Virginia City (Nev.)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 51 Collections and/or Records:
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
Antipa Family Slide Collection
Collection
Identifier: NC1397
Overview
George Alexander Antipa, his wife Edwina, and two daughters, June and Susan, frequently took trips to the Sierra Nevadas from San Francisco, California. The collection contains digital surrogates of slides of the Antipa and Fulton family members at Squaw Valley following the 1960 Winter Oypmpic Games as well as imgaes from around Lake Tahoe, Sutro, and Virginia City, Nevada.
Dates:
1950-1967
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
Deeds to Conwell property in Virginia City
Collection
Identifier: NC249
Abstract
Quitclaim deeds for sale of Julia A. and W. A. Conwell's property in Virginia City, Nevada to T. [Timothy] Jones of Virginia City. The collection contains material from November 16, 1874 W. A. Conwell.
Dates:
November 16, 1874