James M. Slattery Papers

 Collection
Identifier: NC904

Scope and Contents

The James M. Slattery Papers includes correspondence, newspaper clippings about the Senator, certificates of election, business cards, and photographs.

Dates

  • 1963-1969

Creator

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

James M. Slattery was born on November 14, 1907, in North Dakota. He became interested in politics and sports at an early age. Slattery worked as a teacher, miner, casino dealer, rancher in North Dakota and Nevada and served in the Nevada State Assembly from 1950-1952 and the Nevada State Senate from 1954-1970. Slattery also made an unsuccessful run for the U.S. Congress in 1968. Slattery was a good friend of Joe Conforte and was known for often opposing civil rights legislation.

Before Slattery went into politics, he spent a short time teaching, worked in the mines of northern Nevada, and was a rancher.

Additional interest in sports events brought Mr. Slattery national fame as a champion camel and ostrich rider in annual races in Virginia City, Nevada, and as a contestant in the yearly frog jumping contest at Angel's Camp, California.

Slattery died on May 24, 1986.

Extent

0.21 Linear Feet (1 box)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

James M. Slattery (1907-1986) was a rancher and Nevada state Senator from Washoe and Storey Counties. The collection includes correspondence, newspaper clippings about the Senator, certificates of election, business cards, and photographs.

Arrangement

Arranged without hierarchy.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donated by James M. Slattery circa 1975.

Related Materials

Slattery, James M. and Glass, Mary Ellen. James M. Slattery: Recollections of a Nevada Politician and Sportsman. University of Nevada, Reno: University of Nevada Oral History Program, 1971.

Separated Materials

Photographs transferred to the Special Collections Department photo archive as collection number UNRS-P1989-19.

Subjects

Related Names

Creator

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Guide to the James M. Slattery Papers
Status
Completed
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department Repository

https://library.unr.edu/SpeColl
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