Andrew H. Scott Papers
Scope and Contents
The Andrew H. Scott Papers includes correspondence about Scott's career in the Air Service and about his assay business; organizational records of the Lovelock Societe des 40 Hommes and other materials on the Eagles and Knights of Pythias; literature opposed to the women's Equal Suffrage movement, 1914; erotic literature, 1920s; and prospectuses for the Big Ledge Copper Company, National White Portland Cement Company, Nevada Packard Mine, and the Reconstruction Finance Corporation.
Dates
- circa 1907-1979
Creator
- Scott, Andrew H., -1967 (Creator, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research. Materials must be used on-site; advance notice suggested. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.
Biographical Note
Andrew H. Scott was born in 1888 in California. By 1910, he was a Nevada mineral assayer from Rochester and Lovelock, Nevada. During World War I, he served as a captain in the U. S. Air Service under William Mitchell. He was a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles, La Societe des 40 Hommes et 8 Chevaux, and Knights of Pythias.
Extent
1 Linear Feet (2 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Andrew H. Scott (1888-?) was a Nevada mineral assayer from Rochester and Lovelock, Nevada. He also served in World War I, was a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles, La Societe des 40 Hommes et 8 Chevaux, and Knights of Pythis. The collection includes Scott's business and personal papers which document his business, fraternal activities, and mining interests.
Arrangement
Arranged into the following series: 1) Correspondence; 2) Personal Materials; 3) Assay Business; 4) Mining Prospectuses
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Douglas Smith on May 30, 1989.
- American Legion -- Nevada
- Big Ledge Copper Company
- Business correspondence
- Erotic periodicals
- Fraternal Order of Eagles
- Mines and mineral resources -- Nevada
- Mitchell, William, 1879-1936
- National White Portland Cement Company
- Nevada Packard Mine
- Prospectuses
- Reconstruction Finance Corporation
- Suffrage -- Nevada
Creator
- Scott, Andrew H., -1967 (Creator, Person)
- Title
- Guide to the Andrew H. Scott Papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Staff
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department Repository
Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center
1664 N. Virginia St.
Reno Nevada 89557-0322 USA
775-682-5665
775-682-5724 (Fax)
specoll@unr.edu