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Charter Hospital of Las Vegas, Nevada Records on Problem Gambling

Identifier

MS-00320

Abstract

The Charter Hospital of Las Vegas, Nevada Records on Problem Gambling are comprised of various professional papers, reports, articles, and documents related to compulsive gambling and pathological gambling dating from 1968 to 1987. The focus of the records is compulsive gambling, therapy and treatments, and Gambler's Anonymous. Many of the papers included are copies of articles and conference papers about problem gaming.

Archival Collection

UNLV University Libraries Photographs of the Development of the Las Vegas Valley, Nevada

Identifier

PH-00394

Abstract

The UNLV University Libraries Photographs of the Development of the Las Vegas Valley, Nevada (2016-2020) are comprised of digital photographs captured as part of the Special Collections and Archives Building Las Vegas project. Digital photographs shot in the Las Vegas Valley, Nevada, include color images of street scenes, neighborhoods, developments, land use, housing, flood control, parks, traffic patterns, and parts of the tourism corridor including casinos and hotels.

Archival Collection

Slide of the White Pine Motel, Ely, Nevada, 1986

Date

1986

Description

A color image of the neon sign for the White Pine Motel, located in Ely, Nevada. The green and white sign is decorated with little pine trees. A Texaco gas station and another motel sign are visible in the background.

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Film transparency of tornado victims, Nevada, 1931

Date

1931

Description

From left to right, tornado victims Mrs. Joe Leavy, three-year old (Baby) Bell, and what is presumed to be Joe Leavy in Midway City, Nevada. Midway City, now known as Henderson, is located eight miles out of the Hoover Dam highway.

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Film transparency of tornado victims, Nevada, 1931

Date

1931

Description

From left to right, tornado victims Mrs. Joe Leavy, three-year old (Baby) Bell, and what is presumed to be Joe Leavy in Midway City, Nevada. Midway City, now known as Henderson, is located eight miles out of the Hoover Dam highway.

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Nevada Southern University master plan: architectural drawings, image 001

Date

1961-10-26

Description

Diagrammatic sketch of the Nevada Southern University (University of Nevada, Las Vegas) campus from flat file 198 of the James B. McDaniel Architectural Records. This sheet includes rough spatial analyses of building footprints and walkability.

Construction of Nevada Club, image 003: photographic print

Date

1959

Description

Bob Hampton pictured at the Nevada Club construction site.

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Photograph of a stone cabin, Southern Nevada, circa 1870

Date

1868 to 1872

Archival Collection

Description

A stone cabin built in Southern Nevada circa 1870.

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Photograph of University of Nevada, Las Vegas, April 1972

Date

1972-04

Description

An aeria view of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV).

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Maps of flood-prone areas in Las Vegas, Nevada, 1973

Date

1973

Description

'Prepared by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Geological Survey, in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Federal Insurance Administration. 1973.' Sheet 1: Las Vegas NE, Nev.; Sheet 2: Las Vegas SE, Nev.; Sheet 3:Las Vegas SW, Nev.; Sheet 4: Las Vegas NW, Nev. Published by Geological Survey (U.S.). Scale 1:24,000. [1 in. to approx. 2,000 ft.]. Relief shown by contours. Flood information overprinted on U.S. Geological Survey 7.5 minute topographic quadrangles: [sheet 1] Las Vegas NE quadrangle, [sheet 2] Las Vegas SE quadrangle, [sheet 3] Las Vegas SW quadrangle, [sheet 4] Las Vegas NW quadrangle, 1967. Shows areas subject to flooding by a flood that has 1 in 100 chance on the average of occurring in any one year. "Flood boundaries were estimated from: regional stage-frequency relations." Includes notes.

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