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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

Harry Wilmot Drackert Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 91-49
Abstract

Harry (1904-1990) and Joan Deeley (1914-1991) Drackert owned and operated the Pyramid Lake Guest Ranch, the Donner Trails, Guest Ranch, the Silver Circle Guest Ranch, and Indian Territory, Inc. (store). The collection consists of records and papers of the Drackerts' three guest ranches and their store as well as papers of Harry Drackert's parents, Charles E. and Alice Richtmyer Drackert.

Dates: 1869-1994

Claude Dukes Collection of Federal Water Master's Office Records

 Collection
Identifier: 84-11
Abstract

Collection contains papers from the Federal Water Master's Office, Reno, Nevada, 1926-1982. Included are office operational records, correspondence; also water data, reports, maps and printed material relating to water in the Truckee and Carson River Basins, Nevada and California.

Dates: 1849-1982

Pat Hardy Lewis Papers

 Collection
Identifier: NC1218
Abstract

Pat Hardy Lewis was elected to the Reno City Council in 1973 and served until 1977. While serving on the City Council, Lewis was most interested in planning and the use of land for Reno's future. She was a strong proponent of involving citizens in the decision process through the use of ad hoc committees. The collection includes materials related to the subjects of growth, methods of sewage treatment, and planning for the future of Reno, from 1973-1980.

Dates: 1973-1980

Joseph F. McDonald Papers

 Collection
Identifier: NC429
Abstract

Joseph F. McDonald (1891-1971) was a Nevada newspaperman, editor and publisher of the Nevada State Journal, 1939-1956; president of Reno Newspapers Incorporated; and president of the Nevada-California Lake Tahoe Association. The collection contains personal papers, 1911-1970; material related to Reno newspapers, 1928-1963; and records and related material of the Nevada-California Lake Tahoe Association, 1957-1968.

Dates: 1870-1980

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Names
Arensberg, Betty Abry 1
Baring, Walter S. (Walter Stephan), 1911-1975 1
Bell, Walter L., 1924- 1
Bunker, Berkeley Lloyd, 1906- 1
Bunker, Harry S. 1
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California State Automobile Association 1
Carville, Edward P. (Edward Peter), 1885-1956 1
Cook family 1
Cooke (Family : 1894- : Cooke, Herman R., 1873-1952) 1
Cooke, Patricia Herz 1
Cooke, Thomas A., 1920-1994 1
Democratic Party (Nev.) 1
Donner Trail Guest Ranch (Verdi, Nev.) 1
Drackert, Alice Richtmyer, 1887-1963 1
Drackert, Charles E., 1875-1938 1
Drackert, Harry Wilmot, 1904-1990 1
Drackert, Joan Abry, 1914-1991 1
Dukes, Claude, 1914-1984 1
Dukes, Harry C. 1
Dukes, Lynne 1
Federal Water Master Nevada 1
Goodwin, Victor 1
Indian Territory, Inc. (Firm : Reno, Nev.) 1
Jensen, Jackie, 1927-1982 1
Kaplan, Phillis Abry 1
Lake Tahoe Area Council 1
Lewis, Pat Hardy, 1927- 1
Liebling, A. J. (Abbott Joseph), 1904-1963 1
Malone, George W. (George Wilson), 1890-1961 1
McCarran, Pat, 1876-1954 1
McDonald, Joseph F. 1
McDonald, Leola Lewis 1
Nevada-California Lake Tahoe Association 1
Nevada. State Board of Parole Commissioners 1
Oddie, Tasker L. (Tasker Lowndes), 1870-1950 1
Orr Ditch and Water Company 1
Papandreou, Andreas George 1
Papandreou, Margarita 1
Pittman, Key, 1872-1940 1
Pyramid Lake Guest Ranch 1
Sawyer, Grant, 1918-1996 1
Scrugham, James G. (James Graves), 1880-1945 1
Silver Circle Guest Ranch (Reno, Nev.) 1
Spanish Springs Trap and Skeet Club (Reno, Nev.) 1
Tahoe Regional Planning Agency 1
Truckee-Carson Irrigation District 1
University of Nevada, Reno 1
Washoe County (Nev.). Department of Parks and Recreation 1
Washoe Project, Nevada-California 1
Young Women's Christian Association of Reno-Sparks (Nev.) 1
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