Hard Hat Area
MX Missile Engineering Test Bed. State Archives control number LIS-0062.
Administrative Records |
1967; 1977-1988; 1995-1997 |
0.25 cu. ft |
This series includes minutes of commission meetings, reports of the commissioner to the governor and Legislature for 1965 and 1977, biennial budget materials and statistics, detailed responses to requests for information from the Legislative Counsel Bureau regarding Commission operations in 1996, and a policy statement regarding attorney contact with clients (1997). The minutes for the Commission are incomplete but include the following:
Minutes for the Commission meetings of July 15, 1961 and December 12, 1963 are part of the Nevada Attorney General correspondence files and are located in box AGO-0080, folder 9. Folders 8 and 10 also contain correspondence related to the early days of the Commission and to the months in late 1959 and early 1960 preceding the Winter Olympic Games at Squaw Valley. |
The main function of the Department is to promote the growth and development of commerce and industry for the benefit of the citizens of Nevada. This task is accomplished by means of regulatory, financial, workplace safety, consumer services, and educational programs. These programs are provided to businesses and professions, commercial and industrial enterprises, employees in the work place, and the general public.
The divisions of the Department of Business and Industry are divided between Carson City, Reno, and Las Vegas, and consist of:
Divisions: Agriculture, Consumer Affairs, Housing, Industrial Relations, Insurance, Labor Commissione,r Manufactured Housing, Minerals, Real Estate, Taxicab Authority, and Unclaimed Property.
Commissions: Athletic Commission, Beef Council, Dairy Commission, Post-secondary Education Commission, Predatory Animal and Rodent Control Committee, Rural Housing Authority, and Sheep Commission.
Special Agencies: Attorney for Injured Workers, Employment Management Relations Board, Grazing Boards, High School Rodeo Association, Industrial Development and Planning Insurance Advocate, Nevada Energy Office, Nevada Junior Livestock Show Board, and Office of Hospital Patients Protection and Advocacy.
The files pertaining to the Dept. of Business & Industry are extensive. Please see the attached PDF for further information.
Receipt Ledger |
1936-1943 |
0.5 cu. ft. |
Financial records. Bound volume. |
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Cause Files |
1987-2002 |
27 cu. ft. |
This record series documents the administrative procedures of the Insurance Commissioner in determinations on suspensions, revocations, and other actions of licensees. Files may include all original documentation of consent orders, hearing notices, certificates of mailing, summary of suspensions, revocations, hearing transcripts, and any other documentation and correspondence which pertains to an individual file. They may also contain copies of selected correspondence for public viewing and Commissioner's hearing notes. |
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Mark Twain Life Insurance Co. |
1963-1967 |
8 cu. ft. |
A binder of computer printouts, marked Very Important, not to be taken out of the file. |
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Great Basin Insurance Company |
1955-1968 |
2.5 cu.ft. |
Another insurance company founded in the State of Nevada; the series includes claims, licensing, examination reports and correspondence. |
The office of Secretary of State was created by the Nevada State Constitution. The Secretary of State is an elected position within the Executive branch of state government. Secretaries serve four-year terms and are elected in the same general elections as the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Treasurer, and Controller. An executive officer may serve no more than two terms of office or more than once if he has previously held the office by election or appointment. The Secretary is required to maintain his office in the seat of government (Carson City).
The Secretary is responsible for maintaining the official records of the acts of the Nevada Legislature and of the executive branch of state government, and for providing access to those records. In addition, the Secretary serves as a member of the State Board of Prison Commissioners, the State Board of Examiners, the State Records Committee, the State Advisory Committee on Participatory Democracy, and the Executive Branch Audit Committee.
The current Secretary of State is Barbara Cegavske (2015- ).
