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Clark, Thomas PhD
Coll # 89-73
Date: 1953 - 1987
Extent 9 document boxes
Collection is comprised of the research files of UNLV linguistics professor and author, Thomas
Clark, Ph.D. It includes gambling "How-to" guides distributed by the casinos, World Series of Poker Annuals, articles about the history and future of gambling, a copy of An Introduction to Casino Management, a Gaming Control Board Questionnaire and other State Gaming Board information.
INVENTORY AVAILABLE

Dombrink, John
Coll # 93-14
Date: 1977
Extent 9 record storage boxes
Collection contains an oral history by Mary Glass, and newspaper articles about gambling: effects gambling has on a community, gambling and crime, who should control gaming and the limits of the Nevada Board of Gaming, and a history of gambling in Nevada. Also included in this collection are issues of the Las Vegas Valley Almanac, Nevada Employment Salary Statistics and casino hotel guides.

Friedman, William
Coll # T94
Date: 1974 - 1982
Extent 2 record storage boxes
Collection contains manuscript copies of the first and second editions of Bill Friedman's Casino Management and the rough draft of the second edition.

Gambling
Coll # 1025
Date: 1857 - 1975
Extent 3 flat oversize boxes
This collection contains gambling memorabilia and information from around the world, items ranging from a report from the Commission to Investigate Alleged Police Corruption and a Dictionary of Police Terms used in the Knapp Commission Hearings to game rule books (in various languages), slot machine company promotional pamphlets and general newspaper articles about "beating the house". Also included in this collection are 2 silver dice from Mexico, 2 wooden/plastic dice from Aruba-Bonaire Curacao, a $20 roll of fake silver dollars and Las Vegas Tourism Board lapel pins.

Gamlin, Arthur
Coll # T76
Date: 1949 - 1950
Extent 1 record storage box
Collection consists of sales binder of Arthur Gamlin & Co., a manufacturer of gaming tables, located in Kansas City, MO in 1949. Binder contains detailed price lists based on cloth costs, sizes and colors for table games such as blackjack, chemin de fer, craps and faro. Other materials in the collection include photographs, and negatives of the various gaming table layouts available.

Hamilton, John
Coll # 94-29
Date: ca. 1980's and 1990's
Extent 2 record storage boxes
Collection contains Keno pay charts INVENTORY AVAILABLE

Harrah's Entertainment, Inc.
Coll # 2002-33
Date: 1930's - 1990's
Extent 21 boxes (17 record storage boxes, 2 large flat oversize boxes, 2 flat oversize boxes)
Collection is comprised of the corporate archives of Harrah's Entertainment Inc. Includes Harrahscope company newsletters, photographs, photo albums, news clippings, promotional items (ranging from matchbooks, dice, hats, glasses to key chains, and playing cards), Bill Harrah's personal playing card and automobile hood ornament collections. INVENTORY AVAILABLE

Hirsch, C. J.
Coll # 87-111
Date: 1955 - 1987
Extent 9 boxes (7 document boxes, 1 slim document, 1 record storage box)
Collection is comprised of the papers of Charles Hirsch, noted casino accountant for the Sands Hotel, news clippings of interviews with Hirsch on running a casino and "can you beat the system" etc., books, general correspondence about meetings and upcoming speeches for the American Society for Quality Control - Las Vegas Chapter, a copy of the Sands Hotel Master Gaming Report 1965. INVENTORY AVAILABLE

Horse Racing Stamp
Coll # 1029-5
Date: 1974
Extent 1 folder
Collection consists of commemorative stamp saluting horse racing, first day of issue fact sheet,
and a copy of Stamp News (3/18/74) featuring a story on the horse racing stamp.

International Association of Gaming Attorneys
Coll # 85-113
Date: 1979 - 1985
Extent 3 boxes (2 record storage boxes, 1 document box)
Collection is comprised of materials collected by the International Association of Gaming Attorneys. Documents include gaming license applications from various corporations in Nevada and New Jersey, gaming publications, gaming -conference proceedings, gaming commission reports and correspondence of the National Association of Gaming Attorneys. INVENTORY AVAILABLE

Jimenez, Miguel
Coll # Mss20
Date: 1951
Extent 1 folder ( 5 pages)
Collection consists of two stock certificates, No. 9049 and 9986, of the Las Vegas Thoroughbred
Racing Association; letter (n.d.) from Miguel G. Jimenez, Los Angeles, to Chalres (Charles) R.
Horden, Las Vegas, authorizing purchase of stock of LVTRA; receipt for payment of 5 units of stock in LVTRA, dated 31 August 1951.

