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Frederick West Lander Papers

 Collection
Identifier: NC680
Abstract

Includes clippings, a letter and photos of General Lander and his family. The collection contains material from 1858-1862 created by F. W. Lander.

Dates: 1858-1862

Dawn Y. Lappin Wild Horse and Burro Collection

 Collection
Identifier: NC1385
Abstract

Dawn Y. Lappin (1940-2018) was a wild horse activist working in Nevada and the American West during the 1970s-2010s. The collection includes correspondence, reports, maps, audio-video, and other materials related to wild horse management, conservation, and activism. Also included are records from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and records from the Nevada Wild Horse Commission.

Dates: 1947-2014

Robert Laxalt Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 85-09
Abstract

Manuscripts, reviews, correspondence, printed material, personal and family papers of Nevada author Robert Laxalt between 1936-1996;1950-1985.

Dates: 1936-1996; Majority of material found within 1950 - 1985

Hugh Lee Railroad Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: UNRS-P1987-23
Abstract

Hugh W. Lee Jr. was a collector of railroad memorabilia. The collection contains railroad photographs collected by Lee and documents activities on a number of railroads and networks throughout the United States throughout the first half of the 20th century, primarily the 1940s.

Dates: circa 1930s-1950s; Majority of material found within 1940s

Joy Leland Research Materials

 Collection
Identifier: 96-07
Abstract The Joy Leland Research Materials contains grant funded research materials on alcoholism of urban Nevada female Indians and publications presented about the findings. Also research materials collected for the biography of Frederick West Lander, explorer and soldier who led or participated in five transcontinental surveys for transportation routes (1853-1860). Research materials on Lander were gathered by Joy Leland, Alice Baldrica, and Mavis Shahrani and published as Frederick West Lander:...
Dates: 1979-1994

Robert Leland Papers

 Collection
Identifier: NC1035
Abstract

Robert Leland (1912-1986) was a Nevada lawyer who worked closely with Washoe and Paiute Indigenous Peoples. Material in the collection is exclusively concerned with issues of Indigenous Peoples, mainly the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe. The collection includes correspondence, notes, reports, legal documents, printed material, tribal records, and maps relate to Pyramid Lake Paiute tribal concerns including water, economic development, and claims.

Dates: 1912-1980

Robert Lewers Papers

 Collection
Identifier: NC657
Abstract

Robert Lewers (1862-1922) was a University of Nevada professor and acting president. The collection includes correspondence, Masonic materials, petition urging him to run for governor of Nevada, Lewers family genealogical correspondence, and memorials upon his death. Also included are Louise Lewers' poems and materials related to her work with Nevada cattle brands.

Dates: 1900-1951

Lawrence W. Little Papers

 Collection
Identifier: NC1039
Abstract Lawrence William Little grew up in Colorado and California, graduating from Bishop High School in Bishop, California. From 1923-1928 he taught at Western State College in Colorado (1923-1924) and Carson High School (Carson City, Nevada), where he lived the rest of his life. The collection includes materials documenting Little's careers as a teacher, highway inspector and materials testing engineer; his membership in the Rotary, Freemasons, and Shriners; his love of gardening, and his...
Dates: 1915-1979

Thomas J. Lynch Papers

 Collection
Identifier: NC610
Abstract

Thomas J. Lynch was a prominent mining businessman in Tonopah, Nevada in the early 1900s. The collection contains a typescript of Lynch's memoirs intended for publication as Tonopah Memories: Mines, Desert Rats, & Burros.

Dates: 1901-1942

Janet MacEachern Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 94-52
Abstract

This collection consists of materials documenting Janet MacEachern's political, legislative, and volunteer activities. Through organizations she was active with, these papers document Nevada's legislative processes and the state's growth and development. Issues covered include reapportionment, nuclear waste sites, tax restructuring, water and land use, health planning, legislative reform, the ERA, and other Nevada political issues between 1965 and 1994.

