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Cooke Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2013-20
Abstract Thomas Arthur "Tom" Cooke was a prominent and well-respected lawyer in Reno. He married Martha Patricia "Patty" Herz while in college at the University of Nevada in the early 1940s. The Cooke family was involved in a variety of environmental, recreational, and historic preservation projects and initiatives that sought to improve northern Nevada. Materials cover some aspects of the lives and careers of members of the Cooke and Herz families. Topics include Democratic politics in Nevada,...
Dates: 1855-2009; Majority of material found within 1940-2000
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department

The life of Honorable Lem Allen, as told by himself

 Collection
Identifier: NC308
Abstract

Reminiscences describe Allen's early life before moving to Nevada; the death of his young children; haying and ranching in Churchill County, Nevada; election to public office beginning in 1867 with Justice of the Peace in Fallon; the Nevada legislature and politics; experiences with Nevada Indians, his journey to Nevada, and events in Virginia City, Nevada.

Dates: circa 1910
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department

William C. Miller Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 87-06
Abstract

Includes material related to Miller's career and interests, particularly the history of Nevada Territory and the theater. Included are correspondence, Miller's thesis and dissertation, scripts of plays performed by the Reno Little Theater and Reno Dramatic Club, sheet music, a minute book/account ledger of stock holders of the Silver Star Mining District (Comstock Lode), and a poster for Topliffe's Theatre (earliest known Nevada imprint, 1862). Material between 1860-1976.

Dates: 1860-1976; 1860-1976
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department

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Clemens, Orion, 1825-1897 1
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Cooke, Thomas A., 1920-1994 1
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Immel, Ray Keeslar, 1885- 1
Kennedy, Charles Rann, 1871-1950 1
Koenig, Mark 1
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Miller, Frances M. Campbell 1
Miller, William C., 1908-1987 1
Nevada. Employment Security Department 1
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Piper's Opera House (Virginia City, Nev.) 1
Reno Dramatic Club 1
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Sawyer, Grant, 1918-1996 1
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Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 1
Virginia & Truckee Railroad 1
Washoe County (Nev.). Department of Parks and Recreation 1
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924 1
Young Women's Christian Association of Reno-Sparks (Nev.) 1
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