The Edwin Silberstang Papers (1963-2007) contain rough draft manuscripts, publicity, outlines, and galley notes for a number of the books that were authored by Silberstang. Also included are publisher agreements and correspondence, photographs of Silberstang, book covers, and newspaper clippings. Many of the books that Silberstang wrote were about gaming.
The Edwin Silberstang Papers (1963-2007) contain rough draft manuscripts, publicity, outlines, and galley notes for a number of the books that were authored by Silberstang. Also included are publisher agreements and correspondence, photographs of Silberstang, book covers, and newspaper clippings. Many of the books that Silbrstang wrote were about gaming.
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Materials are arranged alphabetically.
Author Edwin Silberstang was born in New York City, New York on January 11, 1930. He attended the University of Michigan and Columbia Law School before the Korean War interrupted his education. During the conflict, he served in an Army counterespionage unit in New York City. After finishing school at the Brooklyn Law School, he joined his father's law practice. He was successful but unhappy in the profession. While in court one morning, waiting to argue a motion, he began filling his legal pad with a fictional court scene that became the basis for his first crime story titled
Source:
"Edward Silberstang Author and Gambling Expert Dies," accessed August 20, 2018, https://www.reviewjournal.com/business/casinos-gaming/edwin-silberstang-author-and-gambling-expert-dies/
Edwin Silberstang Papers, 1963-2007. MS-00188. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.
Materials were donated by Edwin Silberstang and the family of Edwin Silberstang; accession numbers T-110 and 2013-001.
Material was processed by Christina Molina in 2013. In 2018, as part of an archival backlog elimination project, Joyce Moore rehoused the material, wrote the finding aid and entered the data into ArchivesSpace.