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Patricia D. Cafferata Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 93-69
Abstract

Largely contains material related to the public offices for which Cafferata has run and those to which she was elected, and papers related to her personal interests such as Doctors' Wives of Washoe County. Two issues evident in these papers are drunk driving legislation and hazardous waste disposal.

Dates: 1958-1998
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department

George W. Cassidy Letter to C. C. (Billy) Cassidy

 Collection
Identifier: 89-66
Abstract

Letter to G. W.'s brother C. C. (Billy) Cassidy at Dutch Flat, California, regarding his travels; news of acquaintances; and about Bart Powell's sister, now in Austin, Nevada, who was banished from Missouri for the treasonable act of conveying "Rebel dispatches."

Dates: November 6, 1863
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department

Jean Ford Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 89-19
Abstract Imogene Evelyn Young (Jean) Ford (1929-1998) served in the Nevada State Assembly (1972-19760 and in the Nevada State Senate from Clark County, District 3 (1977-1982). The collection includes clippings, correspondence, and political handouts for Mary L. Gojack's 1982 campaign for U.S. Congresswoman from Nevada, and 1988 Nevada campaigns for local and federal offices; and printed materials on the Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, women's rights and legal status, age and sex...
Dates: 1970-1988
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department

League of Women Voters of Nevada Records

 Collection
Identifier: 82-15
Abstract The League of Women Voters is an women's organization that encourages informed and active participation in government. The collection contains materials of the League of Women Voters (LWV) of Nevada, local Nevada Leagues, and materials from the national League from 1941-1981. These records include correspondence, minutes, newsletters, membership lists, budgets, and printed material consisting of published reports on various Nevada state and local, social and political issues of concern to...
Dates: 1941-1981
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department

Janet MacEachern Papers

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Identifier: 94-52
Abstract

This collection consists of materials documenting Janet MacEachern's political, legislative, and volunteer activities. Through organizations she was active with, these papers document Nevada's legislative processes and the state's growth and development. Issues covered include reapportionment, nuclear waste sites, tax restructuring, water and land use, health planning, legislative reform, the ERA, and other Nevada political issues between 1965 and 1994.

Dates: 1964-1993
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department

National Women's Political Caucus (U.S.), Nevada Records

 Collection
Identifier: 92-39
Abstract

Included are a Nevada state caucus history, newsletters, correspondence, bylaws, membership rolls, and minutes from the Nevada Caucus, Capital Chapter (Carson City), and Bird Wilson Chapter of the Nevada Women's Political Caucus, and material from "Women winning in '82 and '84" seminars. Material between 1979-1991.

Dates: 1979-1991
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department

Esther Nicholson Papers

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Identifier: 92-24
Abstract

Ester Nicholson (1902-1992) became a member of the League of Women Voters in 1927 and was active in League activities throughout the rest of her life. The collection includes Nicholson's files on the Nevada, Carson City, Las Vegas and U.S. Leagues of Women Voters, Nevada politics, Carson City (Nevada), and women in Nevada.

Dates: 1954-1991
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department

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