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Found in 70 Collections and/or Records:
Walter Van Tilburg Clark Papers
Ty Cobb Papers
Ty Cobb papers consist of personal papers relating to him and his family, as well as his professional role as writer and editor at the Nevada State Journal, and its successor, the Reno Gazette-Journal. Cobb had a sports column “Inside Stuff” and later a column “Cobwebs” which he continued past retirement until his death in 1997. Material between 1881-1997.
Tyrus W. Cobb Papers
Colonel Tyrus William Cobb (1940- ) is a third-generation Nevadan who worked under President Ronald Reagan as a national security advisor as well as the Director of Soviet, European, and Canadian Affairs. Collection contains materials related to Cobb's time working under President Reagan, as well as information from his time in Vietnam and as a professional outside the White House. Collection materials include photos, newspaper clippings, and other documents.
Betty Cole-Graham Papers
Henry A. Comins Papers
Correspondence (including some describing Comins' early days in California), land records, stock certificates, election certificates for Assemblyman Daniel C. McDonald, speech to the Nevada Senate president [1899], prose by Comins on Anthony and Cleopatra, a map of the Jennie A Group (mine), copies of Nevada Assembly bill 69 (1895) creating a jurors' per diem fund for White Pine County, and clippings about Comins.
Committee to Aid Abused Women Records
The Committee to Aid Abused Women (CAAW) was organized in Reno, Nevada, by Joni Kaiser in 1977. CAAW, now the Domestic Violence Resource Center, is a non-profit corporation dedicated to helping victims of domestic violence. It serves the Reno-Sparks area of northern Nevada. Included are minutes of board meetings, annual reports, newsletters, and extensive clippings related to domestic violence and the Committee to Aid Abused Women (1972-1996).
Cooke Family Papers
Walter De la Mare Papers
Includes a typescript biography of de la Mare by an unknown author; manuscripts, possibly by de la Mare; correspondence about him; and newspaper clippings reviewing his work.
Alfred Doten Papers
Donald Drake Research Collection
Donald Drake is a history enthusiast and researcher. The collection includes transcribed newspaper articles collected from various historical sources regarding flumes, logging, fires, the Comstock, earthquakes, storms, and other historical events that have taken place in northern Nevada since the 1850s.