Kunkle, Victor
Coll # 88-65
Date: 1960's-1970's
Extent 1 oversize box
Collection consists of the following artifacts: dice sets from Las Vegas hotels, Clark County deputy badges, and a large coin and currency collection drawn from all over the world.

Las Vegas City Commission Minutes
Date: 1911-1958
Extent
Collection is comprised of the typescript minute books of the Las Vegas City Commission, the
governing body formed with the incorporation of Las Vegas in 1911. The minute books chronicle all aspects of the city's early development from laying of sewage and water lines to the issuance of gaming licenses for the period spanning 1911-1958. Also includes one volume of legal documents and three volumes of city ordinances.

Lotteries
Coll # 1024
Date: 1714-1979
Extent 1 Flat oversize box
This collection is comprised of lottery tickets, advertisements, prize breakdowns and drawing schedules from around the world. There are 3 lottery tickets dated 1714 and 1715 the proceeds of which were to finance the cutting of a canal in Connecticut; an announcement of a lottery to be held for household goods in 18th century England; and several other lottery tickets and drawing schedules from 18th and 19th century United States and Europe. There is also included in this collection an undated deck of 25 cards called the "Hands of Poker" printed in London, England, and a letter from the Postmaster General announcing a new law making it illegal to mail lottery information dated in 1876.

Luckman, John
Coll # T58
Date: 1977 - 1978
Extent 1 document box
Collection contains the typescripts and page proofs of the following gaming books: Gambler's Bedside Book edited by John K. Hutchens; The Big Player by Roger Rapoport and Ken Uston; How to Play and Win at Poker by John Montgomery (page proofs). Published copies of all three books are in UNLV Special Collections stacks.

Malcolm, David G.
Coll # 85-122
Date: 1944 - 1978
Extent 1 document box
Collection consists of the papers of David G. Malcom. Much of the collection includes documents from his work within the audit division of the Nevada Gaming Control Board.
Other materials focus on Basic Magnesium Inc. (BMI) and Henderson history. Contains an almost complete run of BMI newsletters such as the Big Job and Basic Bombardier. There are also a variety of news clippings (invention of the electric meter, price of silver, the movie industry), brochures and articles from Las Vegas and Reno in the 1950s and 1960s.

Meiklejohn, Patrick
Coll # 94-41
Date: x
Extent 3 record storage boxes
Collection consists of 100+ decks of casino playing cards and misc. casino memorabilia of undetermined amount and cost.

Moore, James
Coll # 1015
Date: ca. 1960's
Extent 1 folder
Collection consists of three photocopied typescripts: The Dice Killer, Casino Dealer's Best
Friend, and Expert at the Blackjack Tables.

Nevada Gaming 50th anniversary
Coll # T156
Date: 1981
Extent 1 document box
Collection consists of material commemorating the 50th anniversary of the legalization of casino gaming in Nevada and includes plaques, news releases, articles, etc.

New York New York Hotel/Casino 9/11 T-Shirt Collection
Coll # 2002-30
Date: 2001-02
Extent 460 Oversize boxes
Collection consists of tee shirts (t-shirts) and other artifacts which were left at the Statue of Liberty replica located at the New York New York Hotel/Casino in memory of the firefighters and law enforcement personnel who lost their lives during the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. (Stored in LASR)

Ponticello, John
Coll # 87-20
Date: 1963 - 1970
Extent 1 slim document box
Collection consists of copies of a variety of gaming related materials that include gaming licenses, gaming applications, work cards for Clark County and Las Vegas. The main focus of the collection is on The Research Gambling Game Project, conducted by Ponticello through th the Oregon Research Institute and for the University of Michigan. INVENTORY AVAILABLE

Powell, Stephen
Coll # Mss40
Date: 1972
Extent 1 folder (containing 69 typescript pages)
Collection consists of the manuscript copy of Powell's gambling bibliography based on the
collections at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. The published copy is in the Special Collections book stacks.

