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Sam and the Statue; An Untold Nevada Story

 Collection
Identifier: NC41
Abstract

Paper relating the efforts of Samuel P. Davis (April 4, 1850 – March 17, 1918), former oral historian at the University of Nevada Reno, to honor John W. Mackay with a statue sculpted by John Gutzon Borglum; the statue was placed on the campus of the University of Nevada, Reno.

Dates: 1965
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department

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  • Repository: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department X
  • Names: Mackay, John William, 1831-1902 X
  • Names: Borglum, Gutzon, 1867-1941 X