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Sierra Club Records

 Collection
Identifier: NC1260
Abstract The Sierra Club is a California based national organization devoted to preserving nature for future generations. Organized about 1890 in San Francisco, the club issues a Bulletin and publishes books about nature; they also investigate and lobby to prevent damage to the wilderness. Divided into chapters and subgroups based on geography. Richard Sill served on the national board of directors and executive committee from 1967-1971, on the executive board of the Toiyabe Chapter (Nevada), and as...
Dates: 1899-1979

Sierra Interfaith Action for Peace Records

 Collection
Identifier: 95-01
Abstract This collection is a rich source of information about the peace and justice movement in Nevada. In addition to chronicling activities of the Sierra Interfaith Action for Peace it documents the peace work of the American Friends Service Committee, Campus Peace Studies Group, Reno/Sparks Metro Ministry, Citizen Alert, Nevada Desert Experience, Nevadans Against the War, Pace e Bene, and Nevada Rainbow Coalition. Other western peace organizations include The Pecos Benedictine, Plumas People for...
Dates: 1969-1994

Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Records

 Collection
Identifier: 82-37
Abstract The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency was created jointly in the late 1960s as a bi-state compact by the states of California and Nevada to meet Lake Tahoe basin-wide planning needs, including general plans. The collection includes correspondence; legislation related to Lake Tahoe issues; files on topics such as construction and development of Harrah's Tahoe (casino and hotel) and Harvey's Resort Hotel, parking and transportation in the Tahoe basin, land use, shoreline developments, timber...
Dates: 1971-1979

Truckee Meadows Quilters' Club Records

 Collection
Identifier: 92-01
Abstract

The Truckee Meadows Quilters quilt club (hereafter referred to as TMQ or the Club) was organized in 1978 by local quilters and quilt lovers to promote quilting and to learn more about the art through study and sharing. Included are minutes, bylaws, correspondence, newsletters, quilt show programs, and membership rosters between 1980-2005.

Dates: 1980-2005

William Wallace White Papers

 Collection
Identifier: NC455
Abstract

Wiliam Wallace White was a sanitary engineer for the Nevada Division of Public Health Engineering and Director of the Nevada State Department of Health and Welfare. The collection contains minutes of the Truckee River Pure Water Fund (1904); reports on Truckee River pollution (1918), the Reno-Sparks sewer system (1927), and water supplies for Nevada highways and railroads (1927); and correspondence to and from White regarding the latter report and water purification.

Dates: 1904-1927

Yellow Jacket Silver Mining Company Records

 Collection
Identifier: NC61
Abstract

The Yellow Jacket Mine, staked in 1859, was one of the deepest in the Comstock Lode. Operation records of the Yellow Jacket Mine include minutes of stockholders' and directors' meetings, by-laws, deeds, financial statements, stock transfer records, and letters, from 1861-1911.

Dates: 1861-1911

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Child abuse -- Prevention -- Nevada 1
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Pyramid Lake Task Force 2
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American Federation of Labor 1
American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers 1
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Boyle, Emmet Derby, 1879-1926 1
California-Nevada Creamery Company 1
Campus Peace Studies Group (Reno, Nev.) 1
Carnelian Bay Water Company 1
Carson Valley Creamery 1
Continental Association of Funeral and Memorial Societies 1
Cooke, Thomas A., 1941- 1
Crown Point Gold and Silver Mining Company 1
Equal Rights Amendment Project 1
Eureka and Palisade Railroad 1
Eureka and Palisade Railway 1
Eureka-Nevada Railway 1
Farquhar, Francis P. (Francis Peloubet), 1887-1974 1
Fort Churchill Creamery 1
Fredericksburg Creamery Company 1
Gordon, Louis D. 1
Harrah's Lake Tahoe (Stateline, Nev.) 1
Harvey's Lake Tahoe Hotel and Casino (Stateline, Nev.) 1
Industrial Workers of the World 1
Jacket-Crown Point-Belcher Mines Company 1
James, S. E. (Miner) 1
Joint California-Nevada Interstate Compact Commission 1
Kempvane, J. C. 1
Kennecott Copper Corporation 1
Kimble, Isabel 1
League of Women Voters of Nevada 1
Mason Valley Creamery 1
Memorial Society of Western Nevada 1
Mills, Darius O. (Darius Ogden), 1825-1910 1
National Women's Political Caucus (U.S.). Anne Martin Chapter (Reno, Nev.) 1
Nevada Consolidated Copper Company 1
Nevada Creamery and Commercial Company 1
Nevada Desert Experience (Organization) 1
Nevada Industrial Commission 1
Nevada Mining Association 1
Nevada Press Women 1
Nevada Rainbow Coalition 1
Nevada Silver Centennial Committee 1
Nevadans Against the War 1
Nevadans for E.R.A., Inc 1
New, W. R. 1
Oddie, Tasker L. (Tasker Lowndes), 1870-1950 1
Orr Ditch and Water Company 1
Pace e Bene Franciscan Nonviolence Center (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1
Pittman, Key, 1872-1940 1
Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of the Pyramid Lake Reservation, Nevada 1
Redding Peace Center 1
Redlands Peace Group 1
Reno/Sparks Metro Ministry 1
Requa, Isaac L. 1
Requa, M. L. (Mark Lawrence) 1
Resource Center for Nonviolence (Santa Cruz, Calif.) 1
Rives, Henry Macon, 1883-1952 1
Round Mountain Gold Dredging Corporation 1
Sacramento Religious Community for Peace 1
Scott, Ann Herbert 1
Scott, William T. (William Taussig), 1916-1999 1
Settelmeyer, Fred H., 1892- 1
Sexton, Charles B. 1
Sexton, John E. (John Edward), 1885-1949 1
Sharon, William, 1821-1885 1
Sierra Club 1
Sierra Interfaith Action for Peace 1
Sill, Richard C. (Richard Clement), 1923-1981 1
Smith Valley Creamery 1
Tahoe Regional Planning Agency 1
Truckee Meadows Quilters (Reno, Nev.) 1
Truckee River Pure Water Fund 1
United States. Forest Service 1
United Western Miners 1
White, William Wallace, 1905- 1
Whittell, George, 1881-1969 1
Women's Political Caucus of Northern Nevada 1
Yellow Jacket Silver Mining Company 1
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