The Stephen Powell Papers (1933-1997) contain research bibliographies, indexes, and notecards for his book,
The Stephen Powell Papers (1933-1997) contain research bibliographies, indexes, and notecards for his book,
Collection is open for research.
Materials in this collection may be protected by copyrights and other rights. See Reproductions and Use on the UNLV Special Collections and Archives website for more information about reproductions and permissions to publish.
Materials remain in original order.
Stephen Powell worked as a librarian for Special Collections at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas between 1970 and 1980. Powell created the first published gambling bibliography for Special Collections' holdings related to gaming. Along with Susan (Anderl) Jarvis, Powell developed what would become the Center for Gaming Research, a center dedicated to assisting researchers with topics across the gaming industry, including social, economic, political, and health impact studies.
Stephen Powell Papers, 1933-1997. MS-00555. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.
Materials were donated in 2009; acquisition number 2009-13.
In 2018, as part of an archival backlog elimination project, Lee Hanover rehoused and arranged the materials, wrote the finding aid, and entered the data into ArchivesSpace.