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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
Trenmor Coffin Papers
Collection
Identifier: NC06
Abstract
Trenmor Coffin was a lawyer, businessman, and Nevada State Assemblyman, of Carson City, Nevada. Collection contains correspondence, legal cases, and papers connected with Coffin's political activity in Nevada (1892-1898) as a member of the Republican State Central Committee and supporter of the Free Silver ticket. The correspondence relates to cases in which Coffin or his legal firm participated, to his business interests in irrigation enterprises, and to the personal affairs of Coffin and...
Dates:
1864-1927
Mary L. Gojack Papers
Collection
Identifier: 86-02
Abstract
Mary L. Gojack (1936-1985) served in the Nevada State Assembly from 1972-1974 and the Nevada State Senate from 1974-1978. In 1980, Gojack unsuccessfully challenged Paul Laxalt for the US Senate seat, and, in 1982, she ran against Barbara Vucanovich for the newly created Second Congressional District seat. Vucanovich won the seat by a narrow margin. The collection includes correspondence, subject files, campaign files and newspaper clippings, and financial material from her public service,...
Dates:
1965-1993
Peter C. Petersen Papers
Collection
Identifier: NC430
Abstract
Primarily political correspondence with Nevada Senator Pat McCarran. Some letters are accompanied by bills, receipts, and contractor's estimates relating to the Senator's property in and near Reno; or relevant newspaper clippings, memos, or minutes of meetings.
Dates:
1938-1954
Vail Montgomery Pittman Papers
Collection
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...
Dates:
1896-1964; Majority of material found within 1940-1964
James M. Slattery Papers
Collection
Identifier: NC904
Abstract
James M. Slattery (1907-1986) was a rancher and Nevada state Senator from Washoe and Storey Counties. The collection includes correspondence, newspaper clippings about the Senator, certificates of election, business cards, and photographs.
Dates:
1963-1969
George F. Smith Papers
Collection
Identifier: NC577
Abstract
George F. Smith (1885-?) was born in Nevada and served in the Reno City Council from 1919-1926. From 1926-1934, Smith served as Reno Postmaster. The collection largely contains correspondence on political or postal matters; also some legal documents, an aircraft squadron training manual, and printed congressional materials such as bills and hearings.
Dates:
1919-1944
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- Bible, Alan, 1909-1988 2
- Adams, Eva Bertrand, 1908-1991 1
- Arentz, Samuel Shaw, 1879-1934 1
- Baker, Bobby, 1928-2017 1
- Balzar, Fredrick Bennett, 1880-1934 1
- Baring, Walter S. (Walter Stephan), 1911-1975 1
- Bunker, Berkeley Lloyd, 1906- 1
- Cannon, Howard W. 1
- Coffin, Trenmor, 1848-1904 1
- Dangberg, Henry F. 1
- Democratic Party (Nev.) 1
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- Gojack, Mary, 1936-1985 1
- Gomes, Nancy, 1926-1979 1
- Gorrell, Robert M. 1
- Inyo Land and Canal Company, Reward Gold Mine 1
- Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 1
- Laxalt, Paul 1
- Moody, Lester 1
- National Association of Postmasters of the United States 1
- Oddie, Tasker L. (Tasker Lowndes), 1870-1950 1
- Pamlico Mining Company 1
- Patchell, James J. 1
- Pearson, Drew, 1897-1969 1
- Petersen, Peter C., 1893-1977 1
- Pittman, Key, 1872-1940 1
- Pittman, Mimosa Gates, 1872-1952 1
- Pittman, Vail Montgomery, 1880-1964 1
- Postmasters' Association of California 1
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