Background
The Nevada Historical Society was organized in 1904. Governor Oddie was the
Society's first life member in 1905, as were many prominent individuals. As
the first president of the Society, Robert Fulton worked to secure funding for
the gathering of document and artifacts related to the settlement and history
of Nevada. The 24th Nevada Legislature unanimously approved $55,000 to erect
a site in Reno close to the University to house its collections. Little original
research was done during those initial years. Later, the Society became more
active.
To preserve some of these records, papers and Society events were gathered and edited for publication. Volume one covers the papers from 1913 to 1916. Volume two covers the period from 1917 to 1922. There are other volumes in the library with sets in Special Collections. The Nevada Historical Society is still active and now has published articles on their website.
The volumes contain images and descriptions of Nevada's natural history, cultures, pioneer settlement, religion, and politics. The commentary about the Society's contemporary events is, in itself, of historical interest. The writing is often relaxed and anecdotal. It could be recommended for use in K-12 use as well as college courses. It explains the origins of Nevada Day, the significance of Gridley's flour, the Spanish Trail, Native American cultures in Nevada, Mark Twain, and many topics of general interest.
Format
The volumes have been scanned and converted to searchable text. This provides
two ways of finding information-by use of the index at the end of the volumes
or by a free text keyword search. This can be useful for genealogy questions.
The PDF files are about 5-8 MB large and have been optimized.
| View on Web The file is embedded in an HTML page but can be downloaded. The user will need to have the Adobe Acrobat reader as a plugin or stand alone application. |
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