| Call Number: |
CT3260 .A545x 1984 Reel No. 3, Readex No. LOCW0028 |
| Title: |
American women's diaries. Western women |
| Author(s): |
Matthews, Mary McNair |
| Dates: |
01/01/1869 - 12/31/1878 |
| State or Area: |
Nevada, California |
| Other Information: |
343 pages. She set out with her Young son in 1869 for Virginia
City to vindicate her brother after his death. Includes work experiences;
manners and customs of people, Chinese and the Piutes; information about
the mines of the Comstock. |
| Call Number: |
CT3260 .A545x 1984 Reel No. 25, Readex No. UNVR0010 |
| Title: |
American women's diaries. Western women |
| Author(s): |
Johnson, Cecyl Allen, 1890-1966 |
| Dates: |
01/01/1890 |
| State or Area: |
Nevada |
| Other Information: |
Discusses the Allen family background including Indian and
Chinese help; developments in Churchill - the Japanese, economic developments,
telephone system, oil booms, naval air station; the San Francisco earthquake
and fire. |
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| Call Number: |
CT3260 .A545x 1984 Reel No. 24, Readex No. UNVR0009 |
| Title: |
American women's diaries. Western women |
| Author(s): |
Jones, Beatrice Fettic, b. 1909 |
| Dates: |
01/01/1909 |
| State or Area: |
Nevada |
| Other Information: |
Discusses childhood, family, and move to Genoa, Nevada; details
of grandfather's bar and uncle's merchandise store; Washo Indians, Chinese,
Italian, and African-American families; and steam driven saw mill in Taylor
Canyon from 1907-09. |
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| 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. |
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