Vucanovich, Barbara F., 1921-2013
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1921-2013
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Barbara Vucanovich Papers
Collection
Identifier: 2005-08
Scope and Contents
Collection contains papers, plaques, scrapbooks, and memorabilia of Barbara Vucanovich. Preliminary inventory available in department.
Dates:
1949-2013
Patricia D. Cafferata Papers
Collection
Identifier: 93-69
Overview
Largely contains material related to the public offices for which Cafferata has run and those to which she was elected, and papers related to her personal interests such as Doctors' Wives of Washoe County. Two issues evident in these papers are drunk driving legislation and hazardous waste disposal.
Dates:
1958-1998
News releases from Congressman Vucanovich's office
Collection
Identifier: 87-34
Abstract
Informational releases issued by Vucanovich's office for her Nevada constituents, emphasizing her accomplishments and legislative matters of Nevada interest. The collection contains material from 1987-1999 by Barbara F. Vucanovich..
Dates:
1987-1999
Mary L. Gojack Papers
Collection
Identifier: 86-02
Overview
Mary L. Gojack (1936-1985) served in the Nevada State Assembly from 1972-1974 and the Nevada State Senate from 1974-1978. In 1980, Gojack unsuccessfully challenged Paul Laxalt for the US Senate seat, and, in 1982, she ran against Barbara Vucanovich for the newly created Second Congressional District seat. Vucanovich won the seat by a narrow margin. The collection includes correspondence, subject files, campaign files and newspaper clippings, and financial material from her public service,...
Dates:
1965-1993
Joseph H. Robertson Correspondence
Collection
Identifier: 90-09
Overview
Joseph H. Robertson was a Reno, Nevada resident and professor of range management at the University of Nevada, Reno. The collection contains letters written by Robertson to Nevada's U.S. Senators and Representatives, and their responses to him. Subjects include the military, taxation, campaign finance ethics, Social Security, foreign policy, arms and gun control, wilderness and Nevada issues.
Dates:
1973-1996
Barbara Vucanovich Records
Collection
Identifier: 96-54
Overview
Barbara Farrell Dillon Vucanovich served as president of the Republican Women's Club of Reno and as president of the Nevada Federation of Republican Women's Clubs. Vucanovich's records as Representative to the U.S. Congress from Nevada include files related to her committee assignments and interests, particularly military construction and land withdrawal for military use; the proposed nuclear waste storage facility at Yucca Mountain, Nevada; Indian gaming and other Nevada-specific issues;...
Dates:
1980-1997