University of Nevada
Oral History Program
Mail Stop 0324
Reno, NV 89557-0324
Phone: 775/784-6932
Fax: 775/784-1365
ohp@unr.nevada.edu
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(All oral histories are available through the Knowledge Center's Special Collections Department, and some circulate as well.)
Gaming Regulation in Nevada In 2006, the University of Nevada Oral History Program (UNOHP) released Guy W. Farmer's oral history, Gaming Regulation in Nevada: The Second Sawyer Administration. Farmer was employed by the state in the early days of the regulatory effort, and in this book, he shares many of his recollections of those times. In 1963, Guy Farmer was appointed as public information officer for the Nevada Gaming Commission and Gaming Control Board. At the time of his appointment, the board had only been in existence for about eight years, and the commission for four. One of the notable occurrences during Farmer's time in that position was that he was asked by the board chairman, Ed Olsen, to listen in on a phone call that Frank Sinatra had made to Olsen regarding Sinatra's licensing at Lake Tahoe's Cal-Neva Club. The call, reportedly laden with expletives and threats by Sinatra, has become infamous in gaming circles. While Farmer went on to an illustrious career as a diplomat and later as a journalist with the Nevada Appeal, this oral history focuses on his time in gaming regulation. Guy W. Farmer, Gaming Regulation in Nevada: The Second Sawyer Administration. Reno: UNOHP, 2006. (softcover, 54 pages, illustration, $12.95) ISBN 1-56475-390-5 |
| No. 206 : paperback, in stock $12.95 |
