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Alfred Merritt Smith Papers

 Collection
Identifier: NC100
Abstract Alfred Merritt Smith (1876-1968), received both his Bachelors and Masters in Mining Engineering from the University of Nevada, Reno. He served as Nevada State Engineer from 1935-1952, was an administrative assistant to Senator George Malone (1952-1960), served on the Colorado River Commission, Atomic Power Utilization Committee (1952-1959), and served on various committees regarding water in Nevada and California. The majority of the papers are from his professional life and includes...
Dates: 1908-1961

George Sterling Letters to W. W. Lange

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Identifier: 83-21
Abstract

Two letters and an envelope from Sterling to W. W. Lange of Milwaukee, discussing Sterling's dramatic poem, Lilith. Letters from 1926.

Dates: 1926

Letter from Stone House, Nevada

 Collection
Identifier: NC1345
Abstract

Stone House, Nevada was an unincorporated community in Humboldt County, Nevada, serving as a stop on the Overland Stage, and, later, as a stop for the Southern Pacific Railroad. A post office was briefly located there from 1890-1915. The collection contains one letter written by P.V.S. to Minnie from Stone House, Nelson Ranch in Humboldt County, Nevada.

Dates: September 13, 1891

Maude Sawin Taylor Papers

 Collection
Identifier: NC1196
Abstract

Maude Sawin Taylor (1889-1974) was a teacher, organizer, civic leader, and author. The collection includes correspondence to and from Taylor, her husband Chester C. Taylor, Ruth Torkelson, and James Edward Church; newspaper clippings, photographs, awards, and notes; and correspondence, financial records and newsletters of some twenty civic organizations and the First Baptist Church of Reno, Nevada.

Dates: 1866-1974

Correspondence about Snowshoe Thompson

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Identifier: 2010-32
Abstract

John "Snowshoe" Thompson (1827-1876) was born in Tinn, Telemark, Norway to Torstein Olson-Rue and Gro Jonsdatter Einungbrekke. After the death of his father, John and his mother, Gro, immigrated to the United States, where John eventually settled in Genoa, Nevada in the Sierra Nevada foothills. The collection contains letters written by Agnes Scossa, Laurence D'Orsay, and Rees Davis to Francis Fairchild regarding John "Snowshoe" Thompson and his life.

Dates: 1910-1928; Majority of material found within 1910-1911

Robin Walz Correspondence with Russell T. Barnhart

 Collection
Identifier: NC1411
Scope and Contents

The Robin Walz Correspondence with Russell T. Barnhart contains outgoing and incoming correspondence between Walz and Barnhart concerning his translation of Eugene Villiod's "Memoires de Villiod" from French to English, and Barnhart's knowledge about Villiod. The collection also includes a photocopy of Walz's paper he presented at the 1998 annual meeting of the Western Society for French History.

Dates: 1992-1998

Western Ephemera Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2002-16
Abstract The Western Ephemera Collection was assembled by the Special Collections Department to house miscellaneous donations as well as items purchased from Holabird Western Americana, LLC, a Reno auction house that specializes in buying, selling and appraising historical Americana, numismatics, exonumia, and antiquities. The collection contains materials primarily acquired via auction purchase from 2002-2022 from Holabird Western Americana Collections and documents various aspects of northern...
Dates: 1849-2022

Margaret M. Wheat Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 83-24
Abstract Margaret M. Wheat (1908-1988) was an ethnologist, geologist, and photographer who worked closely with the Numu peoples. Collection includes papers collected and created by Wheat throughout her career as an ethnologist and geologist, among other things. Of note are files on Ichthyosaur State Park and Dr. Charles L. Camp; controversies within the State Park Commission; Numu linguistics; a scrapbook compiled by J. D. Oliver as Superintendent of the Nevada Indian School; Sarah Winnemucca...
Dates: 1879-1981

John B. Williams Papers

 Collection
Identifier: NC947
Abstract

Poetry, marriage certificate, diplomas of Edna Williams, greeting cards, program, and letters between John B. Williams (Washoe County Recorder) and his wife Millie between 1868-1896.

Dates: 1868-1896

James Albert Yerington Papers

 Collection
Identifier: NC51
Abstract

James Albert Yerington, son of Henry Marvin Yerington, was the managing director of the Nevada State Exhibit, Midwinter Fair in 1895 and the owner of the Brunswick Mining Company. The collection includes a diary, 1908; incoming correspondence from friends and relatives, including his father; map of the Brunswick Mill site; tax statement; certificate of appointment as a delegate to the American Mining Congress, 1907; and a receipt.

Dates: 1890-1923

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