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Gaming research files, 1950 to 1987

Level of Description

Series

Scope and Contents

The gaming research files (1950-1987) contain newspaper clippings, correspondence, brochures, bulletins, articles, and chapters for one of Clark's books on gaming. There are also note cards of gambling terms used in the casino industry, gambling guides, and information on a lexicon of gaming and gambling.

Archival Collection

Thomas Clark Professional Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00307
Collection Name: Thomas Clark Professional Papers
Box/Folder: N/A

Archival Component

Problem gambling

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

William R. Eadington Professional Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00646
Collection Name: William R. Eadington Professional Papers
Box/Folder: N/A

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Postcard of gambling painting by A. A. Lesrel, Baltimore (Md.), 1907

Date

1907

Description

A postcard illustrating a group of men playing poker with the caption, "A Game of Cards by A. A. Lesrel in the Collection of Haussner's Restaurant, famous for fine food and fine art". A map with directions to Haussner's Restaurant is on back.

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Sahara Hotel craps gaming guide: postcard

Date

1952 (year approximate) to 2000 (year approximate)

Description

Craps Gaming Guide - advertising the Hotel Sahara, Las Vegas.

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Aikaterine Vervilos Collection on Public Policy and Gaming Markets

Identifier

MS-00554

Abstract

The Aikaterine Vervilos Collection on Public Policy and Gaming (1962-2001) consists of materials collected by Aikaterine Vervilos, an Arizona attorney, for her University of Nevada, Reno master's thesis, "Public Policy and the New Casino Gaming Markets." The collection contains reports on gambling law and horse racing, legal proceedings, and studies related to horse racing, simulcast and off-track betting, peri-mutual gaming, Native American gaming in the United States.

Archival Collection

Postcard of Bill Friedman gambling, 1970s

Date

1970 to 1979

Description

Bill Friedman giving a gaming demonstration. He was a professor for the University of Nevada, Las Vegas' College of Hotel Administration for a decade and then went on to simultaneously be the president of Castaways Hotel and Casino and the Silver Slipper Casino in Las Vegas. Friedman is currently the president of Friedman management Group.

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International Association of Gaming Attorneys Collection

Identifier

MS-00250

Abstract

The International Association of Gaming Attorneys (IAGA) collection is comprised of materials collected from various corporations and casinos in Nevada and New Jersey, ranging from 1977 to 1986. There are a wide array of documents including: gaming license applications from corporations in Nevada and New Jersey, copies of casino control acts from New Jersey, gaming publications, gaming-conference proceedings, gaming commission reports, newsletters and correspondence of the National Association of Gaming Attorneys (NAGA).

Archival Collection

Stephen Powell Bibliography of Gaming Books Held by UNLV

Identifier

MS-00060

Abstract

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

Photograph of Gambling Club, 1910-1920

Date

1910 to 1920

Archival Collection

Description

Men posing around a table at a gambling club. Standing 4th from the left is John Wesley Horden.

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Postcard of skeletons smoking and gambling, Cheshire (Conn.), August 3, 1906

Date

1906-08-03

Description

A postcard illustrating a table of skeletons playing poker with the title, "Dead Game Sports"

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