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Cooke Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2013-20
Abstract Thomas Arthur "Tom" Cooke was a prominent and well-respected lawyer in Reno. He married Martha Patricia "Patty" Herz while in college at the University of Nevada in the early 1940s. The Cooke family was involved in a variety of environmental, recreational, and historic preservation projects and initiatives that sought to improve northern Nevada. Materials cover some aspects of the lives and careers of members of the Cooke and Herz families. Topics include Democratic politics in Nevada,...
Dates: 1855-2009; Majority of material found within 1940-2000
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department

Historic Preservation Papers

 Collection
Identifier: NC1214
Abstract

Materials collected by Brodhead while on the Review Committee. The collection includes Nevada nominations for the National Register of Historic Places Inventory, Nevada state historic preservation plans, news releases and newsletters of the Nevada State Park System, correspondence, and printed material about the National Register.

Dates: 1970-1978
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department

Washoe Heritage Council Records

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Identifier: 93-04
Abstract The Washoe Heritage Council was founded in 1980 and reorganized as Nevada Heritage in 1987. Its purpose was to promote the preservation and interpretation of the cultural and architectural resources in Nevada. Records of Nevada Heritage and its predecessor, Washoe Heritage Council, includes minutes, text of grant proposals for funding a preservation handbook and workshops, draft preservation legislation, articles of incorporation, correspondence, membership roster, and newsletters. Material...
Dates: 1980-1988
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department

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Nevada -- Politics and government -- 20th century 1
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Brodhead, Michael J. 1
Cook family 1
Cooke (Family : 1894- : Cooke, Herman R., 1873-1952) 1
Cooke, Patricia Herz 1
Cooke, Thomas A., 1920-1994 1
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Democratic Party (Nev.) 1
Nevada Heritage 1
Nevada. Division of Historic Preservation and Archeology 1
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Sawyer, Grant, 1918-1996 1
Tahoe Regional Planning Agency 1
Washoe County (Nev.). Department of Parks and Recreation 1
Washoe Heritage Council 1
Young Women's Christian Association of Reno-Sparks (Nev.) 1
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