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Carson and Tahoe Lumber and Fluming Company Records
Collection
Identifier: NC72
Abstract
The Carson and Tahoe Lumber and Fluming Company was organized in 1873 with Duane L. Bliss as president and general manger and H. M. Yerington, D. O. Mills and J. A. Rigby as stockholders. It was probably the largest and most extensive lumber operation serving the mines of the Comstock. Collection includes correspondence, company papers, land related documents, financial accounts, lumber statistics and maps from 1858-1946.
Dates:
1858-1946
James Edward Church Papers
Collection
Identifier: NC96
Abstract
James Edward Church, Jr. (1869-1959) was a Ph.D and classics professor at the University of Reno, Nevada. Collection contains Church's personal and professional correspondence to and from people and organizations connected with snow surveying, notes, reports, manuscripts (published and unpublished); also personal mementos, diaries, maps and artifacts. Also included is Florence Humphrey Church's correspondence with the Nevada Federation of Women's Clubs.
Dates:
1869-1964
Trenmor Coffin Papers
Collection
Identifier: NC06
Abstract
Trenmor Coffin was a lawyer, businessman, and Nevada State Assemblyman, of Carson City, Nevada. Collection contains correspondence, legal cases, and papers connected with Coffin's political activity in Nevada (1892-1898) as a member of the Republican State Central Committee and supporter of the Free Silver ticket. The correspondence relates to cases in which Coffin or his legal firm participated, to his business interests in irrigation enterprises, and to the personal affairs of Coffin and...
Dates:
1864-1927
Henry A. Comins Papers
Collection
Identifier: NC518
Abstract
Correspondence (including some describing Comins' early days in California), land records, stock certificates, election certificates for Assemblyman Daniel C. McDonald, speech to the Nevada Senate president [1899], prose by Comins on Anthony and Cleopatra, a map of the Jennie A Group (mine), copies of Nevada Assembly bill 69 (1895) creating a jurors' per diem fund for White Pine County, and clippings about Comins.
Dates:
1858-1916
Consolidated Virginia Mining Company Records
Collection
Identifier: NC99
Abstract
The Consolidated Virginia Mining Company (Con Virginia) in Virginia City, Nevada, was once the richest source of ore in the Comstock Lode. Mine operation records including reports, assay reports, ore and bullion statements, mill records, annual reports, bylaws, equipment specification books, legal records, resolutions, and account registers. Also included are records of the adjacent California Mining Company, the Consolidated California and Virginia Mining Company, and the C & C Shaft...
Dates:
1859-1935
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
Crown Point Gold and Silver Mining Company Records
Collection
Identifier: NC85
Abstract
Crown Point Gold and Silver Mining Company was one of the richest mines of the Comsotck Lode. Collection contains records including Board of Directors' minutes, 1861-1874; by-laws; agreements; deeds; reports of mining operations, 1887-1894; and letters, 1875-1877.
Dates:
1861-1909
Jonathan O. Davis Records
Collection
Identifier: 98-36
Abstract
The collection documents Davis' professional career through materials related to his research projects, articles and other writings, professional associations, field notes and research data, and professional correspondence. Topics in the professional papers include archaeological geology, volcanic ash studies, and Quaternary stratigraphy. Davis' personal life is represented by personal correspondence both to and from Davis and an interesting group of materials related to his involvement as a...
Dates:
1908-1991; Majority of material found within 1961-1990
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
Duane L. Bliss, Jr. Papers
Collection
Identifier: 2015-20
Abstract
Duane Leroy Bliss, Jr. (1874-1938) was born in Carson City, Nevada, the son of prominent Lake Tahoe developer Duane L. Bliss. Materials consist of documents that pertain to companies with which Bliss was involved (Lake Tahoe Railway and Transportation Company, the Spanish Peak Lumber Company, Dunham, Carrigan, & Hayden Company, the California Pacific Trading Corporation, and the Post Street Investment Company). Also included are various personal receipts, loans given to individuals, and...
