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Found in 68 Collections and/or Records:
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.
George A. Bartlett Papers
Lucius Morris Beebe Papers
Lucius Morris Beebe was the author and editor of the Virginia City, Nevada, Territorial enterprise newspaper; Beebe was also a newspaper columnist for the New York Herald tribune, 1928-1947. The collection contains a complete file of clippings of Beebe's column "This New York" from the Herald tribune and incoming correspondence regarding his book Great Railroad Photographs: U. S. A.
Beta Sigma Phi Scrapbooks
Beta Sigma Phi began as a national women's sorority for self-improvement and community service during the Great Depression in 1931. Scrapbooks for three Lovelock, Nevada chapters include photographs, party favors, guest lists, clippings, and memorabilia (1939-1977).
Norman Henry Biltz Papers
Norman Biltz (1902-1973) was a developer and real estate broker in the Lake Tahoe and western Nevada regions and was also involved in Nevada politics. The collection contains materials related to his career and interests in land development as well as politics. Most of the clippings and manuscripts are about Biltz and associates.
Mildred Breedlove Papers
Mildred Breedlove was appointed Nevada poet laureate in 1957 and 1959 and was active in the Las Vegas Branch of National Pen Women. She organized the Nevada State Poetry Society in 1961. Included are correspondence, Breedlove's published and unpublished poetry, clippings, awards, certificates, photographs, scrapbook of published poems, and portrait painted in oils. Material between 1945-2000.
Campaign for Choice Records
Jay Arnold Carpenter Papers
George W. Cassidy Papers
This collection contains personal papers and business records related to George W. Cassidy and the Cassidy family, along with research notes and correspondence by Ruth McPheeters with Cassidy family decendents, and additional materials gathered by McPheeters about the Cassidy family in preparation for an un published biography about George W. Cassidy by McPheters (1851-1968).
Anne Underwood Church Papers
Anne Underwood Church (1900-1975) attended the University of Nevada from 1919-1921 and was the first wife of Willis Humprey Church, son of Dr. James E. and Florence Church. The collection contains correspondece and poems primarily from James E. Church to Anne, an account log from Anne and Willis' trip to Europe, newspaper clippings about and articles by James E. Church, a photograph album of views of Europe, and a scrapbook documenting her time at the University of Nevada.