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George A. Bartlett Papers
Collection
Identifier: NC1253
Abstract
George Arthur Bartlett (1869-1951) was a Nevada lawyer; District Attorney of Eureka County, 1898-1900; District Court Judge of Reno, 1918 and 1921-1930; U.S. Representative from Nevada, 1906-1910; and author of the book Men, Women, and Conflict, 1931, which was revised and reissued in 1947 as Is Marriage Necessary? Bartlett's obituaries claimed he granted more than 20,000 divorces, earning him the sobriquet of "the...
Dates:
1869-1953
Baumann Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: NC1391
Abstract
The Baumann family, originally from Ohio, consisted of five siblings, three of whom (Jacob, Sophia (Welch), and Carline) settled in Nevada in the 1870s. The collection consists primarily of correspondence to and from the Baumann siblings as well as other documents from their family. Additionally, the collection includes correspondence to John Piper of the Piper's Opera House in Virginia City, Nevada regarding booking performers for the venue.
Dates:
1838-1953; Majority of material found within 1871-1929
Belmont, Nevada Letter
Collection
Identifier: 2014-30
Abstract
Lot 2362.
Letter of September 16, 1877 to G. Nicholos on delivering cords of wood
Dates:
September 17, 1877
Best and Belcher Mining Company Records
Collection
Identifier: NC82
Abstract
Best and Belcher Mine, 540' long and part of the Middle Mines of the Comstock Lode, was staked in 1859. Records include letters, 1878-1880; a time book for 1907 (which also includes Hale and Norcross Mining Company times for 1916); a title abstract, 1863; an 1877 affidavit of work; list of company officers, 1890.
Dates:
1863-1916
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
Bodie Wood and Lumber Company Records
Collection
Identifier: NC716
Abstract
The Bodie Wood and Lumber Company was organized by H. M. Yerington, J. W. Haynie and others to acquire timber lands and water rights in Mono County, California, just south of Mono Lake. The collection include correspondence, financial accounts, and land related material.
Dates:
1873-1880
Richard H. Bryan U. S. Senatorial Papers
Collection
Identifier: 2003-01
Abstract
Richard Hudson Bryan is an American attorney and politician who served as a United States Senator from Nevada from 1989-2001. A Democrat, Bryan served as the 25th Governor of Nevada from 1983-1989, and before that served as the state's attorney general and a member of the State Senate. The collection contains material covering Richard Bryan's campaign for and career in the U.S. Senate, 1989-2001, following his time as Nevada's governor. The bulk of the papers come from his second term in the...
Dates:
1971-2002; Majority of material found within 1989-2001
Jim Bryant Papers
Collection
Identifier: 91-16
Abstract
Jim Bryant began this collection because of an interest he had in the Fernley and Lassen Railroad, a branch of the Southern Pacific Railroad which ran from Fernley, Nevada, to the vicinity of Susanville, Lassen County, California. This research brought to his attention the lumber industry of northern California which was inextricably tied to the railroad. The collection includes are company and governmental records (partial), newspaper clippings, maps, photos, and research notes on logging...
Dates:
1909-1989
Florence S. Burge Papers
Collection
Identifier: 82-36
Abstract
Florence Sanford Burdge (1912-1986) was a freelance writer, editor, and journalist in Reno, Nevada. The collection includes draft and published copies of Burge's writings as a freelance author and women's page editor; correspondence from readers and friends; correspondence and papers related to receiving the J. C. Penney -University of Missouri award for best women's pages; and unpublished biography of Noble Getchell. Material from 1955-1966.
Dates:
1955-1966
California-Nevada Creamery Company Records
Collection
Identifier: 89-51
Abstract
Includes bylaws, certificate of incorporation, minutes, correspondence, monthly reports, financial ledgers, payroll accounts, leases, and agreements. Individual creamery records include milk delivery records financial series also provided business expenses by name of creamery.
Dates:
1891-1905
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- Baring, Walter S. (Walter Stephan), 1911-1975 3
- Bible, Alan, 1909-1988 3
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- Groom Southend Mining Company 2
- Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel), 1865-1923 2
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- Osborne, T. J., 1860-1918 2
- Pamlico Mining Company 2
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- Bryan, William Jennings, 1860-1925 1
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