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William and Sandra McGee Papers

Collection

Identifier: 2015-12

Overview William L. "Bill" and Sandra McGee are authors who have published extensively on a variety of subjects, including the Nevada divorce industry. The collection contains research and other materials related to the writing of The Divorce Seekers: A Photo Memoir of a Nevada Dude Wrangler, published in 2004.

Dates: 1953-2003

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

Doris Mosley Papers

Collection

Identifier: 2015-39

Overview Doris Mosley (1917-2007) was one of the first female dealers at Harold's Club in Reno, Nevada. Collection contains photographs, newspaper clippings, and genealogical information about Doris and her family.

Dates: 1938-2007

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

Carol Nabors Collection of Joanne de Longchamps Materials

Collection

Identifier: NC1355

Overview Carol Darwin Nabors attended high school in Hollywood, California with Joanne (Cutten) de Longchamps. Joanne Cutten de Longchamps was born in Los Angeles in 1923 and attended schools in Los Angeles and Paris where she studied painting and music, both of which she pursued later in life. The collection contains scrapbooks that include copies of Joanne's poems, correspondence, articles, programs, greeting cards, and photographs of Joanne and her interests.

Dates: 1943-1951

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

Oscar and Harriet Nelson Photograph Collection

Collection

Identifier: NC1336

Overview Oscar Mathais Ferdinand Nelson (1901-1979) and Harriet Bennett Nelson were members of the Sierra Club. The couple participated in regular outings with the Sierra Club into the Sierra Nevada mountain range, as well as other California locations and documented their trips through photography. Collection contains 590 photographs, 415 negatives, and a travel diary documenting the Nelson's various outings with the Sierra Club from 1925-1934.

Dates: 1925-1934

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

Nevada Ghost Towns Photograph Collection

Collection

Identifier: UNRS-P2015-04

Overview S. Martin "Marty" Shelton served in the United States Naval Reserve and traveled throughout Nevada. His interest in the state's history led him to document the historic sites and ghost towns he saw during his visits. Over the course of about 20 years, he documented over 1,300 sites, producing slides and many black and white prints. Collection contains Shelton's photographs and slides of ghost towns and historic sites that accompany his unpublished book, A...

Dates: 1988-2001

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

Nevada LGBT Archive Records

Collection

Identifier: NC1316

Overview Began December 2015 as a non-profit as a statewide repository of artifacts & ephemera pertaining to the LGBT population in Nevada. Collection highlights northern Nevada resources available to LGBT community and the events held by/for them, and for the LGBT community in Nevada. Collection materials include brochures, posters, newspaper articles, and banners created between 1965 and 2018.

Dates: 1965-2018

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

Park Wedding Chapel Records

Collection

Identifier: NC1364

Overview The Park Wedding Chapel opened on May 15, 1956, as the first wedding chapel in Reno. Joseph Melcher, a local advertising executive, and his wife Venila, converted what was formerly a private home into a chapel. The collection includes photos, postcards, newspaper clippings, articles, business records, and correspondence from 1956 to 2016 relating to the Melcher's chapel and Reno's wedding chapel history.

Dates: 1956-2016

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

Herman Familly Papers on Rancho San Rafael

Collection

Identifier: NC1382

Overview Brothers Raphael and Norman Herman immigrated from Germany and eventually purchased a ranch in Reno, Nevada in 1935. The ranch, named Rancho San Rafael after Raphael, was eventually sold to Washoe County to be used as a regional park. The collection, dated 1943-1981, primarily documents the sale of the ranch to Washoe County and contains a deed, correspondence, photographs, and newspaper clippings related to the ranch.

Dates: 1943-1981

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

David K. Rice Papers

Collection

Identifier: NC1323

Overview David K. Rice worked for the Nevada Department of Wildlife for 30 years primarily as Chief Conservation Educator. He is also the author of a former weekly column for the Reno Gazette Journal on hunting and fishing. Collection contains material from the Nevada Department of Wildlife (and formerly the Nevada Fish and Game Commission) about the department's conservation work, particularly at Pyramid Lake. Also includes columns written by Rice for the RGJ.

Dates: 1887 - 2014

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

Hugh A. Shamberger Papers

Collection

Identifier: NC1333

Overview Hugh A. Shamberger (1990-1992) was an engineer for the State of Nevada from 1929 until his retirement from the Desert Research Institute in 1967. He wrote a series of book on mining history of Nevada. Collection contains research, notes, and photographs created and gathered by Hugh Shamberger for the publication of his book series called Historic Mining Camps of Nevada.

Dates: 1867 - 1989

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

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William and Sandra McGee Papers

Doris Mosley Papers

Carol Nabors Collection of Joanne de Longchamps Materials

Oscar and Harriet Nelson Photograph Collection

Nevada Ghost Towns Photograph Collection

Nevada LGBT Archive Records

Park Wedding Chapel Records

Herman Familly Papers on Rancho San Rafael

David K. Rice Papers

Hugh A. Shamberger Papers

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