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Interview of Vida Boyle
Collection
Identifier: NC237
Abstract
Interview by Grace Danberg.,Recollections of household hardships in Virginia City, Nevada, and in the governor's mansion in Carson City.
Dates:
undated
Baumann Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: NC1391
Overview
The Baumann family, originally from Ohio, consisted of five siblings, three of whom (Jacob, Sophia (Welch), and Carline) settled in Nevada in the 1870s. The collection consists primarily of correspondence to and from the Baumann siblings as well as other documents from their family. Additionally, the collection includes correspondence to John Piper of the Piper's Opera House in Virginia City, Nevada regarding booking performers for the venue.
Dates:
1838-1953; Majority of material found within 1871-1929
William Beegan Letter
Collection
Identifier: 95-18
Abstract
William Beegan was a Nevada miner, formerly of Forest Hill, California. Beegan writes from Virginia City, Nevada Territory, to merchants Hardy & Kennedy of Forest Hill, California, saying he will send payment in the future. He also writes that business in Virginia City, Nevada, is improving but that cash is in short supply.
Dates:
August 20, 1860
D. A. Bender and William J. Westerfield Correspondence
Collection
Identifier: 90-14
Abstract
Bender's letter of June 30 to William J. Westerfield, V&TRR agent for the Virginia City, Nevada station, and later Nevada State Senator, asks about a shipment of coal and a missing cord of wood and comments on a horrible disaster in Virginia City. Westerfield's response of July 1 on the verso accounts for the wood and coal, provides details of the June 29th explosion and fire and their cause, and tells of a recent shooting in town.
Dates:
1873
Interview of John Bonney by Robert Bruno
Collection
Identifier: NC562
Abstract
Interview of Bonney by Robert L. Bruno, discussing his Nevada mining experiences from 1909-1913, in Rhyolite, Tonopah, and Virginia City.
Dates:
1972
Deeds to Bowers and Rogers Lead
Collection
Identifier: NC239
Abstract
Title papers to the Bowers and Rogers Lead, also known as Bowers Rogers, and Webb. Each lists buyer (usually C. N. Felton) and seller and describes location of claim.
Dates:
1861-1863
Henry J. Brower Letter
Collection
Identifier: 89-23
Abstract
Letter from Brower, Deputy Assessor for Storey County, Nevada, to "Friend Burnett" describing his job, the weather, and mining conditions in Virginia City, Nevada. The collection contains material from October 22, 1866 created by Henry J. Brower.
Dates:
October 22, 1866
George Brown Correspondence
Collection
Identifier: 99-29
Abstract
George Brown was police chief of Virginia City, Nevada in 1880. Statement to the City Clerk of Virginia City from George Brown, turning over his salary for October and November, 1880, to J.C. Hampton and Company.
Dates:
November 24, 1880
Thelma E. Calhoun Papers
Collection
Identifier: 93-49
Abstract
Thelma E. Calhoun was a Nevadan and elected to both the Carson City Board of Supervisors and the City Council. Collection includes a resume; autobiography which includes sections on Virginia City and Carson City, Nevada, in the 1940s, and the Nevada State Museum. Material between 1967-1993.
Dates:
1967-1993
Ty Cobb Papers
Collection
Identifier: 97-30
Overview
Ty Cobb papers consist of personal papers relating to him and his family, as well as his professional role as writer and editor at the Nevada State Journal, and its successor, the Reno Gazette-Journal. Cobb had a sports column “Inside Stuff” and later a column “Cobwebs” which he continued past retirement until his death in 1997. Material between 1881-1997.
Dates:
1881-1997
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