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Southern Development Company of Nevada Records
Collection
Identifier: NC74
Abstract
The Southern Development Company of Nevada was incorporated on October 6, 1881. Among the stated purposes of the company were to buy and sell land, build and operate toll roads, locate and hold water rights and privileges in order to construct waterways and systems, and to acquire lands for timbering. Collection contains correspondence, company papers, land related documents, financial accounts, township plats and maps between 1880-1957.
Dates:
1880-1957
Southern Pacific Railroad Company Records
Collection
Identifier: NC910
Abstract
Southern Pacific Railroad Company was a transcontinental railroad company with tracks running east and west through Nevada. Includes train orders for some Nevada trains, 1896-1958; correspondence, 1892-1958; and time tables, 1914-1925. Of note in the orders are communiques regarding President Harding's funeral train and security precautions in World War II; and in the correspondence, the specifications for maximum railroad car sizes, instructions for transport of army personnel in World War...
Dates:
1892-1958
The Story of District IX
Collection
Identifier: 83-22
Abstract
History of early roads and highways in District IX of the California Division of Highways, which covers Inyo, Mono, and eastern Kern Counties. Includes text and correspondence from 1951-1952. Collection created by Alan S. Hart.
Dates:
1951-1952
Sutro Tunnel Company Records
Collection
Identifier: NC07
Abstract
The Sutro Tunnel Company was organized by Adolph Sutro for the purpose of constructing a drainage tunnel under the Comstock Lode in Virginia City, Nevada. Records related to organizing, publicizing, funding and constructing the Sutro Tunnel.,Included are transcripts of a court case; correspondence, which consist of letters and construction reports from company secretary Pelham W. Ames to Sutro; deeds; superintendents' reports; speeches; prospectus; certificate of incorporation and by-laws;...
Dates:
1861-1935
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
Talisman Press Records
Collection
Identifier: NC390
Abstract
The Talisman Press was founded in the early 1950s by Robert Greenwood. The collection contains correspondence between the editors and contributors to both the magazine and published volumes of poetry, manuscripts, and the Talisman Poetry Folio No. 1 Series dating from 1951-1963.
Dates:
1951-1963
Tonopah and Goldfield Railroad Correspondence
Collection
Identifier: NC165
Abstract
Bulletins and notices issued by the company providing instructions for operations and news of other Nevada railroad lines; invoices, damage claims, freight orders, and correspondence from other companies; and the decision from a Nevada District Court case allowing abandonment of the line.
Dates:
1905-1947
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
Union Consolidated Silver Mining Company Records
Collection
Identifier: NC87
Abstract
The Union Mine was Part of the North End Mines of the Comstock Lode, the Union was an 1859 stake of 302 feet between the Mexican and Sierra Nevada Mines. Later, 270 additional feet were acquired from the North Ophir claim. Work began in 1860; although the Union had one of the deepest works (at 3350 feet), it was one of the least profitable of the Comstock; by the late 1870s it was producing no ore. Collection contains operational records, including weekly and annual reports of operations...
Dates:
1863-1918
United Comstock Pumping Association Records
Collection
Identifier: NC89
Abstract
The Comstock Pumping Association was established in 1898 by 28 mine companies in Virginia City. Designed as a means to increase stock values, the purpose of the association was to pump water from the Comstock mines below the Sutro Tunnel level. Records of operation include daily and weekly reports (including Ward Shaft Association, 1910-1912), letters, cashbooks, financial ledgers, and a tunnel account book, 1905-1909.
Dates:
1898-1920
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