Dates:
1909-1938
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- Names
- Yerington, Henry M. 14
- McCarran, Pat, 1876-1954 7
- Haynie, John W., 1836?-1897 5
- Oddie, Tasker L. (Tasker Lowndes), 1870-1950 5
- Pittman, Key, 1872-1940 5
- Balzar, Fredrick Bennett, 1880-1934 3
- Baring, Walter S. (Walter Stephan), 1911-1975 3
- Bible, Alan, 1909-1988 3
- Bliss, Duane L. 3
- El Dorado Wood and Flume Company 3
- Mackay, John William, 1831-1902 3
- Mills, Darius O. (Darius Ogden), 1825-1910 3
- Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) 3
- Scott, William T. (William Taussig), 1916-1999 3
- Sierra Club 3
- University of Nevada, Reno 3
- Adams, Eva Bertrand, 1908-1991 2
- American Legion 2
- Bliss, Duane L., Jr., 1874-1938 2
- Bliss, W. S. (William Seth), 1865-1941 2
- Brunswick Exploration Company 2
- Bunker, Berkeley Lloyd, 1906- 2
- Cannon, Howard W. 2
- Carson and Tahoe Lumber and Fluming Company 2
- Carville, Edward P. (Edward Peter), 1885-1956 2
- Central Pacific Railroad Company 2
- De Longchamps, Joanne, 1923-1983 2
- Democratic Party (Nev.) 2
- Equal Rights Amendment Project 2
- Fair, James Graham, 1831-1894 2
- Ford, G. F. (George F.) 2
- Fox, William L., 1949- 2
- Freemasons 2
- Getchell, Noble Hamilton, 1875-1960 2
- Groom Nevada Lead Mines Company 2
- Groom Southend Mining Company 2
- Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel), 1865-1923 2
- Holabird Western Americana Collections, LLC 2
- Laxalt, Paul 2
- Mackay School of Mines 2
- Malone, George W. (George Wilson), 1890-1961 2
- Markleeville Flume Company 2
- Nevada Consolidated Copper Company 2
- Orr Ditch and Water Company 2
- Osborne, J. B., 1831-1913 2
- Osborne, T. J., 1860-1918 2
- Pamlico Mining Company 2
- Pittman, Mimosa Gates, 1872-1952 2
- Pyramid Lake Task Force 2
- Rusco, Elmer R. 2
- Sawyer, Grant, 1918-1996 2
- Scott, Ann Herbert 2
- Scott, Carl F. 2
- Scott, Roderick 2
- Scrugham, James G. (James Graves), 1880-1945 2
- Sierra Club. Toiyabe Chapter 2
- Southern Pacific Railroad Company 2
- Stafford, William, 1914-1993 2
- Tahoe Regional Planning Agency 2
- Truckee-Carson Irrigation District 2
- United Comstock Mines Company 2
- United States. Congress. Senate 2
- Adavosio, J. M. 1
- Aikens, C. Melvin 1
- Alley, John R., Jr. 1
- American Federation of Labor 1
- American Friends Service Committee (Reno, Nev.) 1
- American Geophysical Union 1
- American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers 1
- American Newspaper Guild 1
- Ames, Pelham W. (Pelham Warren), 1839- 1
- Ancient Order of United Workmen 1
- Anderson, Betty C. 1
- Arcadia Chamber of Commerce 1
- Arensberg, Betty Abry 1
- Arentz, Samuel Shaw, 1879-1934 1
- Atomic Power Utilization Committee 1
- Baird, Newton D. 1
- Baker, Bobby, 1928-2017 1
- Bank of Battle Mountain 1
- Barker, Bill, 1957- 1
- Barley Food Products (Firm) 1
- Bartlett family 1
- Bartlett, George A. (George Arthur), 1869-1951 1
- Baumann family 1
- Beale, John T. 1
- Beebe, Lucius, 1902-1966 1
- Belcher Mining Company 1
- Bell, Walter L., 1924- 1
- Bender, D. A. (David Almon) 1
- Bennyhoff, James A. (James Allan), 1926-1993 1
- Berlin-Ichthyosaur State Park (Nev.) 1
- Best and Belcher Mining Company (Virginia City, Nev.) 1
- Betty O'Neal Mines 1
- Big Ledge Copper Company 1
- Blair, Minnie P., 1886-1973 1
- Bliss family 1
- Bliss, Florence Dunham 1
- Bock, Frederick, 1916-1981 1
- Bodie Wood and Lumber Company 1 ∧ less
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