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Arrowsmith and Evans Family Correspondence

Collection

Identifier: 2011-29

Overview Dick Evans Arrowsmith (1862-1954) was a rancher in Ohio and Nevada. Original letters both to and from Arrowsmith and Evans family members, especially for Dick Evans Arrowsmith. Includes news clippings and some text. Letters date from 1816-1956 and were used to write Letters from the Past + Revelations by Dick Reed; Dick Arrowsmith was Reed's grandfather.

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

Jon Bilbao papers

Collection

Identifier: BAQ001

Abstract Jon Bilbao was a university instructor, a bibliographer, and an activist for Basque nationalism. The collection contains his correspondence with several members of the Basque Government and Partido Nacionalista Vasco (PNV). Also included are materials related to his reference work Eusko Bibliographia, including its card catalog.

Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Jon Bilbao Basque Library

Mildred Breedlove Papers

Collection

Identifier: 92-47

Overview Mildred Breedlove was appointed Nevada poet laureate in 1957 and 1959 and was active in the Las Vegas Branch of National Pen Women. She organized the Nevada State Poetry Society in 1961. Included are correspondence, Breedlove's published and unpublished poetry, clippings, awards, certificates, photographs, scrapbook of published poems, and portrait painted in oils. Material between 1945-2000.

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

Byers Family Collection

Collection

Identifier: NC1362

Overview The Byers family lived and worked in various positions on the west coast of the United States, including Oregon and Nevada. The collection contains primarily letters to Jessie Byers with an additional birthday card to Mildred Lane and a few photographs.

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

Clara Cardelli Papers

Collection

Identifier: NC1351

Overview Clara Cardelli was a resident of Sutro, Lyon County, Nevada in 1914. The collection contains Cardelli's 6th grade composition book as well as a letter to Century Magazine.

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

Walter Van Tilburg Clark Letter to Dorothy Day

Collection

Identifier: 2017-36

Overview Walter Van Tilburg Clark (1909 – 1971) was an American novelist, short story writer, and educator. He ranks as one of Nevada's most distinguished literary figures of the 20th century, and was the first inductee into the 'Nevada Writers Hall of Fame' in 1988. Letter with illustrations by Walter Van Tilburg Clark sent to former student Dorothy Day in Cazenovia, New York in 1942. The two-page letter is dated March 30, with its postmarked envelope from Las Vegas, Nevada.

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

Cooke Family Papers

Collection

Identifier: 2013-20

Overview Thomas Arthur "Tom" Cooke was a prominent and well-respected lawyor 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, Washoe...

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

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 a...

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

Carmelina and Edward Grundel Papers

Collection

Identifier: AC 0654

Overview The collection consists of material from the time Carmelina Bergeret and Edward Grundel were students at the University, including student handbooks and campus event programs. Later material includes newspaper clippings mostly about University students, correspondence, and a scrapbook with many photographs of Nevada.

Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. University Archives

Lewis Hahn Papers

Collection

Identifier: 2006-16

Overview Lewis "Lew" Hahn was an early Wonder, Nevada miner who, after leaving the state, became the manager and owner of a number of New York City mercantile companies. This collection contains correspondence, dated 1906-1913, to and from Hahn during his Wonder, Nevada mining days as well as reminiscences of his time there. Also included is an advertising booklet for Syndicate-Alliance Trading Co., Inc. from the 1940s.

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

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Arrowsmith and Evans Family Correspondence

Jon Bilbao papers

Mildred Breedlove Papers

Byers Family Collection

Clara Cardelli Papers

Walter Van Tilburg Clark Letter to Dorothy Day

Cooke Family Papers

Duane L. Bliss, Jr. Papers

Carmelina and Edward Grundel Papers

Lewis Hahn Papers

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