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Election materials, Reno, Nevada

 Collection
Identifier: 91-23
Abstract

Includes a ballot for the City of Reno general election of May 6, 1919, and a pamphlet from mayoral candidate Frank J. Byington for the same election.

Dates: 1919
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department

Clel Georgetta Papers

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Identifier: 99-42
Abstract Clel Evan Georgetta (1901-1979) was White Pine County's Assemblyman for two terms and a member of the Nevada Republican State Central Committee (1935-1942). He was instrumental in passing the six-week divorce residency requirement and authored laws on range and water rights. The collection includes typescripts of Georgetta's fiction and non-fiction manuscripts, both published and unpublished, much of it based on Nevada themes, characters, and locales; personal diaries letters to daughter...
Dates: 1916-1979
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department

Records of the President of the University of Nevada, Reno, Milton D. Glick

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Identifier: AC 0554
Abstract Dr. Milton D. Glick was born in Memphis, Tennessee, on July 30, 1937. He obtained his doctorate degree in chemistry at the University of Wisconsin in Madison and married Peggy Porter in 1965. Dr. Glick joined the chemistry faculty at Wayne State University in Detroit, where he eventually became Chair of the Department of Chemistry and published 99 research articles. The Records of the President of the University of Nevada, Reno, Milton D. Glick, include bylaws, capital improvement studies,...
Dates: 1999-2013
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. University Archives

Martha Gould Mayoral Campaign Records

 Collection
Identifier: 95-106
Abstract

Martha B. Gould was the former director of the Washoe County Libraries and an unsuccessful candidate for mayor of Reno, Nevada in 1995. The collections contains records of Gould's unsuccessful campaign for mayor and includes campaign plan, platform, press release, financial disclosure forms, donor lists, newspaper clippings, letters of support, volunteer lists, survey results, and material about opponent, Jeff Griffin (1994-1995).

Dates: 1994-1995
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department

Len Harris Scrapbooks

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Identifier: NC689
Abstract

Includes clippings, posters, sample ballots, and advertising handouts (balloons, ruler) for Harris' mayoral campaigns; birthday cards; and articles about Reno's growth and development, particularly through urban renewal.

Dates: 1955-1959
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department

Toni Harsh Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2013-21
Scope and Contents

The Tony Harsh Papers consist of files accumulated on subjects that came before the Reno City Council, such as the Reno train trench, referred to as the ReTract Project, the Ballardini Ranch, beautification and traffic calming plans, the Lake Mansion, as well as work with various neighborhood planning project and the Historic Resources Commission.

Dates: 2000-2004
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department

Nevada State Federation of Labor Records

 Collection
Identifier: NC940
Abstract

Nevada State Federation of Labor was a cooperative organization of labor unions in Nevada. The collection includes fliers and programs for union events, and newspaper clippings about labor strikes, politics, and floods in Reno between 1949-1954, and several issues of the labor newspapers Nevada State Labor News and Nevada Citizen.

Dates: 1949-1954
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department

Reno Citizens for a Recall Effort Agenda

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Identifier: NC1140
Abstract

The Reno Citizens for a Recall Effort Agenda was a Reno, Nevada, group organized to recall Reno City Council members in the late 1970s. The collection contains a meeting agenda that summarizes grievances of the organization which included growth issues and the City's handling of problems related to growth and planning. The collection contains material from 1978 created by the Reno Citizens for a Recall Effort.

Dates: 1978
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department

Kathryn Wishart Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 95-94
Abstract One section of materials focuses on specific projects or controversies experienced while Kathryn was a council member. Notable among these materials are those relating to the Plumas Street Widening Project, which raised considerable public uproar, including a threatened recall of four council members. Other projects include the Robb Drive I-80 interchange, a child care conference, and the wetlands and streams environmental policy. Newspaper clippings relating to specific projects are...
Dates: 1981-1993
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department

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