The S. R. Shapiro Collection (1799, 1960-1979) contains gaming instructions, pamphlets, menus, promotional material from travel agents and casinos, and correspondence from Las Vegas, Nevada casinos and casinos around the world. There is also a copy of a French natural history book titled Memories de la Societe d'histoire naturelle de Paris dated 1799. Inside the book are attached advertisements and lottery announcements from English newspapers.
The S. R. Shapiro Collection (1799, 1960-1979) contains gaming instructions, correspondence, pamphlets, menus, and promotional material from travel agents and casinos around the world; including Venice, Monte Carlo, Curacao, Paris, Miami, Las Vegas, Panama, Mexico, and Aruba. There is also a copy of a French natural history book titled Memoires de la Societe d'histoire naturelle de Paris dated 1799. Inside the book are attached advertisements and lottery announcements from English newspapers. The collection also contains an oil painting of the southwestern desert landscape by Ulla Praxl.
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.
S. R. Shapiro Collection, 1799, 1960-1979. MS-00085. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.
Collection was donated in five increments from 1974 to 1977 by S. R. Shapiro; accession numbers 74-25, 75-32, 75-101, 77-172, and 77-218.
In 2018, as part of an archival backlog elimination project, Joyce Moore revised the collection description to bring it into compliance with current professional standards. In 2019, Sarah Jones added additional material into the finding aid.