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Groom Mining District Records
Collection
Identifier: 99-19
Abstract
Includes records of the Groom Nevada Lead Mining Company and the Groom Southend Mining Company: incorporation documents, correspondence, land records, maps, financial records, and photographs. Activities of T. J. (Thomas J.) Osborne and J. B. Osborne are documented as are those of several leasers.
Dates:
1871-1930; Majority of material found within 1900-1920
Handbook of North American Indians, Vol. 11, Great Basin Indians Editorial Materials
Collection
Identifier: 92-08
Abstract
Volume 11 of the Smithsonian's Handbook of North American Indians, focused on Indians of the Great Basin region of the American west, and included cultural, historical, prehistorical, and technological information about the Paiute, Washoe, Shoshoni, Ute, and Bannock Indians. Editorial files include correspondence between editors and authors, meeting reports, planning committee materials, general business records, draft chapters, and final essays. Material between 1970-1985.
Dates:
1970-1985
Ingvert Hanson Letter to H. Hogan
Collection
Identifier: NC841
Abstract
Ingvert Hanson was a Lovelock, Nevada resident. The collection contains one letter and poem from Hanson to H. H. Hogan, editor of the Plaindealer newspaper, offering the poem, "Bryan and Money," for publication. The poem and letter advocate bimetalism.
Dates:
1898
Harden Hand Grenade Fire Extinguisher Company Records
Collection
Identifier: NC121
Abstract
Harden Hand Grenade Fire Extinguisher Company was a Chicago based company which manufactured fire extinguishers (used in the mining industry). Hume Yerington was agent for Nevada and part of eastern California; Howard H. Gross was Pacific Coast agent. Collection contains primarily letters between Yerington and Gross relating to orders, publicity, and the letting of sub-agencies. Also included are forms, bills, receipts, and an account books. Dates range from 1884-1885.
Dates:
1884-1885
J. W. Haynie Papers
Collection
Identifier: NC999
Abstract
The J. W. Haynie and Company records contain documents clearly pertaining to the company and cover the period from 1860-1884. Material is original, hand written and also typed and copied. The contents reflect the operations of the company including land documents, financial documents, and a plat map. Personal papers include mining claims in Mono County, California; correspondence to H. M. Yerington about them; tax statements; and military documents. The collection includes land transfer...
Dates:
1860-1884
Alan Hensher Papers
Collection
Identifier: NC626
Abstract
Alan Hensher was a Californian and specialist in the history of the Rhyolite Herald (Nevada) newspaper. The collection includes correspondence to Hensher from Elizabeth Clemens regarding her husband Earle R. Clemens, publisher of the Rhyolite Herald; Hensher's notes on the history of southern Nevada newspapers; Earle R. Clemens's correspondence, financial, and legal papers from Rhyolite; and an official mining claims register...
Dates:
1905-1966
Walter S. Hunsaker Records
Collection
Identifier: 94-43
Abstract
The Hunsaker collection consists of some of Hunsaker's personal papers and those of his wife but a major part of the collection contains the Las Vegas business records of Leigh Hunt and his family. This collection is important because it documents the twentieth century development of Las Vegas as a resort town and illustrates the long-term impact of the construction of Hoover Dam. It also serves to illustrate the formation of a multi-business, family-held corporate structure. Dates range...
Dates:
1884-1988; Majority of material found within 1924-1980
Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Dayton, Nevada, Lodge No. 5 Records
Collection
Identifier: 88-30
Abstract
The Dayton Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF) was established on June 2, 1863 and was a branch of a national social and benevolence organization. The first lodge in Nevada Territory was organized at Gold Hill in April 1862; the Dayton Lodge was the fifth one in the territory. The collection includes correspondence, generally about members' benefits membership applications, rolls, and lists of members expelled, rejected, or deceased (including Daughters of Rebekah);...
Dates:
1863-1936
Inyo Development Company Records
Collection
Identifier: NC73
Abstract
The Inyo Development Company was formed to evaporate, process, and ship the natural soda found in the brines at Owens Lake, Inyo County, California. Collection contains correspondence, financial statements, labor records, soda records, legal documents and maps from 1885-1916.
Dates:
1885-1916
Juniata Consolidated Silver Mining Company Records
Collection
Identifier: NC230
Abstract
The Juanita Consolidated Silver Mining Company, incorporated in 1872, was located in Aurora, Esmeralda County, Nevada. The collection contains correspondence, financial statements, and maps.
Dates:
1874-1881
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- Yerington, Henry M. 14
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- 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
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- Alley, John R., Jr. 1
- American Federation of Labor 1
- American Friends Service Committee (Reno, Nev.) 1
- American Geophysical Union 1
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- 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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