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Charles L. Anderson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: NC252
Abstract

Collection includes two diaries; an overland account of Anderson's journey from Wisconsin to Carson City, 1862-1863; a medical record book, 1863-1866; letters; receipts; and photographs.

Dates: 1862-1866
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department

In This Land: A History of the Lamoille Area of Elko County, Nevada, 1865-1965

 Collection
Identifier: NC357
Abstract

Edna Patterson was a Nevada rancher, historian, and author. The collection includes a study of what was originally Lamoille Precinct of Lander County, Nevada including Lamoille, Pleasant Valley, Fort Halleck, and Halleck Station. The author discusses the development of the Lamoille region, including the areas of business, medicine, mining, ranching, water problems on the Humboldt River, and fraternal and other organizations.

Dates: 1965
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department

Joy Leland Papers

 Collection
Identifier: NC1142
Abstract

Included are materials collected in a study of acupuncture in Nevada, including the minutes of the State Board of Chinese Medicine, correspondence, notes, bibliography, newspaper clippings, and articles. Other materials in the collection include newspaper clippings about Native American Indians in the Reno vicinity, at Pyramid Lake, and in other parts of Nevada; and water rights over Pyramid Lake.

Dates: 1973-1993
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department

Silas Earl Ross Papers

 Collection
Identifier: NC820
Abstract Silas Earl Ross (1887-1975) was a Nevada funeral director (Ross-Burke Company); member of University of Nevada-Reno faculty (1909-1914) and Board of Regents (1932-1956). Active in the Freemasons from 1908-1975, Ross served as the Nevada Grand Master. Ross also served as chair of the Nevada State Republican Central Committee and Reno City Councilman. He was married to Emily Coffin in 1913; they had one son, Silas Earl Ross Jr. (1916-1967). The collection includes autobiographical and...
Dates: 1864-1975
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department

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