Abstract
The William Thompson Collection on International Gaming dates from 1928 to 2016. The collection materials relate to gaming in the British Isles, Europe, South America, Central America, the Caribbean, and North America. The collection contains travel brochures, memorabilia, research notes for William Thompson’s published works, reports on gaming statistics, and photographs and slides from his research trips. Materials also include Thompson's personal collection of gaming industry specific magazines, law review journals, and books with Thompson's personal annotations.
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Scope and Contents Note
The William Thompson Collection on International Gaming dates from 1928 to 2016. The collection materials relate to gaming in the British Isles, Europe, South America, Central America, the Caribbean, and North America. The collection contains ephemera that includes travel brochures, maps, and memorabilia collected from casinos and resorts from around the world. There are also research notes for William Thompson’s published works, reports on gaming statistics from selected countries, and photographs and slides from his research trips. Materials also include Thompson's personal collection of gaming industry specific magazines, law review journals, and books with Thompson's personal annotations.
Access Note
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 the inventory.
Publication Rights
Materials in this collection may be protected by copyrights and other rights. See Reproductions and Use on the UNLV Special Collections website for more information about reproductions and permissions to publish.
Arrangement
Materials remain as they were received.
Biographical / Historical Note
William Thompson was a professor emeritus of Political Science and Public Administration at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). He taught at UNLV from 1980 to 2010. He earned a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Missouri, Columbia in 1972. Before arriving at UNLV in 1980, Dr. Thompson taught at Western Michigan University from 1971 to 1980. He also taught abroad at Troy State University-European Campus from 1986 to 1987. His research interests include administrative behavior, political economy, public regulation of gaming, and ethics.
Dr. Thompson was a leading authority on the gaming industry. He wrote
Thompson passed away on August 12, 2019.
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“William N. Thompson.” Bloomberg. Accessed October 25, 2017. https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=30086985&privcapId=1601679.
"Memorial Service for Emeritus Professor Bill Thompson Set for Friday." UNLV News Center. September 12, 2019. https://www.unlv.edu/news/unlvtoday/memorial-service-emeritus-professor-bill-thompson-set-friday.
Preferred Citation
William Thompson Collection on International Gaming, 1928-2016. MS-00284. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Acquisition Note
Materials were donated in 1987 and 2002 by William Thompson and in 2021 by Kaye Thompson; accession numbers 1987-063, 2002-023, and 2021-020.
Processing Note
Materials were processed by Special Collections and Archives staff in 2002. In 2014, as part of a legacy finding aid conversion project, Lindsay Oden revised and enhanced the collection description and entered the data into ArchivesSpace. In 2017, as part of an archival backlog elimination project, Brooks Whittaker and Chris Bruce rehoused and arranged the materials, and revised the collection description to bring it into compliance with current professional standards. In 2021, Tammi Kim minimally processed the 2021 addition and updated the finding aid.