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Emails, notes, and journal articles about the Harvard Medical School Institute for Research on Pathological Gambling and Related Disorders; Harvard Medical School Institute for Research on Pathological Gambling and Related Disorders, "Considering Gambling as Public Health Toxin: Strategies and Tactics for Quantifying Gambling Exposure" report; and Harvard Medical School Institute for Research on Pathological Gambling and Related Disorders, "Gambling and Related Mental Disorders: A Public Health Analysis" report, 2002
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Katherine A. Spilde Papers on Native American Gaming
Box/Folder: Box 73
Archival Component
Newspaper articles about joint enterprises involving the Agua Caliente ʔivitem (Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians of the Agua Caliente Indian Reservation), Iviatim and Maarenga'yam (Morongo Band of Mission Indians), Cabazon ʔivitem (Cabazon Band of Mission Indians), Yuhaviatam (San Manuel Band of Mission Indians), Viejas Kumeyaay (Viejas [Baron Long] Group of Capitan Grande Band of Mission Indians of the Viejas Reservation), 2000-2003
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Katherine A. Spilde Papers on Native American Gaming
Box/Folder: Box 2
Archival Component
Radio interview with McBride conducted by Nevada State Archivist and historian Guy Louis Rocha about McBride's work in Boulder City and Hoover Dam history; Boulder City murder and suicide cases included in McBride's book-in-progress Blood in the Gravy; and McBride's then book-in-progress, Out of the Neon Closet: Queer Community in the Silver State [side A: 25:28; side B: 26:05], audiocassette, 2000 September 25
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Dennis McBride Personal Papers
Box/Folder: Box 43 (Restrictions apply), Digital File 00 (Restrictions apply)
Archival Component
Awards, correspondence, memoranda, and newspaper clippings about Janice Allen's work with various organizations, primarily the Las Vegas Junior League and Beta Sigma Phi; publications including The Torch of Beta Sigma Phi, Junior League 50th Anniversary Commemorative Book, The Sands and the Copa Room Commemorative Scrapbook, the Junior League publication The Sage, and Las Vegas: 1905 to 1965 book, 1957 to 2011
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Janice Allen Papers
Box/Folder: Box 01
Archival Component
Gaming legislation: newspaper articles about gambling legislation in England and a report on Statutory Instruments, London, England; state of Illinois tax forms; copy of a Massachusetts Act on raffles and bazaars; congressional record of 92th Congress, first session; report on New York State lottery and a report on New York city police brutality; memorandum of First International Conference on Gambling; dictionary of police terms used in Knapp Commission hearings; a photocopy of article of "Casino sued by attorney," and a copy of The Sportsman Magazine, 1950 to 1971
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: UNLV Libraries Collection of Gaming Artifacts and Ephemera
Box/Folder: Box 13
Archival Component
T-Shirt Color: Blue; Front: Hook & Ladder No. 9 Dedicated To The Firefighters The United States Of America; Back: Heroes Go About Their Routine Business Of Living, Laughing, And Loving. They Make Sacrifices, Not Headlines. They Touch Hearts And Change Lives, Have High Hopes, Low Profiles And The Admiration Of All Who Recognize Them As True Heroes.; Handwritten Text: FF SQ 18 FDNY Timothy Haskell - It's Hard To Deal With The Fact The You're Gone, The Laughs, And Jokes That We Have Shared Are What I Have To Remember. Thanks For Being My Bro! Watch Over Me. See Ya. - J. Myers, You Are Carried In Our Hearts. - T. Myers, approximately 2001-2012
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: New York-New York Hotel and Casino 9-11 Heroes Tribute Collection
Box/Folder: Box 289
Archival Component
Clippings: "Panorama Goes Clubbing," photo of Wilbur and Toni Clark, undated; Eddie Griffith, "Wilbur Clark Leave for Las Vegas," 1944-06-13; "Fair Women, Gallant Men Will Be There," Las Vegas Sun, 1961-01-15; "Desert Inn's Wilbur Clark: From Bellhop to Bigshot," undated; "Wins Fashion Honor," 1958-10-29; "The Midnight Earl" about Toni Clark's visit to Howard Hughes, Las Vegas Review-Journal, 1971-03-08; "A Town Remembers," Las Vegas Review-Journal, 1983-02-10; undated clipping of Wilbur and Toni Clark in Las Vegas; "Wilbur Clark Acquitted in Tax Case," Los Angeles Herald Examiner, 1954-08-04; "Attend Ball," undated; "Cite Toni Clark as One of 14 US 'Best Dressed,'" 1958-10-28, 1944-1983
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Wilbur and Toni Clark Papers
Box/Folder: Box 1
Archival Component
Audio clip from interview with Marilyn Glovinsky and Melissa Lemoine, April 2, 2015
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Marilyn Glovinsky talks about growing up Jewish in New York "without thinking about it," and the decision to send her daughter to Hebrew School in Las Vegas.
Sound
Transcript of interview with Russell Grater by Frederick Dougan, February 10, 1977
Date
Archival Collection
Description
On February 10, 1977, Frederick Dougan interviewed Russell Grater (born 1907 in Lebanon, Indiana) about his career in the U.S. National Park Service. Grater first talks about his move to the Southern Nevada area and his work that impacted the Hoover Dam project. He then talks about the town of St. Thomas, Nevada, the Lost City, and the activities of tourists. Grater also talks about his work in excavation, the indigenous American Indian tribes of the area, findings on petroglyphs, and the types of wildlife that were found in the area. He later talks about findings related to fossils, gold mining, the effects of World War II on the dam project, and vegetation in the area.
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Daniel A. Moore interview, March 3, 1979: transcript
Date
Archival Collection
Description
On March 3, 1979, Norwood Germany Jr. interviewed Daniel A. Moore (b. 1939 in Fort Worth, Texas) about his life in Las Vegas, Nevada. Moore begins by speaking about his move to Las Vegas from Utah at a young age, his education and his work in construction and at the Las Vegas McCarran Airport. Moreover, Moore speaks about his involvement with church and his recreational hobbies such as bowling. Moore also spends time speaking about the African American population in Las Vegas, the jobs available to them, racial tensions in his young adulthood versus his children’s experiences, and the segregation of black communities into the Las Vegas Westside. Lastly, he talks about the city’s growth, tourism and the economy, the development of different shopping centers and malls, and the city’s law enforcement.
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