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Charles Priest Papers

 Collection
Identifier: NC559
Abstract

Charles Priest was a Nevada educator, veteran, and Freemason. The collection primarily contains correspondence related to Priest's career in education and his military activities.

Dates: 1901-1965

George Bradley Russell Papers

 Collection
Identifier: NC125
Abstract George Bradley Russell was a Nevada newspaperman and politician, the editor of the Elko Independent, a correspondent for the Elko Daily Press, and the editor and owner of the Carson Chronicle. Russell served as Nevada State Treasurer, 1927-1934. He was also active in Republican Party politics and in many fraternal groups. Collection contains papers relating to Russell's career in newspapers; Republican politics; office of Nevada State Treasurer; his involvement with the Daughters of Damon,...
Dates: 1829-1966; Majority of material found within 1927-1966

Marjorie Sill Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2017-31
Abstract Marjorie L. Sill (1923-2016) was a Reno local and noted environmental activist for the Eastern Sierra and Great Basin regions through involvement with the Toiyabe Chapter of the Sierra Club and other regional and national organizations. The collection comprises materials related to her activism, organizational involvement, and a small amount of materials from her career as a high school teacher. It includes memos, publications, photographs, correspondence, government press releases and...
Dates: 1940-2015

James M. Slattery Papers

 Collection
Identifier: NC904
Abstract

James M. Slattery (1907-1986) was a rancher and Nevada state Senator from Washoe and Storey Counties. The collection includes correspondence, newspaper clippings about the Senator, certificates of election, business cards, and photographs.

Dates: 1963-1969

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

Marie Louise Coffin Summerfield Papers

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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

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McCarran, Pat, 1876-1954 5
Balzar, Fredrick Bennett, 1880-1934 3
Bible, Alan, 1909-1988 3
Oddie, Tasker L. (Tasker Lowndes), 1870-1950 3
Pittman, Key, 1872-1940 3
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Adams, Eva Bertrand, 1908-1991 2
Baring, Walter S. (Walter Stephan), 1911-1975 2
Cannon, Howard W. 2
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Getchell, Noble Hamilton, 1875-1960 2
Laxalt, Paul 2
Mackay School of Mines 2
Pittman, Mimosa Gates, 1872-1952 2
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) 2
United States. Congress. Senate 2
American Legion 1
American Newspaper Guild 1
Ames, Pelham W. (Pelham Warren), 1839- 1
Arensberg, Betty Abry 1
Arentz, Samuel Shaw, 1879-1934 1
Arrowhead Development Company 1
Baker, Bobby, 1928-2017 1
Bank of Battle Mountain 1
Barley Food Products (Firm) 1
Bartlett family 1
Bartlett, George A. (George Arthur), 1869-1951 1
Baumann family 1
Betty O'Neal Mines 1
Brown, Lucile D. 1
Bryan, Richard H. 1
Bryan, William Jennings, 1860-1925 1
Bryant, Jim (Local historian) 1
Bunker, Berkeley Lloyd, 1906- 1
Bunyan, Paul (Legendary character) 1
Burge, Florence S., 1912-1986 1
Camp Chonokis 1
Camp Meenahga (Fish Creek, Wis.) 1
Carpenter, Jay A., 1883-1965 1
Carson City (Nev.). Grand Jury 1
Carville, Edward P. (Edward Peter), 1885-1956 1
Central Pacific Railroad Company 1
Chollar Gold and Silver Mining Corporation 1
Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.) 1
Clemens, Earle R., 1877-1943 1
Clemens, Elizabeth (Of Rhyolite, Nev.) 1
Coffin, Trenmor, 1848-1904 1
Comstock Limited 1
Coolidge, Calvin, 1872-1933 1
Daggett, Rollin Mallory, 1831-1901 1
Daughters of Damon 1
Davis, Beth Ogden 1
Davis, E. Mott 1
Davis, Jonathan O. (Jonathan Ogden) 1
Davis, Sam P. (Sam Post), 1850-1918 1
Democratic Party (Nev.) 1
Democratic Party (U.S.) 1
Donner Trail Guest Ranch (Verdi, Nev.) 1
Downing, Bernice 1
Drackert, Alice Richtmyer, 1887-1963 1
Drackert, Charles E., 1875-1938 1
Drackert, Harry Wilmot, 1904-1990 1
Drackert, Joan Abry, 1914-1991 1
Du Pont, A. Felix (Alexis Felix), 1879-1948 1
Du Pont, Pierre S. (Pierre Samuel), 1870-1954 1
Du Pont, T. Coleman (Thomas Coleman), 1863-1930 1
Equal Rights Amendment Project 1
Fernley and Lassen Railway Company 1
Figprune Cereal Company 1
First National Bank of Nevada 1
Fox, Peter (President of Arrowhead Development Company) 1
Frankfurter, Felix, 1882-1965 1
Frei, Milt 1
Fruit Growers Supply Company 1
Frémont, John Charles, 1813-1890 1
Fulton, John Allen, 1878-1939 1
Gianella, Vincent Paul, 1886-1983 1
Glass, Alton E., 1893-1966 1
Godbe, William S. (William Samuel), 1833-1902 1
Gojack, Mary, 1936-1985 1
Gold Circle Consolidated Mines 1
Gomes, Nancy, 1926-1979 1
Goodwin, Alice Maynard 1
Goodwin, C. C. (Charles Carroll), 1832-1917 1
Goodwin, James T., 1878-1927 1
Goodwin, Victor 1
Gorman, Gladys G. 1
Gorrell, Robert M. 1
Gould and Curry Mining Company 1
Groom Nevada Lead Mines Company 1
Groom Southend Mining Company 1
Guild, Clark J., 1887-1971 1
Hale, Edward Everett, 1822-1909 1
Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel), 1865-1923 1
Hart, Red (John) 1
Hearst, William Randolph, 1863-1951 1
Hensher, Alan 1
Hoyt, William W. 1
Indian Territory, Inc. (Firm : Reno, Nev.) 1
Inyo Development Company 1
Jensen, Jackie, 1927-1982 1
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