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Photograph of Hal Erickson and Robbins Cahill, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, April 1977

Date

1977-04

Description

Hal Erickson and Robbins Cahill looking at his 5-volume oral history at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Typed description provided with image: "Robbine Cahill Oral History Transcript. [April 01, 1979, L-R: Hal Erickson; Robbins Cahill]. State regulation of gaming in Nevada began with Robbins Cahill. As early as 1945 when we became a member of the nevada State Tax Commission, Cahill had been in part responsible for enforcement of the state's first gaming regulations. When Nevada's Gaming Control Board was established in 1955, Cahill became its first chairman. With his encyclopedic memory Robbins Cahill is the most authoritative figure on gaming history in Nevada. His six-volume oral history is the richest and most vivid source of information in Nevada on the development of state gaming regulation."

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Telegram from A. M. Folger (Las Vegas) to William Reinhardt (Los Angeles), October 10, 1948

Date

1948-10-10

Archival Collection

Description

The Chamber of Commerce had been trying to push people into voting for the creation of the Las Vegas Valley Water District, but considerable opposition had been forming. Folger asks for permission to present true facts about the issue to people through radio and the press.

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Transcript of interview with Charles A. Bennett by Michael Kulwin, March 5, 1979

Date

1979-03-05

Description

Michael E. Kulwin interviews co-worker Charles A. Bennett (b. 1914) at his home. Bennett discusses early gaming figures, real estate, Howard Hughes, and casino development. Bennett also weighs in on the Carol Lombard plane crash tragedy, and the early atomic bomb tests conducted in Nevada.

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