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Creating New Knowledge
Creating New Knowledge
Since the completion of America's Great Gamble, the collections processed as part of this NHPRC-funded grant project have supported diverse research and the creation of new knowledge. Researchers include faculty and students from UNLV and from across the country who are researching topics such as the gaming industry, Native American studies, and fine arts.
Researchers
Researchers
Kim Mahn
In November and December of 2017, visiting scholar, Kim Mahn, a Ph.D candidate from the University of Houston who is studying gaming policy diffusion, studied the Christiansen papers to supplement pre-2000 data on determinants of gambling policy adoption in different states. Variables in the pre-2000 dataset were unable to predict more recent trends. The Christiansen papers yielded post-2000 datasets on commercial gaming legalization that improved the predictive power of Mahn’s model and have the potential to significantly advance scholarship in this area. Mahn's research was supported by an Eadington Fellowship.
Audio recording of Mahn's colloquium talk from December 13, 2017: "The Determinants of Gaming Policy Diffusion & Expansion"
Colleen O'Neill
In October of 2017, Utah State University history professor Colleen O'Neill, conducted research that highlighted the breadth of the Spilde papers. The Spilde papers hold a rare combination of perspectives on Native American gaming, including viewpoints from the casino industry as well as from various Native American communities. O’Neill used these archival materials to inform her book on the relationship between Native Americans and the right to work. O'Neill's research was supported by an Eadington Fellowship.
Audio recording of O'Neill's colloquium talk from October 20, 2017: "Jobs and American Indian Sovereignty: The Challenge of Gaming"
In October of 2017, undergraduate students from the UNLV Fine Arts department (ART 333 Photography for Graphic Designers and ART 347 Commercial Photography) accessed Harrah’s records to inspire their own works of art. Art students examined historic card games (1811-1993) in the collection to gain insight on the evolving aesthetic forms of playing cards across various geographic locations and nearly two centuries. Based on this research, they created original artworks.
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