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US Congress, "Gambling on Indian Reservations and Lands, Hearing before the Select Committee on Indian Affairs, United States Senate, 99th Congress First Session on S. 902" booklet; and US Congress, "Establish Federal Standards and Regulations for the Conduct of Gaming Activities within Indian Country, Hearing before the Select Committee on Indian Affairs, United States Senate, 99th Congress Second Session on S. 902" booklet, 1985, 1986
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Katherine A. Spilde Papers on Native American Gaming
Box/Folder: Box 64
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Transcript of interview with Herb Tobman by Deborah Fischer, March 13, 1981
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Archival Collection
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Interview with Herb Tobman by Deborah Fischer on March 13, 1981. In this interview on the subject of gambling, Herb Tobman talks about moving to Las Vegas while working for Standard Oil as a tire, battery and accessory salesman, then began working for the Moulin Rouge as the general manager in 1955. He gives a description of the hotels on Las Vegas Boulevard and downtown, and the "western" nature of town where people rode horses. Tobman then discusses the types of gambling that were popular: slot machines, blackjack and craps. He also talks about the accommodations (hotels and motels) available in the 1950s, transportation to and from the area, entertainment, and the economy. The interviewer continually asks Tobman to compare 1950s Las Vegas with 1980s Las Vegas in terms of the gambling environment.
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The Golden Nugget: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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Image
Audio clip from interview with Herb Tobman by Deborah Fischer, March 13, 1981
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Archival Collection
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Part of an interview with Herb Tobman on March 13, 1981. In this clip, Tobman discusses moving to Las Vegas, employment, and the gambling industry.
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Peter Collins Papers on International Gaming
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The Peter Collins Papers on International Gaming (1974-2010) consist of materials collected or written by Professor Peter Collins on legalized gambling. The collection includes research papers, industry and government reports, and media reports on the development, legality, economics, and ethics of legalized gambling. Most of the materials focus on gambling in the United Kingdom; the balance of the material covers South Africa, Canada, the United States, the European Union, Australia, some Asian-Pacific nations, and materials not specific to location.
Archival Collection
Arnie and Sheila Wexler Professional Papers
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The Arnie and Sheila Wexler Professional Papers consist of the professional materials dating from 1976 to 2006 of Arnie and Sheila Wexler, compulsive gambling counselors from New Jersey. The papers include documents, articles, videotapes, and audiocassettes on various aspects of problem, compulsive, and pathological gambling.
Archival Collection
Underwater swimming: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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Stephen Powell Bibliography of Gaming Books Held by UNLV
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The Stephen Powell Bibliography of Gaming Books Held by UNLV, 1972 consists of Powell's manuscript cataloging the gambling related books of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas library system at that time. The manuscript accounts for all the gambling books held by UNLV and categorizes each under its corresponding type of gambling. A bound published version of his book can be found in UNLV Special Collections.
Archival Collection
Massachusetts: Wôpanâak of Aquinnah (Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head [Aquinnah]): tribal-state gaming compact; Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development (HPAIED), "Public Policy Analysis of Indian Gaming in Massachusetts" report; Wampanoag chairperson Beverly Wright's testimony to National Gambling Impact Study Commission (NGISC); promotional brochure; Massachusetts House of Representatives Bill Number 5518; Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah), "A Native American Gaming Resort Will Benefit Massachusetts" report; newspaper articles; and press releases, approximately 1995-2002
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Katherine A. Spilde Papers on Native American Gaming
Box/Folder: Box 15
Archival Component
Allan N. Wilson Papers
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The Allan N. Wilson Papers (approximately 1956-1998) contain materials about casino gambling collected by mathematician and computer programmer Allan N. Wilson. Materials primarily include newspaper clippings about casino gambling in Las Vegas, Nevada, information about Gamblers Anonymous, and information about games like blackjack and roulette. The collection also contains correspondence between Wilson and different individuals, such as Stanford Wong of Pi Yee Press, about publications on gambling strategies. Some of the ephemera in this collection includes admission tickets to various casinos in Europe that Wilson visited in 1956.
Archival Collection