Nevada -- History
Found in 39 Collections and/or Records:
Frances Shellenberger Reminiscences
Southern Nevada place names
Typescript directory of place names for southern Nevada, including the south half of Lincoln County and all of Clark County and listing towns, railroad sidings, topographic features, springs, mines and some ranches.
Maude Sawin Taylor Papers
Maude Sawin Taylor (1889-1974) was a teacher, organizer, civic leader, and author. The collection includes correspondence to and from Taylor, her husband Chester C. Taylor, Ruth Torkelson, and James Edward Church; newspaper clippings, photographs, awards, and notes; and correspondence, financial records and newsletters of some twenty civic organizations and the First Baptist Church of Reno, Nevada.
The Veerkamp Family Papers
Transcript history of the Frank Francis Veerkamp family which originated in Germany, spent time in St. Louis, Missouri, and moved in 1852 to El Dorado County, California, where they farmed. Includes accounts of trips to Nevada and photographs.
Washoe's josh: a story of Mark Twain
Student paper analysing Mark Twain's literary purpose as illustrated by his Nevada journalism career. The collection contains material from 1937 created by Doris T. Trautman.
Wedertz Family Papers
George F. Wright Papers
These papers were created or gathered by George F. Wright in his role as attorney for the Washoe Tribe before The Indian Claims Commission. Included in the collection are correspondence, reports, testimonies, maps and records of other relevant dockets before the commission.
Yesterday's unsettled America
A. P. Deutsch was an Arizona writer. The collection contains his unpublished, undated, manuscript on the history of the western United States, including the California gold rush, ethnic immigrants, the Comstock and other mining sites in Nevada, Arizona Territory, Montana, Utah, Colorado, Dakota Territory, and a number of prominent individuals.
Lenore Kosso Collection on Yugoslavs in Nevada
Lenore Kosso was a former manuscript curator of the Special Collections Department, University of Nevada, Reno. The collection contains materials gathered during research for Kosso's thesis and articles on Yugoslavs in Nevada. Included are notes from newspaper articles; census records; government records from Tonopah, Ely, and White Pine County; and personal interviews with first and second generation Yugoslavs in Nevada.