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Nevada History Resources

Native Americans

Call Number: CT3260 .A545x 1984 Reel No. 35, Readex No. MISC0061
Title: American women's diaries. Western women
Author(s): Smith, Eva Edna Byrne Rizzi
Dates:
State or Area: Nevada
Other Information: First white child born in Independence Valley, Nevada. Discusses rapid growth of Tuscarora when silver ore was discovered; neighboring Indians; education; marriage and children.
 
Call Number: KF8202 1722a--microfilm
Title: Ratified Indian treaties, 1722-1869 / Bureau of Indian Affairs
Author(s): United States. Treaties, etc
Dates: 01/01/1722 - 12/31/1869
State or Area: Nevada
Other Information: Reel covering index to ratified Indian treaties, 1722-1869 is reel 1.
 
Call Number: CT3260 .A545x 1984 Reel No. 35, Readex No. MISC0065
Title: American women's diaries. Western women
Author(s): Crosson, Jane Elizebeth
Dates: 01/01/1847 - 12/31/1873
State or Area: Nevada, Western U.S.
Other Information: Born in 1847 in Canada. Discusses move to Missouri as a young girl; marriage in 1869; journey West in 1873 with husband and friends; fighting between Indian tribes; and settlement in Starr Valley, Nevada.
 
Call Number: F591 .W4633x Reel 231 no. 2360
Title: Recollections of a handcart pioneer of 1860, with some account of frontier life in Utah and Nevada.
Author(s): Hafen, Mary Ann, 1854-
Dates: 01/01/1860 - 12/31/1860
State or Area: Utah, Nevada
Other Information: 117 pages. Western Americana Collection. Covers emigration to New York (1860) from Switzerland; train to Nebraska; crossing the plains in the last handcart company; living in a dugout; move to Nevada with five children; farming and notes on Indians.
 
Call Number: J84 .N33x 1860a--microfilm
Title: Interior Department Appointment Papers, Nevada, 1860-1907
Author(s): United States. Dept. of the Interior
Dates: 01/01/1860 - 12/31/1907
State or Area: Nevada
Other Information: Roll 1. Surveyor General, 1861-1907 -- Roll 2. Land Offices, 1860- 1907 -- Roll 3. Indian Agencies, 1860-1907
 
Call Number: E93 .U95x--microfilm
Title: Letters received by the office of Indian Affairs
1824-81 Nevada Superintendency, 1861-1880
Author(s): United States. Office of Indian Affairs
Dates: 01/01/1861 - 12/31/1881
State or Area: Nevada
Other Information: Reel 538. 1861-1869 -- reel 539. 1870-1871 -- reel 540. 1872-1873 -- reel 541. 1874-1875 -- reel 542. 1876-1877 -- reel 543. 1878 -- reel 544. 1879 -- reel 545. 1880
 
Call Number: F591 .W4633x Reel 556 no. 5632
Title: General orders no. 8 : Headquarters District of Nevada, Camp McGarry, Nevada, Dec. 31, 1866.
Author(s): United States Army. District of Nevada
Dates: 12/31/1866 - 12/31/1866
State or Area: Nevada
Other Information: 2 pages. Western Americana Collection.
 
Call Number: F591 .W4633x Reel 492 no. 4927
Title: The shortest route to California : illustrated by a history of explorations of the great basin of Utah with its topographical and geological character and some account of the Indian tribes.
Author(s): Simpson, J.H. (James Hervey), 1813-1883.
Dates: 01/01/1869 - 12/31/1869
State or Area: California, Utah, Nevada
Other Information: 58 pages. Western Americana Collection.
 
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: E99.P2 U55x--microfilm
Title: Indian census rolls, 1885-1940
Author(s): United States. Office of Indian Affairs
Dates: 01/01/1885 - 12/31/1940
State or Area: Nevada, West U.S.
Other Information: Included in these census rolls are the Paiute and Shoshoni Indians of Nevada. Some of the regions are Carson, Fallon, Walker Lake, and Pyramid Lake. For a full listing of dates, tribes, and regions, please consult the library catalog.
 
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. 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.
 
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: CT3260 .A545x 1984 Reel No. 24, Readex No. UNVR0005
Title: American women's diaries. Western women
Author(s): Dangberg, Grace Melissa, b.1896
Dates: 01/01/1896
State or Area: Nevada
Other Information: Discusses childhood in Minden and graduate study in anthropology. She published the Washo Texts, a linguistic and cultural study of the Washo Indians. One of the founders of the Caron valley Historical Society, she wrote a number of histories.
 
Call Number: CT3260 .A545x 1984 Reel No. 24, Readex No. UNVR0008
Title: American women's diaries. Western women
Author(s): James, Winona, b. 1903
Dates: 01/01/1903
State or Area: Nevada
Other Information: Discusses upbringing as a Washo in Genoa; living at Stewart School in Carson City for 1 year after which she was hid by her grandmother; Indian gathering places, harvesting wild foods; Indian summer camps; and marriage.
 
Call Number: E97.5 .U63x 1975--microfilm
Title: Superintendents' annual narrative and statistical reports from field jurisdictions of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1907-1938.
Author(s): United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs.
Dates: 01/01/1907 - 12/31/1938
State or Area: Nevada, Western U.S.
Other Information: Includes Washoe, Paiute, and Shoshoni Indians of Nevada. Discusses social and health issues, eduation, settlement, and employment. Statistical data includes property and belongings, population, allotments, etc.
 
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.
 
Call Number: CT3260 .A545x 1984 Reel No. 24,Readex No. UNVR0001
Title: American women's diaries. Western women
Author(s): Auchoberry, Bernice, b. 1914.
Dates: 01/01/1914
State or Area: Nevada
Other Information: As a Native American of the Washo tribe, discussed are personal experiences while living in Dresslerville, a community south of Gardnerville. Economic and social relations, and ceremonial rituals are also featured in this narrative.
 
Call Number: CT3260 .A545x 1984 Reel No. 25, Readex No. UNVR0012
Title: American women's diaries. Western women
Author(s): Redner, Albina, b. [1924?]
Dates: 01/01/1924
State or Area: Nevada
Other Information: Born in Austin, Nevada, covers life on reservations, Stewart Indian School (1937-39), living while being employed at the Governor's mansion, wartime military service as a WAC, marriage and Indian problems.