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UNLV Libraries Collection of Articles on Gaming and Las Vegas, Nevada Topics
The UNLV Libraries Collection of Articles on Gaming and Las Vegas, Nevada Topics consists of photocopied periodicals and book chapters on a wide variety of gaming and general Las Vegas, Nevada topics. The majority of the collection material focuses on problem gambling and were copied from psychology, psychiatry, and addiction journals originating in the United States and Europe. Original dates of publication range from approximately 1837 to 1999. Other topics include tourism, southern Nevada history, and Howard Hughes' influence in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Transcript of interview with Charles Salton by George Green, April 23, 1976
Interview with Charles Salton by George Green on April 23, 1976. Salton discusses arriving in Las Vegas in 1929, after his family had moved from New Jersey to Huntington Beach, California. His father sold real estate, and expected a boom after the authorization for the construction of Hoover Dam. His father was involved in bootlegging and then owned Al's Bar, a drinking and gambling establishment, on the alley at South First Street. Salton describes the area around Fremont Street and Las Vegas Boulevard with businesses and grocery stores, the grammar school and high school, and the hospital. Salton talks about his social activities, including involvement in the Jewish Community Center (Temple Beth Sholom), and several of the bars, clubs and casinos in the area. He briefly discusses the mob influence in the casinos versus corporate ownership and then speaks about the education system in Clark County.
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Gamble, W. H. (William H.)
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