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Raycraft and Rives Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: NC594
Abstract
Francis Bernard Golden (1862?-1911), of Irish birth, was a Nevada businessman and jeweler, married to Mary Louise Morris. James Morris (1826?-1900), also Irish, was County Commissioner and Justice of the Peace in Empire City, Nevada, married to Margaret Muldoon (1831?-1893). Margaret (Madge) Theresa Morris Raycraft (1864-1943), daughter of James Morris, schoolteacher, married to James A. Raycraft. James Andrew Raycraft (1862-1913) ran livery stable business in Genoa, Nevada and vicinity and...
Dates:
1876-1965
George F. Smith Papers
Collection
Identifier: NC577
Abstract
George F. Smith (1885-?) was born in Nevada and served in the Reno City Council from 1919-1926. From 1926-1934, Smith served as Reno Postmaster. The collection largely contains correspondence on political or postal matters; also some legal documents, an aircraft squadron training manual, and printed congressional materials such as bills and hearings.
Dates:
1919-1944
William M. Snare Papers
Collection
Identifier: NC1109
Abstract
Wiliam M. Snare was a Reno, Nevada resident originally from Mount Sterling, Iowa. The collection includes correspondence, legal documents pertaining to Reno land purchases and leases, receipts and certificates for his membership in the Ancient Order of United Workmen, tax receipts, Washoe County tax lists (1913, 1914), constitution of the Anti-Horse Thief Society of Missouri (1875), Washoe County sample ballot (1892), and newspapers and fliers.
Dates:
1870-1926
Southern Development Company of Nevada Records
Collection
Identifier: NC74
Abstract
The Southern Development Company of Nevada was incorporated on October 6, 1881. Among the stated purposes of the company were to buy and sell land, build and operate toll roads, locate and hold water rights and privileges in order to construct waterways and systems, and to acquire lands for timbering. Collection contains correspondence, company papers, land related documents, financial accounts, township plats and maps between 1880-1957.
Dates:
1880-1957
Marie Louise Coffin Summerfield Papers
Collection
Identifier: NC941
Abstract
Marie Louise Coffin Summerfield was a Carson City, Nevada resident, widow of Trenmore Coffin, Sr. and Sardis Summerfield, and a member and officer of the Western Federation of Women's Clubs. The collection includes correspondence about financial matters, the closure of the estate of Trenmore Coffin, and the withdrawal of her investments from a California savings and loan during the Depression; school records of her son Trenmore at the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis; tax bills; and history...
Dates:
1904-1932
Sutro Tunnel Company Records
Collection
Identifier: NC07
Abstract
The Sutro Tunnel Company was organized by Adolph Sutro for the purpose of constructing a drainage tunnel under the Comstock Lode in Virginia City, Nevada. Records related to organizing, publicizing, funding and constructing the Sutro Tunnel.,Included are transcripts of a court case; correspondence, which consist of letters and construction reports from company secretary Pelham W. Ames to Sutro; deeds; superintendents' reports; speeches; prospectus; certificate of incorporation and by-laws;...
Dates:
1861-1935
Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Records
Collection
Identifier: 82-37
Abstract
The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency was created jointly in the late 1960s as a bi-state compact by the states of California and Nevada to meet Lake Tahoe basin-wide planning needs, including general plans. The collection includes correspondence; legislation related to Lake Tahoe issues; files on topics such as construction and development of Harrah's Tahoe (casino and hotel) and Harvey's Resort Hotel, parking and transportation in the Tahoe basin, land use, shoreline developments, timber...
Dates:
1971-1979
Utica Bullion Mining Company Records
Collection
Identifier: 98-32
Abstract
Utica Bullion Mining Company was a gold mining and milling company located in Humboldt County, Nevada. The Company's manager was Samuel Campbell of Oneida County, New York; the Nevada agent was Walter Schmidt. Schmidt also managed the corporation's Desert Crystal Salt Company operations at White Plains, Churchill County, Nevada. The collection includes extensive correspondence between Walter Schmidt and Samuel Campbell, providing reports of mining and milling operations at the Utica Bullion...
Dates:
1864-1911
H. M. Yerington Papers
Collection
Identifier: NC115
Abstract
Henry Marvin Yerington was born in Calborne, Canada in 1828 and came to Nevada in 1863. He was actively involved in mining, lumbering, railroads, and land development in Nevada and California until his death in 1910. Collection includes a fragmentary collection of H. M. Yerington papers. Includes correspondence; personal financial statements; assay reports; land related documents and material from the H. M. Yerington estate and the Elizabeth Kinkead estate. Also included are three important...
