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Personal Narrative

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: 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: F591 .W4633x Reel 514 no. 5164
Title: Reminiscences of Senator William M. Stewart, of Nevada.
Author(s): Stewart, William M. (William Morris), 1827-1909.
Dates: 01/01/1827 - 12/31/1909
State or Area: Nevada
Other Information: 358 pages. Western Americana Collection.
 
Call Number: CT3260 .A545x 1984 Reel No. 35, Readex No. MISC0068
Title: American women's diaries. Western women
Author(s): Garrecht, Gertrude Lang, 1844-1933
Dates: 01/01/1844 - 12/31/1869
State or Area: Nevada, New Orleans, Missouri, Idaho
Other Information: Includes journey to New Orleans (1849), Missouri, California (1854), Idaho, and to eventual settlement in Elko Nevada in 1896. Discusses building and managing a hotel which was both a resort and boarding house.
 
Call Number: CT3260 .A545x 1984 Reel No. 35, Readex No. MISC0066
Title: American women's diaries. Western women
Author(s): Wines, Margaret Taylor, 1846-1908
Dates: 01/01/1846 - 12/31/1908
State or Area: Nevada, Utah, U.S.
Other Information: Covers immigration to America in 1849 and years in St. Louis, Missouri; crossing the plains by ox team in 1853 and settlement in Lehi, Utah; marriage and move to Ruby Valley, Nevada; relations with Ute and Shosone Indians.
 
Call Number: CT3260 .A545x 1984 Reel No. 35, Readex No. MISC0067
Title: American women's diaries. Western women
Author(s): Geer, Clara, ca. 1846-1936
Dates: 01/01/1846
State or Area: Nevada
Other Information: Discusses development and move West to Nevada; early settlement including fighting with Indians and outlaws; farming; raising a Piute Indian boy and her own children; and building an estate.
 
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: CT3260 .A545x 1984 Reel No. 35, Readex No. MISC0069
Title: American women's diaries. Western women
Author(s): Glaser, Anna Christine Brown, 1857-1935
Dates: 01/01/1857 - 12/31/1898
State or Area: Nevada, New York, Minnesota, Illinois, California, Nebraska, Kansas
Other Information: Discusses journey to New York (1872) and then to Minnesota, Illinois; memory of Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show; life in Elko, Nevada, then to Kansas and Nebraska; and trip to San Francisco, California (1898).
 
Call Number: CT3260 .A545x 1984 Reel No. 35, Readex No. MISC0064
Title: American women's diaries. Western women
Author(s): Guisti, Virginia Boitano, 1860?-1948
Dates: 01/01/1860
State or Area: Nevada, US
Other Information: Discusses journey crossing Atlantic Ocean and a trip by railroad to Beowawe, Nevada, marriage and immediate journey to Cortez; life at home with family; work as a nurse and doctor for women and children within a 30 mile radius.
 
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. 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. UNVR0004
Title: American women's diaries. Western women
Author(s): Crowell, Lucy Davis, [b.1881]
Dates: 01/01/1881
State or Area: Nevada
Other Information: Daughter of historian and publisher of the Carson City Appeal (Samuel Post Davis), Mrs. Crowell had an interesting career serving as an employee of the Nevada Supreme Court for over 40 years (during which time Mary Pickford was granted a divorce).
 
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. 35, Readex No. MISC0063
Title: American women's diaries. Western women
Author(s): Wines, Lorinda R., b. 1890
Dates: 01/01/1890
State or Area: Nevada, U.S.
Other Information: Includes trip with ill mother from France to New York in 1916, then railroad train to Winnemucca, Nevada, and to McDermitt; marriage and life near Battle Mountain, Nevada.
 
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. 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. 25, Readex No. UNVR0014
Title: American women's diaries. Western women
Author(s): Hammond, Lena
Dates: 01/01/1892
State or Area: Nevada
Other Information: Born in 1892 in Austin, Nevada. Covers parents, school in Austin; move to gold mining town of Bodie, California, includes effects of cyanide on environment; move to Goldfield, Nevada, in 1904 and tent housing; and Toiyabe Literary Club.
 
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. 35, Readex No. MISC0058
Title: American women's diaries. Western women
Author(s): Licking, Anna
Dates: 01/01/1895
State or Area: Nevada, U.S.
Other Information: Discusses move from Indiana to Battle Mountain, Nevada, in 1895; taking responsibility for raising a 14-year-old orphan; supporting her children's schooling in North Dakota; the Depression and helping a widowed father with 4 children.
 
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: F591 .W4633x Reel 73 no. 746
Title: Twenty-five years a parson in the Wild West being the experience of Parson Ralph Riley
Author(s): Brown, John, 1843-
Dates: 01/01/1896 - 12/31/1896
State or Area: Nevada, Texas
Other Information: 215 pages. Western Americana Collection.
 
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. 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: 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): Finnegan, Inez
Dates: 01/01/1905 - 12/31/1925
State or Area: Nevada
Other Information: Born in 1905 at the Butterfield Springs Ranch, Nye County, Nevada. Discusses everyday life at the ranch up to age 20 except for high school years; covers marriage and children.
 
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. 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: CT3260 .A545x 1984 Reel No. 25, Readex No. UNVR0014
Title: American women's diaries. Western women
Author(s): Foster, Josephine Johnson
Dates: 01/01/1912
State or Area: Nevada
Other Information: Born in 1912 in Goldfield, Nevada. Emphasizes relationships with stepfather and father; childhood in Millars including schooling, household chores, and housing; and business school.
 
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.