Price, Robert (Bob)
Coll # 85-89
Date: 1975 - 1980
Extent 3 boxes (1 document box, 2 record storage boxes)
Collection is comprised of the legislative records of Nevada assemblyman Robert Price. Much of the collection concerns a legislative subcommittee appointed to investigate insurance practices in Nevada. Documents include clippings, letters, minutes, testimony, press releases and reports
related to automobile insurance in Nevada. Other legislative concerns included in this collection
relate to housing, flood control, fire protection, tax regulations, gaming regulations and the Nevada Gaming Commission. INVENTORY AVAILABLE

Revere, Lawrence
Coll # Mss44
Date: 1965 -1970
Extent 7 folders (containing 109 items)
Collection consists primarily of Lawrence Revere's correspondence with authors and creators of
blackjack systems. Revere authored numerous books on blackjack strategy. Correspondents
include Dr. Allan N. Wilson, Louis G. Halloway, Julian H. Braun, Edward O. Thorp, and John
Reppert. INVENTORY AVAILABLE

Schwartz, Sonny
Coll # 2001-14
Date: 1970s-1990s
Extent: 12 document boxes
Collection consists of audio cassette tapes from the radio show of Sonny Schwartz, Atlantic City
journalist and radio host. Other material in the collection includes news clippings, video tapes,
correspondence, radio program guest schedules, and newspaper columns written by Schwartz.
INVENTORY AVAILABLE

Shapiro, S. R.
Coll # 1016
Date: ca. 1800 - 1977
Extent 1 flat box
Collection contains a wide variety of gambling memorabilia and gaming instructions and pamphlets from casinos around the world: Venice, Monte Carlo, Curacao, Paris, Miami, Las Vegas, Panama, Mexico and Aruba. There is also a copy of a French natural history book entitled Memoires de la Societe D'Histoire Naturelle de Paris dated either 1799 or 1807. Inside the book are attached ads and lottery announcements from English Newspapers dating from 1811 to 1816.

Silberstang, Edwin
Coll # T110
Date: 1973
Extent 1 record storage box
The Edwin Silberstang Collection contains rough draft, carbon copy, and final copies of his book, Playboy's Book of Games.

Smith, Benjamin Franklin
Coll # 1013
Date: ca. 1960s
Extent 1 folder
Collection consists of (photocopied typescript) the autobiography of professional gambler Benjamin Franklin Smith, (Lady Luck and I) who gained fame after creating a system to beat the blackjack tables, and news clippings about Smith from Las Vegas newspapers.

Stocker, Harold & Mayme
Coll # T63
Date: 1860 - 1982
Extent 11 document boxes; 6 linear ft.
The collection of Oscar and Mayme Stocker and their sons Lester, Clarence, and Harold. The
Stockers settled in Las Vegas in 1911 where Mayme was the first person to receive a gaming license in 1931 when she opened the Northern Club. Collection consists of news clippings,
correspondence, and bank statements. The business and legal series consists mainly of Harold's papers from 1930-1977, and includes deeds, leases, business agreements, and Chief Hotel Court statements and room accounts. There is also material dealing with family history and their interests and activities, and political documents which cover Harold Stocker's Republican Party activities from 1939-1976, including party publications, newspaper clippings, correspondence, and bank statements. COLLECTION GUIDE AVAILABLE

Thompson, William
Coll # 87-63
Date: 1987
Extent 2 document boxes
Collection consists of foreign casino publicity and promotional materials such as matches, menus, coasters, key chains and a variety of other memorabilia from international casinos. INVENTORY AVAILABLE

Tobin, Phil
Coll # Mss10
Date: 1974
Extent 1 folder (containing 2 pages)
Collection consists of correspondence between Phil M. Tobin and Susan J. Anderl [Jarvis] [former Special Collections Librarian], 1974 Apr. 30 and May 10, documenting loss of Tobin manuscripts relating to passage of the AB 98 which legalized gambling in Nevada in 1931.

Trump Taj Mahal Press Clippings
Coll # 2001-10
Date: 2001 -
Extent 5 document boxes
Collection contains the press clippings from numerous papers regarding the Trump Taj Mahal Hotel/Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

Watts, Frank
Coll # 85-135
Date: 1880, 1913, 1966 - 1968
Extent 1 flat box
Collection contains gambling memorabilia (decks of cards, tokens, matchbooks, ashtrays), a wanted poster about white slavery from 1913 and a ledger of salt shipments in Nevada. INVENTORY AVAILABLE

See also Hotel/Casino manuscripts

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