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Nevada Federation of Republican Women Records
Collection
Identifier: 2005-02
Scope and Contents
Contains minutes, financial records, membership, correspondence, individual club records, etc.
Dates:
1992-1997
Vail Montgomery Pittman Papers
Collection
Identifier: NC392
Overview
Vail Montgomery Pittman was a Nevada newspaperman, State Senator (1925-1929), Lieutenant Governor (1943-1945), Governor (1945-1950), and Democratic National Committeeman from Nevada (1955-1961). Married to Ida Brewington, 1919; brother of Nevada U.S. Senator Key Pittman. Papers, primarily correspondence, are to Pittman from personal, business, and political associates. Major correspondents include Alan Bible, Berkeley Bunker, Pat McCarran, Lester Moody, Drew Pearson, Key Pittman, Mimosa (Mrs....
Dates:
1896-1964; Majority of material found within 1940-1964
Sparks Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: 2015-24
Overview
John Sparks was a native of Mississippi that made his fortune in the cattle business and banking in Texas and Wyoming Territory after the Civil War. He married Nancy Elnora Knight in 1880 and moved to Elko County, Nevada where he continued cattle ranching operations. In 1902, Sparks became the 10th governor of Nevada, but passed away while in office during his second term in May 1908. Sparks was survived by his wife and four children: Maud Sparks McKenzie, Benton Hackett Sparks, Charles M....
Dates:
1835-2009; Majority of material found within 1880 - 1910
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