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Walter Baring newspaper clippings
Collection
Identifier: 98-37
Abstract
Grant Sawyer was a Nevadan, democrat, and governor of Nevada. Newspaper clippings about Nevada Congressman Walter Baring (democrat) include articles about Baring, his personal appearances, and his politics (1964-1966).
Dates:
1964-1966
Cooke Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: 2013-20
Abstract
Thomas Arthur "Tom" Cooke was a prominent and well-respected lawyer in Reno. He married Martha Patricia "Patty" Herz, while in college at the University of Nevada in the early 1940s. The Cooke family was involved in a variety of environmental, recreational, and historic preservation projects and initiatives that sought to improve northern Nevada. Materials cover some aspects of the lives and careers of members of the Cooke and Herz families. Topics include Democratic politics in Nevada,...
Dates:
1855-2009; Majority of material found within 1940-2000
A Gathering of Governors Program
Collection
Identifier: 94-24
Abstract
The Gathering of Governors was a special live broadcast on KNPB Channel 5 featuring four former and one current Nevada governors discussing their experiences. The collection contains the program for the broadcast.
Dates:
1993 April 14
Honorary Degree Recipients Records
Collection
Identifier: AC 0295
Abstract
The first honorary degree was awarded in 1888, to Hannah K. Clapp. In the minutes of the Board of Regents, August 15, 1888, is recorded that "Upon Resolution it was ordered that the degree of M.A. be conferred upon Professor Hannah K. Clapp by the Board of Regents." This collection contains files on honorary degree and distinguished Nevada recipients, 1937-1969. The information includes brief biographical sketches of the recipients, correspondence, and photographs.
Dates:
1937-1969
Vail Montgomery Pittman Papers
Collection
Identifier: NC392
Abstract
Vail Montgomery Pittman was a Nevada newspaperman, State Senator (1925-1929), Lieutenant Governor (1943-1945), Governor (1945-1950), and Democratic National Committeeman from Nevada (1955-1961). Married to Ida Brewington, 1919; brother of Nevada U.S. Senator Key Pittman. Papers, primarily correspondence, are to Pittman from personal, business, and political associates. Major correspondents include Alan Bible, Berkeley Bunker, Pat McCarran, Lester Moody, Drew Pearson, Key Pittman, Mimosa...
Dates:
1896-1964; Majority of material found within 1940-1964
Grant Sawyer Papers
Collection
Identifier: 97-28
Abstract
Grant Sawyer (1918-1996) served as the governor of Nevada from 1959-1967 and during his term created the state Equal Rights Commission, pushed for economic development and diversity in the state, and created the Gaming Control Act of 1959 and Nevada Gaming Commission. The collection includes newspaper clippings from Nevada newspapers documenting Sawyer's years as governor; certificates; photographs; paintings; plaques; and artifacts such as campaign hats, ribbon cutting scissors, flags, and...
Dates:
1939-1993
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- Operation Haylift, 1949 -- Nevada 1
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- Democratic Party (Nev.) 2
- Pittman, Vail Montgomery, 1880-1964 2
- Adams, Eva Bertrand, 1908-1991 1
- Badie, Margaret 1
- Badt, Milton B. 1
- Baring, Walter S. (Walter Stephan), 1911-1975 1
- Berkner, Lloyd V. (Lloyd Viel), 1905-1967 1
- Berlin, Ellin 1
- Bible, Alan, 1909-1988 1
- Bryan, Richard H. 1
- Bunker, Berkeley Lloyd, 1906- 1
- Church, James Edward, Jr., 1869-1959 1
- Cook family 1
- Cooke, Patricia Herz 1
- Cooke, Thomas A., 1941- 1
- Dodge, Carl F. 1
- Eather, Edgar 1
- Erskine, Hazel Gaudet 1
- Feemster, Dolores 1
- Fife, James 1
- Fleischmann, Max C. (Max Charles), 1877-1951 1
- Foley, Roger T. 1
- Frandsen, Peter, 1876-1967 1
- Gibson, Samuel 1
- Gloyd, Howard 1
- Grier, Herbert Earl 1
- Guild, Clark J., 1887-1971 1
- Hadley, Morris 1
- Hamlet, Julia 1
- Hardy, Roy A., 1886-1974 1
- Heizer, Robert F. (Robert Fleming), 1915-1979 1
- Hunt, William 1
- Isbell, C. V. (Clement V.) 1
- KNPB (Television station) 1
- Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald) 1
- Kinnear, John C. 1
- Laxalt, Paul 1
- Ledger, John T. 1
- List, Robert 1
- Love, Malcolm A. (Malcolm Andrews), 1904-1990 1
- Mack, Effie Mona 1
- McCarran, Pat, 1876-1954 1
- McCulloch, Frank Walter 1
- McHenry, Dean Eugene 1
- Mildren, Frank T. (Frank Thomas) 1
- Miller, Bob 1
- Moody, Lester 1
- Mullins, Ernest 1
- Nelson, Esterline 1
- Nevada. Governor (1959-1967 : Sawyer) 1
- O'Callaghan, Mike 1
- Ogilvie, George 1
- Pearson, Drew, 1897-1969 1
- Pittman, Key, 1872-1940 1
- Pittman, Mimosa 1
- Questa, Edward J. 1
- Reno/Sparks YWCA (Reno, Nev.) 1
- Riegelhuth, Katharine, 1876-1973 1
- Rusco, Elmer R. 1
- Salet, Eugene A. 1
- Sanford, William Clark 1
- Smith, Alice L., 1902-1990 1
- Smith, Lloyd P. 1
- Spengler, Kenneth C., 1915-2010 1
- Summerfield, Lester D., 1888-1966 1
- Swobe, Coe 1
- Tahoe Regional Planning Agency 1
- Truman, Harry S. 1
- University of Nevada System. Board of Regents 1
- University of Nevada, Reno. Bureau of Governmental Research 1
- University of Nevada. Board of Regents 1
- Wartman, Franklin S. 1
- Washoe County (Nev.). Department of Parks and Recreation 1
- Webb, William D. 1
- Whittell, George, 1881-1969 1
- Williams, Joseph 1
- Woodward, Ullyses S. 1
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