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Eva Bertrand Adams Papers
Collection
Identifier: 82-11
Abstract
The Eva Bertrand Adams Papers have been divided into four series reflecting the three segments of Eva Adams' life represented in these papers.Included in the first group are papers generated from the Senatorial offices of Pat McCarran, 1936-1954; Ernest Brown, 1954; and Alan Bible, 1954-1960. Material from the McCarran era dominates the group and includes Senator McCarran's papers as well as those of Eva Adams, his Administrative Assistant. Office files, financial records,...
Dates:
1920-1983
Alan Bible Papers
Collection
Identifier: NC01
Abstract
Alan Bible, a Nevada politician and attorney, served as the District Attorney of Storey County from 1935-1938 until he was appointed Deputy Attorney General of Nevada in 1938. In 1942, Bible was appointed State Attorney, and served in that position until 1950. Upon resignation from that position, he resumed private practice of law, which would continue throughout the rest of his career. In 1954, Bible was appointed to serve in the United States Senate, filling the vacancy left upon the...
Dates:
1953-1974
Richard H. Bryan U. S. Senatorial Papers
Collection
Identifier: 2003-01
Abstract
Richard Hudson Bryan is an American attorney and politician who served as a United States Senator from Nevada from 1989-2001. A Democrat, Bryan served as the 25th Governor of Nevada from 1983-1989, and before that served as the state's attorney general and a member of the State Senate. The collection contains material covering Richard Bryan's campaign for and career in the U.S. Senate, 1989-2001, following his time as Nevada's governor. The bulk of the papers come from his second term in the...
Dates:
1971-2002; Majority of material found within 1989-2001
John Ensign U.S. Senatorial Papers
Collection
Identifier: 2013-11
Abstract
John Ensign served in the United State Congress from 1994-1998 and the U.S. Senate from 2000 until his resignation in 2011. He served on the following Senate Committees: Budget; Finance; Armed Services; Commerce, Science, and Transportation; Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP); Veterans Affairs; Homeland Security and Government Affairs; Small Business and Entrepreneurship; Rules and Administration; and Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs. The collection covers Ensign's career as a...
Dates:
1987-2011
Dean Heller Papers
Collection
Identifier: NC1373
Abstract
Dean Arthur Heller (1960- ), a Nevada Republican, served as a Nevada State Assemblyman, 1990-1994; Nevada Secretary of State, 1994-2007; two and a half terms in the U.S. House of Representatives, 2006-2011; and one term as Nevada U.S. Senator, 2012-2019. The collection contains press releases created by Heller during his term as a U.S. Senator representing Nevada.
Dates:
2007-2018
Paul Laxalt U.S. Senatorial Papers
Collection
Identifier: 83-01
Abstract
Paul Laxalt (1922-2018) was a politician from Nevada and the first Basque-American senator. The collection covers Laxalt's career as a U. S. Senator from Nevada from 1974 until his resignation effective January 3, 1987. Files are comprised of materials retained from offices in Carson City, Reno, Las Vegas, and Washington, D.C., as well as materials retained from Senator Laxalt's time as the chair for Ronald Reagan's presidential campaigns in 1976, 1980, and 1984 and includes correspondence,...
Dates:
1974-1987
Joseph T. McDonnell Papers
Collection
Identifier: 85-11
Abstract
Joseph T. McDonnell (1908-1985) was a lawyer and worked for Senators Pat McCarran and Alan Bible. The collection contains the papers of Joseph, his wife Gladys Morris McDonnell (1912-1983), and her parent's Richard L. (1885-1965) and Jessie (Williams) Morris (1886-1965). Included are diaries, papers related to Joseph's careers as lawyer and legislative assistant, correspondence, legal documents, family records, books, photos, and memorabilia. Of particular note are letters written by Joseph...
Dates:
1885-circa 1982
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- Adams, Eva Bertrand, 1908-1991 3
- Bible, Alan, 1909-1988 3
- McCarran, Pat, 1876-1954 3
- Laxalt, Paul 2
- Adams, Vern 1
- Baker, Bobby, 1928-2017 1
- Baring, Walter S. (Walter Stephan), 1911-1975 1
- Brown, Ernest, 1881-1962 1
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- Mechling, Thomas 1
- Miller, T. W. (Thomas Woodnutt), 1886-1975 1
- Morris, Jessie Williams 1
- Morris, Richard L. (Richard Lewis), 1805-1880 1
- Pearson, Drew, 1897-1969 1
- Reagan, Ronald 1
- Republican Party (Nev.) 1
- Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) 1
- Sexton, Charles B. 1
- Sourwine, Julien G. 1
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