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UNLV University Libraries Collection on Nevada Gaming Fiftieth Anniversary

Identifier

MS-00214

Abstract

The Nevada Gaming Fiftieth Anniversary collection consists of materials dating from 1981 related to the fiftieth anniversary of the legalization of gaming in the state of Nevada. Included in the collection are programs, invitations, and memorabila commemorating the fiftieth anniversary that were collected by the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Special Collections.

Archival Collection

The MGM Grand gaming area in Reno, Nevada: postcard

Date

1940 (year approximate) to 1990 (year approximate)

Description

From the Harvey's Hotel and Casino Postcard Collection (PH-00367) -- MGM Grand Hotel's gaming area in Reno, Nevada.

Image

Photograph of women gambling, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1934-1950

Date

1934 to 1950

Description

Women sit at a table gambling during the Helldorado Days festival.

Image

Organized crime and gambling, 1967-1976

Level of Description

Series

Scope and Contents

The organized crime and gambling series is composed entirely of reference files of newspaper clippings that document organized crime and gambling in general in the United States.

Archival Collection

Howard Hughes Public Relations Reference Files
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Collection Number: MS-00380
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Reference Files
Box/Folder: N/A

Archival Component

"Gambling Behavior", 1982

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Julian Taber Collection on Gambling Addiction
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Collection Number: MS-00578
Collection Name: Julian Taber Collection on Gambling Addiction
Box/Folder: Box 02 (Restrictions apply)

Archival Component

Postcard of gun fight gambling scene, 1954

Date

1954

Description

A postcard illustrating a gambling scene where someone is cheating. The caption reads, "When a pair of sixes beats aces: Surprised in the act of padding his hand with aces fed to him by the town roust-about, the crooked gambler looks into the muzzles of a pair of six guns". The depiction is from an original oil painting by Ernest Reedstrom.

Image

Steufen, Randall M., et al, "Study of Gambling Participation and Problem Gambling (South Dakota)", 1993

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Peter Collins Papers on International Gaming
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Collection Number: MS-00785
Collection Name: Peter Collins Papers on International Gaming
Box/Folder: Box 09

Archival Component

National Council on Problem Gambling, "Problem and Pathological Gambling in America: The National Picture" report, 1997 January

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Gary W. Royer Collection on Gaming
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Collection Number: MS-00658
Collection Name: Gary W. Royer Collection on Gaming
Box/Folder: Box 140

Archival Component

Massachusetts: Daniel E. Bosley's Massachusetts House of Representatives testimony on gaming; email correspondence and newsletter from the Massachusetts Council on Compulsive Gambling; and newspaper articles, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2004

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Katherine A. Spilde Papers on Native American Gaming
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Collection Number: MS-00092
Collection Name: Katherine A. Spilde Papers on Native American Gaming
Box/Folder: Box 14

Archival Component

Texas: Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas: constitution; National Gambling Impact Study Commission (NGISC) report and correspondence; historical essay; fact sheets; and newspaper article on gaming, 1996-1999

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Katherine A. Spilde Papers on Native American Gaming
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Collection Number: MS-00092
Collection Name: Katherine A. Spilde Papers on Native American Gaming
Box/Folder: Box 23

Archival Component