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Walter Baring newspaper clippings

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Identifier: 98-37
Abstract Newspaper clippings about Nevada Congressman Walter Baring (democrat) include articles about Baring, his personal appearances, and his politics.
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department

Cooke Family Papers

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Identifier: 2013-20
Overview Thomas Arthur "Tom" Cooke was a prominent and well-respected lawyor 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, Washoe...
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department

A gathering of governors (Program)

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Identifier: 94-24
Abstract Program for a special live broadcast featuring four former and one current Nevada governors discussing their experiences.
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department

Vail Montgomery Pittman Papers

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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 (Mrs....
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department

Biographical Sketch of Bette Sawyer

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Identifier: 94-26
Abstract Biographical sketch describes Sawyer's education; facts about the Sawyers' early married life and birth of their daughter, Gail Louise; list of Mrs. Sawyer's club activities; and information about one of her projects as first lady of Nevada.
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department

Grant Sawyer Papers

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Identifier: 97-28
Abstract Included are 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 small statues.
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department

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Governors -- Nevada -- Election 1
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Governors' spouses -- Nevada 1
Historic buildings -- Conservation and restoration -- Nevada 1
Land use -- Planning -- Tahoe, Lake, Region (Calif. and Nev.) 1
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Operation Haylift, 1949 -- Nevada 1
Paintings 1
Parks -- Planning -- Nevada 1
Political campaigns -- Nevada 1
Politicians -- Nevada 1
Realia 1
Regional planning -- Tahoe, Lake, Region (Calif. and Nev.) 1
Reno (Nev.) 1
Scrapbooks 1
Virginia City (Nev.) -- History 1
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