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Herman D. Budelman Reelection Campaign Card

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Identifier: NC1311
Abstract

Herman D. Budelman served in the Nevada State Senate from January 1943 to November 1952. Collection contains one campaign card for Budelman's re-election to the Nevada State Senate from Nye County.

Dates: circa 1948

Campaign for Choice Records

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Identifier: 94-57
Abstract Campaign for Choice was organized in Reno, Nevada in August 1989 to ensure passage of Question 7 on the November 6, 1990 ballot. In essence, Question 7 affirmed an existing Nevada statute (NRS 442.250 based on Roe vs. Wade) and prohibited its modification or repeal except by a direct vote of the people. If Question 7 failed, the Nevada statute would be void, enabling the legislature to regulate, modify, and even prohibit reproductive rights for women. The campaign was successful, however,...
Dates: 1989-1991

Election Materials Collection

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Identifier: NC1110
Abstract

Collected by the Special Collections Department, the collection contains a variety of miscellaneous political ephemera, flyers, etc. distributed by individuals running for city, county, and national seats in Nevada and at the national level.

Dates: 1930-1998

Joe Melcher Campaign Ephemera

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Identifier: 2016-17
Abstract

Joe Franklin Melcher, Jr. was born on December 20, 1929. He ran for and successfully held the Washoe County Recorder seat from 1979-1999. The collection contains campaign ephemera from Melcher's campaigns for Washoe County Recorder.

Dates: 1978-1995

Patricia D. Cafferata Papers

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Identifier: 2010-03
Abstract

Patricia D. Cafferata was a Nevada attorney and politician. Collection contains materials relating to Cafferata's campaigns from 1986-1996; materials from her time in office including badges, name tags, etc.; attorney files (Reno Train Trench [2002], Coalition to End Prostitution [2004], Mapes Hotel [ca.2000]); sesquicentennial materials, Esmeralda County DA materials; and Republican National Convention materials.

Dates: 1978-2014

Vail Montgomery Pittman Papers

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Identifier: NC392
Abstract Vail Montgomery Pittman was a Nevada newspaperman, State Senator (1925-1929), Lieutenant Governor (1943-1945), Governor (1945-1950), and Democratic National Committeeman from Nevada (1955-1961). Married to Ida Brewington, 1919; brother of Nevada U.S. Senator Key Pittman. Papers, primarily correspondence, are to Pittman from personal, business, and political associates. Major correspondents include Alan Bible, Berkeley Bunker, Pat McCarran, Lester Moody, Drew Pearson, Key Pittman, Mimosa...
Dates: 1896-1964; Majority of material found within 1940-1964

Susan Lynn Collection on Jim Santini's Rural Tour Campaign

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Identifier: 2016-23
Abstract

Jim Santini, after having served as a Democrat in the House of Representatives for Nevada, switched parties to run as a Republican for the U. S. Senate against Harry Reid in 1986. Susan Lynn served as his campaign manager. The collection contains Lynn's materials created and collected during her work as campaign manager for Santini's rural tour.

Dates: 1974-1986