Dates:
1865-1919
C. Clifton Young Papers
Collection
Identifier: 96-06
Abstract
The C. Clifton Young papers document the lives of Clarence Clifton (Cliff) Young, his father Clarence L. Young, and and mother Florence Anker Young. Including personal and business documents, these family papers give insight into life in Lovelock Nevada in the nineteenth and twentieth century (1878-1995).
Dates:
1878-1995
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- Carson and Tahoe Lumber and Fluming Company 3
- Haynie, John W., 1836?-1897 3
- Bliss, W. S. (William Seth), 1865-1941 2
- Brunswick Exploration Company 2
- El Dorado Wood and Flume Company 2
- Mills, Darius O. (Darius Ogden), 1825-1910 2
- Adams, Eva Bertrand, 1908-1991 1
- Adams, John Quincy, 1832-1910 1
- Adams, Rufus, 1828-1876 1
- Ames, Pelham W. (Pelham Warren), 1839- 1
- Ancient Order of United Workmen 1
- Anker, Peter, 1852-1922 1
- Annie (Steamboat) 1
- Antelope (Ship) 1
- Anti-Horse Thief Society of Missouri 1
- Arentz, Samuel Shaw, 1879-1934 1
- Balzar, Fredrick Bennett, 1880-1934 1
- Bender, D. A. (David Almon) 1
- Best and Belcher Mining Company (Virginia City, Nev.) 1
- Bible, Alan, 1909-1988 1
- Bliss family 1
- Bliss, Duane L., Jr., 1874-1938 1
- Bliss, Walter D., 1872-1956 1
- Bliss, William W. (William Walter), 1924- 1
- Brockliss family 1
- C & C Shaft Company 1
- California Mining Company (Virginia City, Nev.) 1
- California and Oregon United States Mail Line 1
- Campbell, Samuel 1
- Catalina (Steamboat) 1
- Central Pacific Railroad Company 1
- Coffin, Trenmor, 1848-1904 1
- Comstock Merger Mines 1
- Consolidated California and Virginia Mining Company 1
- Consolidated Virginia Mining Company 1
- Continental Association of Funeral and Memorial Societies 1
- Cooke, Thomas A., 1941- 1
- Desert Crystal Salt Company 1
- Downing, Bernice 1
- Eastern Exploration Company 1
- Eureka and Palisade Railroad 1
- Eureka and Palisade Railway 1
- Eureka-Nevada Railway 1
- Fair, James Graham, 1831-1894 1
- Fettic family 1
- Figprune Cereal Company 1
- Flood, James Clair, 1826-1888 1
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- Glenbrook Improvement Company 1
- Golden, Francis Bernard, 1862-1911 1
- Goldfield Consolidated Mines Company 1
- Goldfield Deep Mines Company of Nevada 1
- Grace Methodist Church (Lovelock, Nev.) 1
- Groom Nevada Lead Mines Company 1
- Groom Southend Mining Company 1
- H.H. Bancroft and Company 1
- Hale and Norcross Mining Company 1
- Harrah's Lake Tahoe (Stateline, Nev.) 1
- Harvey's Lake Tahoe Hotel and Casino (Stateline, Nev.) 1
- Henley family 1
- Henley, William James, Sr. 1
- Hood, A. J. 1
- Inyo Development Company 1
- J.W. Haynie and Company 1
- Jones, Beatrice Fettic, 1909- 1
- Kinkead, Elizabeth 1
- Lake Tahoe Ry. & Trans. Co. 1
- Lake Tahoe Transportation Company 1
- Lake Tahoe and San Francisco Water Works 1
- Mackay, John William, 1831-1902 1
- Markleeville Flume Company 1
- McCalmont Brothers & Co. 1
- McCarran, Pat, 1876-1954 1
- McDonnell, Gladys M. (Gladys Morris) 1
- McDonnell, Joseph T., 1908-1985 1
- Memorial Society of Western Nevada 1
- Merrill, Mary 1
- Merritt, Emma Sutro 1
- Meteor (Steamship) 1
- Mexican Gold and Silver Mining Company 1
- Mighels, Ella Sterling, 1853-1934 1
- Montgomery Shoshone Consolidated Mining Company 1
- Montgomery Shoshone Mines Company 1
- Montgomery, R. A. (Bob) 1
- Mooney School (Harriman, Tenn.) 1
- Morris, James, 1826?-1900 1
- Morris, Jessie Williams 1
- Morris, Richard L. (Richard Lewis), 1805-1880 1
- Mott family 1
- National Association of Postmasters of the United States 1
- Nevada Mine Operators Association 1
- O'Brien, William Shoney 1
- Oddie, Tasker L. (Tasker Lowndes), 1870-1950 1
- Oliver, I. 1
- Olympic Club (San Francisco, Calif.) 1
- Ophir Silver Mining Company (Virginia City, Nev.) 1 ∧ less
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