Henry Curtis Morris Papers
Scope and Contents
The Henry Curtis Morris Papers contains letters to and from Morris related to his research on mining in Nevada in the early years of the 20th century include those from historians and authors William B. Beatty, Nell Murbarger, and Arthur Woodward; and those from correspondents who wrote of their research or experiences in Nevada: Edith Stuart Jackson, Mary Martin, and Norman Douglas Money. Also included are newspaper clippings, tourist brochures, and maps of Nevada mining towns.
Dates
- Creation: 1945-1963
Creator
- Morris, Henry Curtis (Creator, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Biographical note
Henry Curtis Morris was a mining engineer in Nevada and the west from about 1900-1915, employed by the United States Bureau of Mines in Washington, D.C., and author of two books of reminiscences about his mining career: Desert Gold and Total Prospecting (1955) and The Mining West at the Turn of the Century (1962).
Full Extent
0.21 Linear Feet (7 folders (47 items, 22 photographs) in a shared box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Henry Curtis Morris was a mining engineer in Nevada and the west from about 1900-1915, employed by the United States Bureau of Mines in Washington, D.C., and author of two books of reminiscences about his mining career: Desert Gold and Total Prospecting (1955) and The Mining West at the Turn of the Century (1962). The collection contains letters to and from Morris related to his research on mining in Nevada in the early years of the 20th century include those from historians and authors William B. Beatty, Nell Murbarger, and Arthur Woodward; and those from correspondents who wrote of their research or experiences in Nevada: Edith Stuart Jackson, Mary Martin, and Norman Douglas Money. Also included are newspaper clippings, tourist brochures, and maps of Nevada mining towns.
Arrangement
Arranged as received by repository.
Separated Materials
Photographs transferred to the Special Collections Department photo archive as collection number UNRS-P1995-58.
Subject
- Woodward, Arthur, 1898-1986 -- Correspondence (Person)
- Martin, Mary (Creator, Person)
- Jackson, Edith Stuart -- Correspondence (Person)
- Morris, Henry Curtis -- Correspondence (Person)
- Jackson, Edith Stuart (Creator, Person)
- Beatty, William Blake, 1912-1990 -- Correspondence (Person)
- Beatty, William Blake, 1912-1990 (Creator, Person)
- Woodward, Arthur, 1898-1986 (Creator, Person)
- Murbarger, Nell, 1909-1991 -- Correspondence (Person)
- Murbarger, Nell, 1909-1991 (Creator, Person)
- Money, Norman Douglas -- Correspondence (Person)
- Money, Norman Douglas (Creator, Person)
- Martin, Mary -- Correspondence (Person)
- Title
- Guide to the Henry Curtis Morris Papers
- Status
- Completed
- 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
specoll@unr.edu