Abstract
The Alex Shoofey Papers are comprised of records spanning 1967 to 1972 that primarily pertain to financial operations and policies for the International Hotel and Casino-Las Vegas Hilton and the Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. The collection includes daily profit and loss reports, interdepartmental correspondence, staffing and operational policies and procedures, production reports, and Shoofey's personal correspondence. Collection materials are representative of business and financial records from Shoofey's tenure as president of both the International and Flamingo hotels and casinos.
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The Alex Shoofey Papers are comprised of records spanning 1967 to 1972 that primarily pertain to financial operations and policies for the International Hotel and Casino-Las Vegas Hilton and the Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. The collection includes daily profit and loss reports, interdepartmental correspondence, staffing and operational policies and procedures, production reports, and Shoofey's personal correspondence. Collection materials are representative of business and financial records from Shoofey's tenure as president of both the International and Flamingo hotels and casinos.
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Collection is open for research, with the exception of materials that are restricted to protect personally identifiable information. Restrictions are noted at the file level of this inventory. All restricted materials will be open for research use on January 1, 2047.
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Materials remain in the order they were received.
Biographical / Historical Note
Alexander James Shoofey was born in 1916 in Montreal, Quebec (Canada) and was raised in the St. Vincent Home for Boys in Brooklyn, New York. He completed his post-secondary education at St. John's University in New York City and became a U.S. citizen in 1942, the same year he joined the U.S. Army and went to France, the Philippines, and Japan during World War II. In 1947, Shoofey drove to Southern California for a job and ended up settling in Las Vegas, Nevada after his car broke down on Main Street. Shoofey was hired by Club Bingo as an accountant. The casino evolved into the Sahara, and Shoofey eventually became the president of the casino.
In 1967 he left the Sahara to work for Kirk Kerkorian, who had purchased the Flamingo Hotel and was building the International Hotel (Las Vegas Hilton). Shoofey resigned from the International Hotel in 1972 and worked as a freelance casino consultant before retiring in 1980. Shoofey was an avid philanthropist and worked with the Boys Club of America, National Jewish Hospital in Denver, Colorado, and the Nevada Safety Council. He passed away in 2007 at the age of 91.
Sources:
"Longtime casino exec Shoofey dies at age 91." Las Vegas Review-Journal. March 01, 2017. Accessed December 15, 2017. https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/longtime-casino-exec-shoofey-dies-at-age-91/.
"Alex Shoofey: 1916-2007." LasVegasSun.com. August 31, 2007. Accessed December 15, 2017. https://lasvegassun.com/news/2007/aug/31/alex-shoofey-1916-2007/.
Preferred Citation
Alex Shoofey Papers, 1967-1972. MS-00858. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Acquisition Note
Materials were transferred from the Clark County Museum in 2017; accession number 2017-125.
Processing Note
These records are unprocessed. A summary of materials was created by Tammi Kim in 2017. To prepare the summary, the described materials were reviewed to create a contents list, estimates dates, and identify material types. No other work has been performed on the materials.
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Collection materials are stored in the Lied Automated Storage and Retrieval Unit (LASR). Advanced notice is required to access these materials.