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Sam P. Davis Correspondence
Collection
Identifier: NC197
Abstract
Includes letters from Henry George on a U. S. income tax proposal, 1883; Theodore Roosevelt on establishing a Nevada State Police, 1908; E. A. Powell on Davis' purchase of a pedigreed bull, 1885; Thomas A. Edison on use of sagebrush as fuel, 1910; letters from Davis to Nevada U. S. Senator William M. Stewart about politics and Lake Tahoe, 1900-1901; Davis' poem the Burial of Sam Magee, n.d.; and Davis' response to a toast at a Virginia City banquet celebrating the installation of electrical...
Dates:
1883-1912
Delegate Handouts
Collection
Identifier: 88-17
Abstract
Delegates' information handed out at the convention, including badge, program, pamphlets about candidates and political issues, 1988-1990 platform of the Nevada Democratic Party, convention rules, and list of delegates.
Dates:
1988
Resolution of the Democratic State Central Committee
Collection
Identifier: NC729
Abstract
Resolutions passed at a meeting in Reno issuing a position statement for the party platform, most of which dealt with the silver question. The collection contains material from December 5, 1899 created by the Democratic State Central Committee.
Dates:
December 5, 1899
Democratic State Convention Records
Collection
Identifier: NC532
Abstract
Registration materials given to each delegate, including bulletins, the newspaper Nevada democratic record, delegate's badge, and program listing delegates. The collection contains material from 1966 created by the Democratic State Convention.
Dates:
1966
Jill Derby Papers
Collection
Identifier: 93-45
Overview
Jill Derby is a Nevada anthropologist, consultant and lecturer on social concerns, communication dynamics, and cross-cultural perspectives; leader of the organization Nevadans for ERA; member of the Nevada Board of Regents; first state chair of the National Women's Political Caucus (NWPC) (U.S.), Nevada; and active in the Douglas County (Nevada) branch of the NWPC (U.S.). Included are political materials about Derby's campaigns for University of Nevada Regent and Nevada state Assemblyman;...
Dates:
1970-2014
Interview of Carl Dodge
Collection
Identifier: NC400
Overview
Carl Dodge was a Nevada state senator (Republican) from Churchill County, 1959-1980. The collection contains an unedited transcript of a taped interview conducted by Elmer R. Rusco in which Dodge discussed then recent changes in the Legislature, issues facing future sessions, and related matters.
Dates:
1968 April 11
Election campaign card
Collection
Identifier: 99-12
Abstract
Election campaign card, similar to a business card, for J.W. Hickey's unsuccessful candidacy for assemblyman from Lyon County, Nevada, representing the Socialist party. Material from November 3, 1914.
Dates:
November 3, 1914
Election Materials Collection
Collection
Identifier: NC1110
Overview
Collected by the Special Collections Department, the collection contains a variety of miscellaneous political ephemera, flyers, etc. distributed by individuals running for city, county, and national seats in Nevada and at the national level.
Dates:
1930-1998
Election tickets
Collection
Identifier: NC775
Abstract
Political party election tickets listing candidates for national and Nevada offices.,Included are the Union ticket, 1864; National Union Democratic State and Union State tickets, 1866; Union Republican ticket, 1872; county convention in Virginia City, 1878; Silver Party convention, 1898; and Reno precinct list, n.d.
Dates:
1864-1898
Elmer R. Rusco Papers
Collection
Identifier: 2004-08
Scope and Contents
Papers relating to Rusco's research and publications.
Dates:
1871-2004
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