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Transcript of interview with Ralph Daly by Charles Malkowski, February 25, 1977
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Financial and economic reports, 1950 to 2017
Materials include reports on gambling (dating from 1950 to 2013) written or compiled by Eugene Martin Christiansen. The reports analyze the economic effects of gambling, the feasibility of building or relocating gambling establishments, legal and legislative restrictions on gaming, the financial risk of investing in gaming establishments, the social and cultural impacts of gambling, problem gambling, and the economic future of gambling activities such as horse racing. The reports were written by Christiansen, Christiansen Capital Advisors (previously known as Christiansen/Cummings Associates), financial institutions, and other academics and consultants.
Collection Name: Eugene Martin Christiansen Papers
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UNLV Libraries Collection of Gaming Research Files
The UNLV Libraries Collection of Gaming Research Files is a collection of materials that date between approximately 1900 and 2019. The collection mainly consists of materials relating to conferences and expositions, gaming research files, and gaming technology and equipment catalogs. The conference and exposition materials include registration books, pamphlets, and printouts. The gaming research contains annual reports from different casinos and universities, as well as newspaper clippings and website printouts. The subject files are organized by state or international location, and contain clippings, printouts, and pamphlets related to different aspects of gaming. Gaming technology companies, software, and equipment catalogs are also found within the collection. The collection also contains DVDs, tapes, and several books on gaming practices as well as newspaper clippings, brochures, and documents related to problem gambling.
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Gathering of Shoshone Indians in Lone Pine, California: photographic print
From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VI. Tonopah, Nevada -- Subseries VI.C. Hooper Family. Mayme Hooper was present, but not pictured, at this gathering of Shoshone Indians in Lone Pine, California. Those present are playing an Indian gambling game.
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Photograph of people camping on Las Vegas Creek, 1880 - early 1900s
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Gamble, J.C., 1936-
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John R. Shown oral history interview
Oral history interview with John R. Shown conducted by Robert E. Pilgreen on March 18, 1978 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview, Shown discusses his personal history living in Las Vegas, Nevada since 1953. Shown then describes casinos that were built during his lifetime, and recalls the development of the Las Vegas Strip. Shown then discusses gambling, and the effect that gambling has on the Las Vegas economy.
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Patricia Lappin interview, February 26, 1980: transcript
From the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas collection OH-01063. On February 26, 1980, Nancy Bright interviewed school teacher, Patricia Lappin (born April 14th, 1924 in Denver, Colorado) at Robert L. Taylor Elementary School in Henderson, Nevada. The interview covers Boulder City, Nevada around Hoover Dam. The two discuss the different gambling habits between Southern Nevada locals and Las Vegas tourists. During the latter half of the interview, the two speak at length about the impact of nuclear waste on Nevada. Lappin explains the unique issues that Southern Nevada faces as one of three states to accept nuclear waste.
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Transcript of interview with Victor Givens by LeGary Stowers, March 15, 1981
On March 15, 1981, LeGary Stowers interviewed Victor Givens (born 1958 in Las Vegas, Nevada) about his profession in the gaming industry, specifically as a table games dealer. Givens first talks about his family background and then talks about his educational, occupational, and residential histories. He then talks about the various qualities required of individuals who work in the casino industry, his beliefs regarding religion and gambling, and some of the motivations and goals that are present for those within the field of gaming.
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Laws and gaming regulation files, 1948 to 2005
Materials include state, federal, and international legislation concerning gambling, news reports about gaming regulation, and reports about gaming from 1948 to 2005 collected by Eugene Martin Christiansen. The materials are primarily comprised of news articles, reports, and legislation concerning legal gambling in the United States at the state level. The materials also include news reports about gambling in various countries and how the governments of those countries regulate legal gambling or enforce bans on illegal gambling.
Collection Name: Eugene Martin Christiansen Papers
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