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File

Archival Collection

Guide to the Canadian Film Centre Worldwide Short Film Festival Submissions
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Collection Number: MS-00615
Collection Name: Guide to the Canadian Film Centre Worldwide Short Film Festival Submissions
Box/Folder: Box 2006-005

Archival Component

UNLV Libraries Collection of Articles on Gaming and Las Vegas, Nevada Topics

Identifier

MS-00626

Abstract

The UNLV Libraries Collection of Articles on Gaming and Las Vegas, Nevada Topics consists of photocopied periodicals and book chapters on a wide variety of gaming and general Las Vegas, Nevada topics. The majority of the collection material focuses on problem gambling and were copied from psychology, psychiatry, and addiction journals originating in the United States and Europe. Original dates of publication range from approximately 1837 to 1999. Other topics include tourism, southern Nevada history, and Howard Hughes' influence in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Archival Collection

Gaming systems

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

UNLV Libraries Collection of Hotel and Casino Promotional and Publicity Materials
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Collection Number: MS-01136
Collection Name: UNLV Libraries Collection of Hotel and Casino Promotional and Publicity Materials
Box/Folder: N/A

Archival Component

Showboat Hotel and Casino promotional video: video

Date

1984-05-11

Description

Footage of early Las Vegas and then shots of Showboat casino interior and exterior as voice narrates a history of the casino and describes features and amenities of the hotel. Footage of gambling floor, guests enjoying different games, the bowling center, boxing matches, entertainers, golf, tennis, and swimming pool, and buffets. Original media U-matic S, color, aspect ratio 4 x 3, frame size 720 x 486. From The Production Company Audiovisual Collection (MS-00930) -- Digitized audiovisual material file.

Moving Image

Steve Bourie Collection of Casino Brochures

Identifier

MS-01078

Abstract

The Steve Bourie Collection of Casino Brochures (approximately 1970-1992) contains brochures advertising casinos predominantly located in Nevada and throughout the United States that were featured in Steve Bourie's book, American Casino Guide. The collection includes brochures for dozens of casino hotels, riverboat casinos, off-reservation casinos, as well as some general tourism guides.

Archival Collection

Popkin, James and others. America's gambling fever: how casinos empty your wallet, U.S. News and World Report 116(14), 1994 March

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File

Archival Collection

UNLV Libraries Collection of Articles on Gaming and Las Vegas, Nevada Topics
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Collection Number: MS-00626
Collection Name: UNLV Libraries Collection of Articles on Gaming and Las Vegas, Nevada Topics
Box/Folder: Box 18

Archival Component

Lalli, Sergio. Nevada Casinos Enjoy Big Year as Gambling Hits New Heights, Hotel and Motel Management 203(15), 1988 October 17

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File

Archival Collection

UNLV Libraries Collection of Articles on Gaming and Las Vegas, Nevada Topics
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Collection Number: MS-00626
Collection Name: UNLV Libraries Collection of Articles on Gaming and Las Vegas, Nevada Topics
Box/Folder: Box 06

Archival Component

Friedman, Joseph, Simon Hakim and J. Weinblatt. Casino Gambling as a "growth pole" strategy and its effect on crime, Journal of Regional Science 29(4), 1989 November

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

UNLV Libraries Collection of Articles on Gaming and Las Vegas, Nevada Topics
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00626
Collection Name: UNLV Libraries Collection of Articles on Gaming and Las Vegas, Nevada Topics
Box/Folder: Box 16

Archival Component

A roulette game in progress: photographic film

Date

1960 (year approximate) to 1986 (year approximate)

Description

A group of players betting on a roulette wheel at an unidentified location. Slot machines are visible in the background.

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