno's FBI investigation file. The collection includes property records, magazine and newspaper clippings, informational brochures from the two properties, press kits, and a small amount of correspondence. It also includes a prospectus and stock offerings for Sarno's never-realized Grandissimo Hotel and Casino resort that would have been built on Interstate 15 to the west of the Las Vegas Strip.

Archival Collection

Photograph of Jay Sarno, 1950s

Date

1950 to 1959

Archival Collection

Description

Portrait of Jay Sarno. Stamped on photo: "PROOF."

Image

Photograph of Jay Sarno, 1960s

Date

1960 to 1969

Archival Collection

Description

An informal portrait of Jay Sarno.

Image

Jay Sarno Photograph Collection

Identifier

PH-00347

Abstract

The Jay Sarno Photograph Collection (1947-1983) contains photographs from hotel and casino developer Jay Sarno. The photographs primarily depict Sarno and his family. The photographs also depict some of Sarno's development projects, including Circus Circus, Caesars Palace, and the Grandissimo. The photographs depict construction of the hotels, events, and famous figures.

Archival Collection

Photograph of Jay Sarno, circa 1950

Date

1950 to 1955

Archival Collection

Description

Portrait of Jay Sarno.

Image

Jay Sarno, 1971

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Jay Sarno Photograph Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00347
Collection Name: Jay Sarno Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Digital File 00

Archival Component

Photograph of Jay Sarno, circa 1977

Date

1976 to 1978

Archival Collection

Description

Jay Sarno wearing a tuxedo.

Image

Photograph of Jay Sarno, circa 1935

Date

1937 to 1947

Archival Collection

Description

Jay Sarno, standing outdoors, as a young man. Unknown location.

Image

Jay Sarno Jr. oral history interview

Identifier

OH-02242

Abstract

Oral history interview with Jay Sarno Jr. conducted by David G. Schwartz on March 25, 2008 for the Remembering Jay Sarno Oral History Project. In this interview, Sarno Jr. discusses his personal history growing up in Atlanta, Georgia and eventually moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1965. Sarno Jr. describes his father, Jay Sarno, opening Caesars Palace Hotel and Casino and Circus Circus Hotel and Casino. He recalls what it was like to live with his father and becoming involved with his businesses. Lastly, Sarno Jr. talks about the negative assumptions associated with being the son of Sarno.

Archival Collection

Photograph of Jay Sarno seated at a desk, 1971

Date

1971

Archival Collection

Description

Profile view of Jay Sarno seated at a desk, unknown location.

Image