Dates: 1964-1993

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McCarran, Pat, 1876-1954 7
Church, James Edward, Jr., 1869-1959 5
Adams, Eva Bertrand, 1908-1991 4
Bible, Alan, 1909-1988 4
Oddie, Tasker L. (Tasker Lowndes), 1870-1950 4
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Balzar, Fredrick Bennett, 1880-1934 3
Freemasons 3
Laxalt, Paul 3
Pittman, Key, 1872-1940 3
Republican Party (Nev.) 3
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) 3
Sierra Club 3
United States. Congress. Senate 3
University of Nevada 3
University of Nevada, Reno 3
Vucanovich, Barbara F., 1921-2013 3
Anderson, Charles L. (Charles Lewis), 1827-1910 2
Baring, Walter S. (Walter Stephan), 1911-1975 2
Bryan, Richard H. 2
Cannon, Howard W. 2
Cobb, Tyrus W. 2
D'Azevedo, Warren L. 2
Davis, Sam P. (Sam Post), 1850-1918 2
De Quille, Dan, 1829-1898 2
Democratic Party (Nev.) 2
Dieringer, Jack, 1925-2020 2
Drackert, Harry Wilmot, 1904-1990 2
First Baptist Church of Reno 2
Fleischmann, Max C. (Max Charles), 1877-1951 2
Getchell, Noble Hamilton, 1875-1960 2
Holabird-Kagin Americana (Firm) 2
Lander, F. W. (Frederick West), 1821-1862 2
Mackay School of Mines 2
Mackay, John William, 1831-1902 2
McKay family 2
Nevada Federation of Republican Women 2
Nevada. Department of Fish and Game 2
Nevada. Fish and Game Commission 2
Pittman, Mimosa Gates, 1872-1952 2
Pyramid Lake Guest Ranch 2
Taylor, Maude Sawin, 1889-1974 2
United States. Forest Service 2
Virginia & Truckee Railroad 2
Wheat, Margaret M. 2
Active Republican Women of Las Vegas 1
Adams family 1
Adams, Brewster, 1879-1959 1
Adams, Edna Raymond 1
Adams, George, 1807-1865 1
Admirable Books 1
Allen, Robert A., 1885-1968 1
Amaral, Anthony A., 1930- 1
American Association of University Women. Nevada Division 1
American Friends Service Committee (Reno, Nev.) 1
American Legion 1
American Newspaper Guild 1
American Women's Voluntary Services 1
Ames, Pelham W. (Pelham Warren), 1839- 1
Anderson, Frederick M., 1906- 1
Anderson, John 1
Annie (Steamboat) 1
Antipa family 1
Antipa, George 1
Antipa, Susan 1
Archer, W. Andrew (William Andrew), 1894-1973 1
Arensberg, Betty Abry 1
Arentz, Samuel Shaw, 1879-1934 1
Arrowhead D Ranch 1
Asher, Julius, 1847-1924 1
Atomic Power Utilization Committee 1
Auer, John Jeffery, IV 1
Austin Mining Company (Nev.) 1
Bailey, Vernon, 1864-1942 1
Baker, Bobby, 1928-2017 1
Baldrica, Alice M. 1
Bank of Battle Mountain 1
Barley Food Products (Firm) 1
Barrett, Stanley R. 1
Barry Cassidy Rare Books 1
Bartlett family 1
Bartlett, George A. (George Arthur), 1869-1951 1
Bassman, Henry 1
Baumann family 1
Beals & Waterhouse 1
Beals Branch Gallery 1
Bean, Mary Cutlip, 1939- 1
Bean, Thomas Lee 1
Berlin, Ellin 1
Beta Sigma Phi 1
Beta Sigma Phi. Alpha Epsilon Chapter (Lovelock, Nev.) 1
Beta Sigma Phi. Nu Chapter (Lovelock, Nev.) 1
Beta Sigma Phi. Xi Eta Chapter (Lovelock, Nev.) 1
Betty O'Neal Mines 1
Billings, W. D. (William Dwight), 1910-1997 1
Bliss family 1
Bliss, Duane L. 1
Bliss, Duane L., Jr., 1874-1938 1
Bliss, W. S. (William Seth), 1865-1941 1
Bliss, Walter D., 1872-1956 1
Bliss, William W. (William Walter), 1924- 1
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