Gaming Commission Agency History | ![]() |
Minutes / Transcripts of Meetings |
1959-1992 |
46 cu. ft. |
Fifty percent of the collection is made up of the minutes and transcripts of the meetings of the Commission, where the bulk of the gaming business and practices were discussed and judgments made about gaming issues. The arrangement is chronological. The following series titles reflect the activities taken up in Commission meetings and were originally filed as separate titles. |
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Legal Proceedings |
1959-1994 |
29 cu. ft. |
The legal files of the Commission consist of the complaints against gambling institutions and/or persons employed thereat, for violations of the gaming policies and regulations in force in the state. The files contain proceedings and exhibits, a number of which are sealed and marked CONFIDENTIAL. The arrangement is alphabetical by name of the institution or person. |
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Statutes and Regulations/ Misc. Proposals |
1959-1982 |
4 cu. ft. |
Statutes and regulations governing the gaming business. The file includes miscellaneous proposals for the interpretation of the regulations in particular cases. |
Petitions for Re-determination of Audit Assessment and Claims for Refunds |
1975-1992 |
6 cu. ft. |
Records of petitions filed by the various gambling institutions for an audit review and for refunds claimed. |
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Excluded Persons |
1960-1987 |
4 cu. ft. |
Record of persons "whose prior activities pose a threat to the public interest of the State of Nevada and its efforts to effectively regulate and control gaming." Also known popularly as the "Black Book," it lists individuals who are prohibited from entering casinos. |
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Policy Committee |
1960-1984 |
4 cu. ft. |
Files of the Policy Committee, including policy statements issued. |
Gaming Control Board Agency History | ![]() |
Minutes of Board Meetings |
1955-1986 |
31 cu. ft. |
More than fifty percent of the collection consists of minutes of Control Board meetings, the earliest dating from the first meeting since the creation of the Board in 1955. Included in the files is a note: "For the period June, 1971, through May, 1975, minutes of the State Gaming Control Board meetings were not transcribed in their entirety; except transcriptions of some specific matters may appear in either rough draft or final form. The tape recordings of these proceedings are retained in the Carson City Board Offices for review by interested persons." |
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Meeting Transcripts |
1987-1992 |
25 cu. ft. |
The transcript of meetings is a more comprehensive record of the proceedings of the Board meetings. Usually there is a monthly disposition, an index of the agenda of the meetings of the month, indicating specific item numbers in the agenda and the action taken for each. The files also include exhibits of the particular cases under consideration. Where these exhibits are confidential, the reporter notes that these are maintained in the office of the executive secretary. |
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50th Anniversary of Legalized Gambling in Nevada |
1981/1984 |
2 cu. ft. |
"Silver Turns to Gold" is the title given to the program celebrating the 50th anniversary of legalized gambling in Nevada. The 2 boxes of materials include slides (2 carousels), script, reports, research materials and notes mainly of Stuart Curtis, as well as photographs used in the promotion of the celebration. The History of Gambling in Nevada written by H. E. Hotchkiss is included in the files |
Nevada's Black Book |
1960/1975/1986 |
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Gambling was legalized in Nevada in 1931. Initially control and licensing were the responsibility of the individual counties but because of significant revenues to local and state governments, gambling was placed under the authority of the Nevada Tax Commission in 1945. The legislature of 1955 granted sweeping powers to administer the provisions of the act and created the State Gaming Control Board as its enforcement and investigative unit. In consideration of problems related to the industry, Governor Grant Sawyer requested the 1959 Legislature completely overhaul the gaming control machinery. The Legislature responded with the Nevada Gaming Control Act, passed on March 30, 1959. The act removed the Tax Commission from its role in gaming and in its place established the Nevada Gaming Commission, making the Nevada Gaming Control Board its audit, investigative, and administrative arm. The Nevada Gaming Control Board devised a number of regulations which gaming establishments were required to follow. Regulation 5, "Operation of Gaming Establishments" was designed to provide tools to ensure "unsuitable" practices were prohibited. Subsections 3/E-I were the basis for issuing the Black Book (later called "Excluded Persons"), a listing of individuals who were prohibited from stepping into, owning, operating, or having any connection with a licensed gaming establishment. The first Black Book was issued March 29, 1960. It contained a letter issued by the Gaming Control Board to owners and operators of gaming establishments, a copy of Regulation 5, and individual pages of photographs and descriptions of the first eleven persons placed on the list in more or less alphabetical order. The text was mimeographed and photographs were taped onto the pages using cellophane tape that yellowed over time, left yellow marks on the photos, and then lost all tackiness. The photographs themselves were poor images; some were paper copies of photographs. The contents were placed into black paper report covers and then distributed widely to all gaming establishments and employees. The Book was designed to be updated with additional prohibited persons or to reflect the death of former listees. |
Racing Commission Agency History | ![]() |
Records | 1915-1977 | 1 Hollinger Box |
Bank Statements 1918-18 & 1931-43; Correspondence 1915-16 & 1933-35; Applications for Trainers 1931; Applications for Jockeys 1931; Reno Rodeo Poster 1939; Licenses - Trainers & Jockeys 1915-16; Applications for Apprentice License 1931; Certificate of Foal Registration 1915-16; Horse Race Wagers 1916; Minutes 1977; Proceedings American State Racing Commissioners 1936; Notice of Adoption of Rules & Regulations 1940. |
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