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Silver and gold have I none; a story of the Methodist Church of Sparks, Nevada

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Identifier: NC103
Abstract

History of the Sparks United Methodist Church includes brief history of early mining in Nevada; Methodist missionary efforts in Nevada Territory beginning in 1861; establishment of churches in Virginia City, 1861, and Sparks, 1905; and charts demonstrating the membership growth of the church and donations to world service funds.

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

Alice L. Smith Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 93-10
Abstract Alice L. Smith was a Reno, Nevada black woman and activist. The collection includes biographical information; personal correspondence; working papers for Smith's community service involvement with the American National Red Cross, Western Community Action Training, Inc., Community Service Council, and Nevada State Comprehensive Health Planning Advisory Council, and information about the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Nevada (NAACP). Of special interest is a...
Dates: 1940-1991
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department

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American National Red Cross. Reno Chapter 1
Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church (Reno, Nev.) 1
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Reno-Sparks Chapter 1
Nevada. State Comprehensive Health Planning 1
Smith, Alfred O., 1893-1946 1
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Smith, Alice L., 1902-1990 1
United Methodist Church (U.S.) 1
Washoe County Council of Church Women 1
Western Community Action Training, Inc. (Reno, Nev.) 1
Wilkins, J. R. (John R.) 1
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