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Photograph of table games area in Stardust, Las Vegas (Nev.), circa 1974

Date
1973 to 1975
Description
Gamblers surround the "21" tables in the Stardust Hotel casino. A large golden chandelier hangs above the table area, and each table has a casino employee standing nearby. To the right, the Palm Room coffee shop is visible. The color photograph was taken before the casino was renovated in the mid 1970s. Site Name: Stardust Resort and Casino Street Address: 3000 South Las Vegas Boulevard

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Transcript of interview with John J. Delibos by Claytee D. White, October 2, 2012

Date
2012-10-02
Description
With roots in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, John J. Delibos epitomizes a true Las Vegan. At the age of eight, his family moved from Wisconsin to Las Vegas to take advantage of emerging employment opportunities. Raised in a devout Catholic household, his mother and father demonstrated a strong work ethic that John would emulate. After graduating from Cornell University, John returns to Las Vegas. Over the course of his young adulthood, John meets many of Las Vegas' key developers, including the McKellars, the Boyds, and the Thomases. He works in various capacities, in various casinos around town. Eventually, John retires from gaming and works full-time as an interior designer, a skill he cultivated since childhood. Throughout the interview, John recollects, with meticulous detail, the development of Las Vegas since the 1960s, neighborhood by neighborhood, street by street, property by property. John now lives at Turnberry, overlooking a very different Las Vegas than that which he first saw as a child living at The DeVille.

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News segments about Stratosphere's adjusted gaming odds to attract more customers: video

Date
1996-09-27 to 1996-09-27
Description

Local news anchors discuss the Stratosphere's need to change gaming odds on roulette, craps, and blackjack, as well as open new games due to financial losses. Original media VHS, color, aspect ratio 4 x 3, frame size 720 x 486. From the Bob Stupak Professional Papers (MS-01016) -- Professional papers -- Audiovisual material -- Digitized audiovisual clips file.

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Photograph of Gregory Peck and Kirk Douglas the Sinatra hearing, Las Vegas, February 1981

Date
1981-02
Description

Actors Gregory Peck (left, facing camera) and Kirk Douglas (right, facing camera) at Sinatra hearing before the Nevada Gaming Commission. (Feb.1981)

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Photograph of spectators at the Sinatra hearings, Las Vegas, February 1981

Date
1981-02
Description

Spectators at the Sinatra hearings before the Nevada Gaming Commission. (Feb. 1981) Harry Wald (first row, far left); Kirk Douglas (hands to face); Gregory Peck (next to Douglas, in dark jacket).

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Film transparency of the casino area in the Flamingo Hotel (Las Vegas), circa 1950s

Date
1950 to 1959
Description

Casino area in the Flamingo, with blackjack, roulette and craps tables and slot machines. Liquid damage to transparency noted.
Site Name: Flamingo Hotel and Casino
Address: 3555 Las Vegas Boulevard South

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The Tropicana Hotel: postcards

Date
1990 to 1999
Description
Postcards of the Tropicana Hotel in Las Vegas after high-rise addition. (some 1990s, others n.d.)

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Thompson, William Norman

William N. Thompson is professor emeritus of Political Science and Public Administration at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). He earned a doctorate in Political Science from the University of Missouri, Columbia in 1972. Before arriving at UNLV in 1980, Thompson taught at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan from 1971 to 1980. He also taught abroad at Troy State University's European campuses from 1986 to 1987. His research explores administrative behavior, political economy, public regulation of gaming, and ethics.

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Northeast regional subject files, approximately 1974-2009, undated

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Scope and Contents

The Northeast regional subject files include materials about Native American communities and gaming in Connecticut, Delaware, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Virginia, and West Virginia, dating from approximately 1974 to 2009. The materials include socioeconomic and annual reports; Federal Register entries; court opinions; testimony transcripts and letters from the National Gambling Impact Study Commission (NGISC); journal articles; photographs from research trips; book reviews; notes; casino profiles; informational packets and booklets; promotional materials; memos; and newspaper articles. The Northeast subseries focuses primarily on the Native American casino gaming enterprises of the Mashantucket Pequot Indian Tribe and the Mohegan Tribe of Indians.

Archival Collection
Katherine A. Spilde Papers on Native American Gaming
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Collection Number: MS-00092
Collection Name: Katherine A. Spilde Papers on Native American Gaming
Box/Folder: N/A

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Photograph of Fortune Club on Fremont Street, Las Vegas (Nev.), late 1950s - early 1960s

Date
1955 to 1965
Description
A night view of people at the Fortune Club on Fremont Street in Las Vegas, Nevada. Signs positioned in front of the club read "gambling saloon", "jackpots today", and "breakfast any time." Marquees advertising the Nevada Club can be seen to the left of the Fortune Club. Site Name: Fortune Club (Las Vegas, Nev.) Street Address: 109 East Fremont Street

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