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A. J. Hood Papers
Collection
Identifier: NC619
Abstract
Miscellaneous materials from California and Nevada, including receipts from transportation businesses (Wells, Fargo & Company and California and Oregon United States Mail Line); legal documents such as execution of tax sale, import entry of foreign merchandise of the ship Antelope, certification of election in Carson City by the governor of Utah Territory, articles of incorporation for Succor Gold and Silver Mining Company (Gold Hill, Nevada), and coroner's jury verdict for Mariposa,...
Dates:
1851-1894
Inyo Development Company Records
Collection
Identifier: NC73
Abstract
The Inyo Development Company was formed to evaporate, process, and ship the natural soda found in the brines at Owens Lake, Inyo County, California. Collection contains correspondence, financial statements, labor records, soda records, legal documents and maps from 1885-1916.
Dates:
1885-1916
Beatrice Fettic Jones Papers
Collection
Identifier: 84-02
Abstract
Primarily, legal documents such as deeds and probate cases; and accounts of the earliest non-indigenous settlers in Nevada, specifically the Motts, Fettics, and Brockliss'. Miscellaneous materials include report card and diploma from Mottsville schools, newspaper clippings, genealogical worksheets, Nevada centennial programs, an autograph album, and scrapbook of 19th and 20th century advertising art. Created by Beatrice Fettic Jones from 1859-1964.
Dates:
1859-1964
Joseph T. McDonnell Papers
Collection
Identifier: 85-11
Abstract
Joseph T. McDonnell (1908-1985) was a lawyer and worked for Senators Pat McCarran and Alan Bible. The collection contains the papers of Joseph, his wife Gladys Morris McDonnell (1912-1983), and her parent's Richard L. (1885-1965) and Jessie (Williams) Morris (1886-1965). Included are diaries, papers related to Joseph's careers as lawyer and legislative assistant, correspondence, legal documents, family records, books, photos, and memorabilia. Of particular note are letters written by Joseph...
Dates:
1885-circa 1982
Memorial Society of Western Nevada Records
Collection
Identifier: NC445
Abstract
The Memorial Society of Western Nevada promoted, through education and other means, dignity and simplicity in all services in connection with the disposition of human remains, and to prearrange for members and their families, at prearranged rates, the type of disposal of the bodily remains which they desire within the limitations prescribed by law. The collection includes articles of incorporation, minutes, financial reports, correspondence, membership lists, yearly reports to Washoe County,...
Dates:
1966-1995
Ophir Silver Mining Company Records
Collection
Identifier: NC56
Abstract
The first discovery of precious minerals in the Comstock Mining District, Virginia City, Nevada, was made on what was to become the Ophir Silver Mining claim. Collection contains daily, weekly, and annual reports, 1879-1920; letters, 1874-1913; payroll, 1879-1884; cash books, 1882-1911 abstract of title of the company's real estate and miscellaneous other business records, 1878-1906.
Dates:
1860-1935; Majority of material found within 1877-1900
Charles Priest Papers
Collection
Identifier: NC559
Abstract
Charles Priest was a Nevada educator, veteran, and Freemason. The collection primarily contains correspondence related to Priest's career in education and his military activities.
Dates:
1901-1965
Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of the Pyramid Lake Reservation, Nevada Records
Collection
Identifier: NC16
Abstract
The Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe is governed by 10 Tribal Council members who are elected bi-annually in December and on staggered two year terms. The Collection contains correspondence; minutes; constitution; corporate charter; leases and permits relating to tribal economic matters, mining, fishing, boating, agriculture, and livestock; tribal roll; welfare and health records; material on the development of tribal lands, both recreational and residential; and papers reflecting the tribal...
Dates:
1930-1979
Raycraft and Rives Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: NC594
Abstract
Francis Bernard Golden (1862?-1911), of Irish birth, was a Nevada businessman and jeweler, married to Mary Louise Morris. James Morris (1826?-1900), also Irish, was County Commissioner and Justice of the Peace in Empire City, Nevada, married to Margaret Muldoon (1831?-1893). Margaret (Madge) Theresa Morris Raycraft (1864-1943), daughter of James Morris, schoolteacher, married to James A. Raycraft. James Andrew Raycraft (1862-1913) ran livery stable business in Genoa, Nevada and vicinity and...
Dates:
1876-1965
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 1
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- Glenbrook Improvement Company 1
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- National Association of Postmasters of the United States 1
- Nevada Mine Operators Association 1
- O'Brien, William Shoney 1
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- Olympic Club (San Francisco, Calif.) 1
- Ophir Silver Mining Company (Virginia City, Nev.) 1
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