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Call Number: CT3260 .A545x 1984 Reel No. 35, Readex No. MISC0059
Title: American women's diaries. Western women
Author(s): Griswold, Nevada Hardesty
Dates:
State or Area: Nevada, California
Other Information: Discusses parents and circumstances of her birth; being raised by grandmother, an aunt and uncles; teaching near Tuscarora, Nevada; College in California and return to teaching in Starr Valley, Nevada, and later years.
 
Call Number: CT3260 .A545x 1984 Reel No. 25, Readex No. UNVR0013
Title: American women's diaries. Western women
Author(s): Riegelhuth, Katherine M., b. 1876
Dates: 01/01/1876
State or Area: Nevada
Other Information: Covers childhood in Eureka, Nevada; studies at UNR and graduate work at Columbia University; experiences as teaching faculty at UNR in the arts and sciences. Includes mother's nursing work and response to San Francisco earthquake.
 
Call Number: CT3260 .A545x 1984 Reel No. 24, Readex No. UNVR0003
Title: American women's diaries. Western women
Author(s): Bruns, Eugenia May b.1877
Dates: 01/01/1877 - 12/31/1896
State or Area: Nevada, California
Other Information: Born in Empire, a milling town on the Carson River, discussed are girlhood experiences, life at University of Nevada, and teaching in Lander and Lyon County. Mrs. Bruns moved to California and spent over 60 years in teaching and administration.
 
Call Number: CT3260 .A545x 1984 Reel No. 24, Readex no. UNVR0007
Title: American women's diaries. Western women
Author(s): Gulling, Amy Thompson, b.1889
Dates: 01/01/1889
State or Area: Nevada, Utah
Other Information: Discusses family life and education; details of Reno society, Chinatown, and Washo Indian friends; effect of the San Francisco earthquake; and working for the Republican Party. Written in ten sections and includes an index.
 
Call Number: CT3260 .A545x 1984 Reel No. 24, Readex No. UNVR0002
Title: American women's diaries. Western women
Author(s): Boyer, Florence M. b. 1890
Dates: 01/01/1890
State or Area: Nevada
Other Information: Includes history of the Squires family meeting with Pres. Hoover, construction of the dam and large hotels, and details of the work of archaeologist M.R.Harrington. Discussed are her careers as a teacher, newspaperwomen, and Clark County Clerk.
 
Call Number: CT3260 .A545x 1984 Reel No. 24, Readex No. UNVR0006
Title: American women's diaries. Western women
Author(s): Fulstone, Mary Hill, Dr., b. 1894
Dates: 01/01/1894 - 12/31/1920
State or Area: Nevada
Other Information: One of the longest practicing physicians in the state, she details her childhood, education and career as a rural physician in western Nevada, ministering to all including Indians. Includes her work on the school board and community service.
 
Call Number: L174 .B185 1991--microfilm
Title: Nevada, texts, school, courses of study, annual reports, 1901-1929
Author(s):
Dates: 01/01/1901 - 12/31/1929
State or Area: Nevada
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Call Number: CT3260 .A545x 1984 Reel No. 25, Readex No. UNVR0014
Title: American women's diaries. Western women
Author(s): Humphrey, Elsie
Dates: 01/01/1903
State or Area: Nevada
Other Information: Born in 1903 on Reese River Ranch, Nye County, Nevada. Discusses life on ranch; special trips to Austin and Fallon; high school in Reno and Normal School at University of Nevada; teaching positions and marriage; and later years in Tonopah.
 
Call Number: CT3260 .A545x 1984 Reel No. 25, Readex No. UNVR0011
Title: American women's diaries. Western women
Author(s): King, Olephia "Leafy," b. 1905
Dates: 01/01/1905
State or Area: Nevada
Other Information: Discusses parents, and schooling at Belmont, Nevada; life experiences at the ranch in Monitor Valley, daily routines, two marriages and children; work as a taxidermist; and includes a special poetry section.
 
Call Number: CT3260 .A545x 1984 Reel No. 25, Readex No. UNVR0014
Title: American women's diaries. Western women
Author(s): Roberts, Elizabeth
Dates: 01/01/1911
State or Area: Nevada
Other Information: Born in 1911 in Tonopah, Nevada. Includes childhood in Tonopah, with emphasis on education and discipline; sports and entertainments; a major fire in town; teaching; marriage; and Blacks, Mexicans, and Chinese in area.
 
Call Number: S451.N3 A14 1991--microfilm
Title: University of Nevada, Reno. Agricultural Extension Division. Annual reports and bulletins, 1912-1930
Author(s): University of Nevada, Reno. Agricultural Extension Division. Bureau of Industry, Agriculture & Irrigation
Dates: 01/01/1912 - 12/31/1930
State or Area: Nevada
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Call Number: LD3756 .U52 1991--microfilm
Title: University of Nevada bulletins, 1915-1929
Author(s): University of Nevada, Reno
Dates: 01/01/1915 - 12/31/1929
State or Area: Nevada
Other Information: University of Nevada bulletin 1915: By-laws and laws of the Board of Regents, with extracts from the federal and state laws which relate to the university -- University of Nevada bulletin 1915 Public Services Division State Hygenic Laboratory.