Every month, Special Collections and Archives will highlight some of our newly processed collections. Here are some of the highlights for July.
Jack Kent Tillar Papers, approximately 1890-2010. MS-01170. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. Explore the complete Jack Kent Tillar papers.
- The Jack Kent Tillar Papers (approximately 1890-2010) are comprised of magic-related books, periodicals, pamphlets, ephemera, and artifacts from the estate of Jack Kent Tillar, a composer and music editor for the film and television industry. Materials also include a small amount of Tillar's personal papers. Tillar was an amateur mentalist magician and wrote numerous books and articles on the subject of telepathy and mentalism including The Assumption Swindle, Trio: Three Complete Acts for the Mentalist, and Solo: The Walk-Around Mentalist.
- Subjects: Magicians; Magic; Ephemera
Game On! The Oral History of Las Vegas Sports interviews, 2024. OH-03922. [Cite format consulted: Audio recording or Transcript.] Oral History Research Center, Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. Explore all the Game On! interviews.
- The Game On! Oral History of Sports in Las Vegas interviews (2024-) contain all oral history interviews conducted by UNLV University Libraries Oral History Research Center. This project centers on documenting the history of sports in Las Vegas, including interviews discussing the earliest teams to the most recent champions. Interviews cover a wide array of sports including hockey, football, baseball, softball, auto racing, tennis, basketball, poker, boxing, rodeo, golf, running, esports, and more. Digital audio available for all interviews; check collection inventory for individual narrators and more detailed information on specific interviews.
- Subjects: Oral histories (document genres); Sports; Las Vegas (Nev.)
Joan Kane Collection of Casino Training Manuals, approximately 1980-1999. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. Explore the complete Joan Kane collection.
- The Joan Kane Collection of Casino Training Manuals (approximately 1980-1999) contains various human resource training manuals for Atlantic City, New Jersey properties (Playboy Casino, Atlantis, Golden Nugget), Las Vegas, Nevada properties (Fremont Casino, Stratosphere, New York New York, Planet Hollywood) Circus Circus in Mississippi, and various riverboat gaming locales. Of note is a the Playboy Bunny club training manual, UNLV gaming training workshop, and some general manuals related to how to respond to potential labor strikes.
- Subjects: Casinos -- Employees; Casinos -- Management; Training manuals; Casinos--New Jersey--Atlantic City; Casinos -- Nevada -- Las Vegas
