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Katharine Norrid Mergen Collection on the American Newspaper Guild, Local 208 Strike
Katharine Norrid Mergen (1910-1997) was a journalist for the Reno Evening Gazette, president of the American Newspaper Guild, Local 208, and a professional writer for the U.S. Forest Service as well as the U. S. Department of Agriculture. The collection contains materials related to the 1959 strike by the American Newspaper Guild, Local 208.
Certificate of appreciation from the American Red Cross
Certificate of appreciation from the Goldfield, Nevada, chapter of the American Red Cross for Mrs. Lillian G. Hatch's service to the Red Cross during World War I (1918).
American National Red Cross. Esmeralda County Chapter Records
The American Red National Cross chapter of Esmeralda County founded before 1937 in Goldfield, Nevada. The collection includes 1939 membership drive materials and a 1951 Deep Mines membership card.
American Women's Voluntary Services Records
The Nevada state chapter of the American Women's Voluntary Services was organized September 1942 with the purpose of the America Women's Voluntary Service was to recruit and train women to do civil defense work, assist with rationing programs, help provide packages to servicemen, and run USOs. The collection includes minutes, 1952-1956; scrapbooks with pamphlets, newspaper clippings, programs, correspondence, and photos, 1942-1968; and a photo album, 1961-1966.
Laurel W. Ames Papers
Laurel Ames is a long-time resident of South Lake Tahoe who has worked with various agencies dedicated to the use and conservation of Lake Tahoe including The League to Save Lake Tahoe, the California Water Quality Control Board, Sierra Club, and the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency. The collection contains materials created and collected by Ames while working with organizations in the Lake Tahoe basin whose primary goal was to protect Lake Tahoe from overdevelopment and urbanization.
An Act to Prohibit the Sale of Ardent Spirits, Fire-arms, or Ammunition to the Indians
The Assembly is one of two legislative divisions of the governing body of Nevada; membership is proportional to the general population. Bill No. 43 prohibited the sale of liquor, guns, and ammunition to Indians and provided for punishment for law breakers.
An Unusual Summer in Nevada Mining Districts
John D. Burgess was an engineering student at the Mackay School of Mines, University of Nevada, Reno. The collection contains an account of Burgess' field trip in Nevada, working on geological problems and visiting various mines.
Anchordoquy Family Papers
Anchordoquy family's documentation, correspondence, photos, magazines, press clippings, several maps and travel guides.
Minutes of the Ancient Order of Hibernians
Local branch of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, a national fraternal organization of men of Irish descent, organized in Austin on July 12, 1874. Contains minutes of meetings, including organizational meeting, include summary of business and names of members and officers.
Ancient Order of United Workmen, River Lodge No. 6 Records
Included are reports, a resolution, and correspondence. The collection contains material from 1886-1894 created by the Ancient Order of United Workmen, River Lodge No. 6 in Dayton, Nev.