Jones, Sam
Coll # 1031-3
Date: 1938
Extent 1 folder
Collection consists of one handwritten letter addressed to Sam
Jones of Goodsprings, dated
[19]38. The author of the letter is not identified.
Laird, Nell
Coll # T55
Date: 1908
Extent 1 slim document box (3 linear inches)
Collection consists of the the receipt book of the J. R. Lane
Illuminating, Lubricating and Fuel Oil (Company) located in Rhyolite,
Nevada. Receipt book lists the names of customers and purchases
made in Rhyolite in 1908.
Lanman Collection
Coll # 1031-9
Date: 1828 -1923
Extent 6 legal size folders, 1 letter size folder
Lanman wrote a Dictionary of the United States Congress and General
Government in the late 19th century. This collection contains
the title page and the table of contents of the Dictionary, and
responses to his solicitation requesting biographical information
from notable government figures such as Silas Rody Ashley, Thomas
Fitch, Gordon N. Matt, , Henry Worthington, S.M. Worts, and Ernest
B. Norris. Of particular interest with regard to Nevada are the
original holograph letters of James W. Nye and William M. Stewart.
Lee, Henry Hudson
Coll # T31
Date: 1811-1972
Extent 1 document box (5 linear inches)
Collection is comprised of manuscript copies of Henry Hudson Lee's
memoirs entitled "My
Memoirs" and his biography of his father entitled "A
Brief Sketch of the Life and Family of Milton LaFayette Lee."
Henry Hudson Lee worked as the County Recorder and Auditor of
Lincoln County in the early 1900s. He was also involved in cattle
ranching most of his life.
Liberty Engine Company
No. 1
Coll # T11
Date: 1876-1928
Extent 1 document box
Collection consists of two ledger books and some bank records
for the Liberty Engine Company No. 1. Ledger books date from 1876
to 1917. Bank deposit records date from 1926-1927. Liberty Engine
Company No. 1 was the volunteer fire fighting unit for Gold Hill,
Nevada, until it closed in 1938.
Liddle, Samuel
Coll # Mss31
Date: 1885 -1890
Extent 7 folders (containing 164 items)
Collection consists of ledgers, accounts and correspondence for
the General Store of Samuel
Liddle, located in Leadville, Nevada, from 20 October 1885 to
11 November 1890. COLLECTION GUIDE AVAILABLE
Lisle Family
Coll # T153
Date: 1914 - 1948
Extent 1 slim document box
Collection contains the 1914 Primary Election register for Beatty
Precinct, Nye County; Beatty School Registry of Students from
1933-1948; and correspondence re: attempting to obtain government
funding for the Beatty High School.
Lyman, Marguerite
Rice
Coll # 1014
Date: 1817 - 1964
Extent 1 folder
Collection consists of six typescripts concerning Southern Nevada
history, the Muddy Mission,
Spring Valley, and profiles of Rice family pioneers. Emphasis
on Mormon Church activities.
Neely, William
Coll # 1029-4
Date: [18]64
Extent 1 folder
Collection consists of one typescript letter (photocopied) transcribed
from an original dated
Dec 4, [18]64 from W[illiam] Neely in Virginia City, NV, to his
nephew. The letter discusses Nevada's impending statehood and
the business and financial situation at the time. Contains some
detail about mining work and advises nephew "not" to
come to Nevada.
Nevada Banking History
Coll # 86-03
Date: 1863 -1971
Extent 2 document boxes
Collection contains information on the history of banking, primarily
in Worcester, NV, and a history of the Worcester bank. Included
in this history are pamphlets and promotional publications on
early Nevada banks, contemporary newspaper clippings and correspondence
about Butch Cassidy, and common banking correspondence. Of interest
is a copy of a proclamation and report by the governor of the
Territory of Nevada about an international mineral exhibition
dated 1863.
Poll tax [receipt]
(State of Nevada)
Coll # Mss13
Date: 1915
Extent 1 folder (containing 1 item)
Consists of the poll tax receipt of Oscar Ikonen [Enonen?] from
Esmeralda County, Nevada. The
Poll Tax Collector is the Goldfield Consolidated Mines Co., and
Clyde P. Johnson is listed as County Auditor. It is dated April
1, 1915.
Rinker, C. A. Earle
Coll # MS 2006-09
Date: 1880-1960 (inclusive), 1906-1910 (bulk)
Extent 12 boxes (9 document boxes, 1 slim document box, 1 oversize box, 1 photo negative box)
This collection contains a wealth of materials that document the history of early twentieth century Goldfield, a mining boom town in central Nevada, as well as the life of its collector. Materials include highly descriptive correspondence and images of Goldfield during its peak years of 1906-1910, as well as mining prospectus, maps, ledgers, souvenirs and ephemera that document mining activity specifically and daily life in a mining boom town more generally. COLLECTION GUIDE AVAILABLE
Sawyer, Byrd Wall
Coll # 90-52
Date: 1880-1969
Extent 9 boxes (5 record storage boxes, 3 document boxes, 1 slim
document box)
Collection is comprised of the papers of Byrd Wall Sawyer and
contains a variety of materials related to Nevada history. Collection
includes Nevada State Library materials and publications, news
clippings, correspondence, speeches and memos relating to Reno,
Carson City and Washoe County. There are research notes and copies
of the books; "Midwifery" and "The Open Range of
Nevada, 1826-1900." The collection also contains some photographs
and numerous slides of foreign countries. There are also audio
recordings and video of the Boulder City anniversary. Book manuscript
- "Here is Nevada"; bibliography 1939; Co-authors -
Byrd Wall Sawyer and Effie Mona Mack INVENTORY AVAILABLE
Spicer, Jim &
Effie
Coll # T158
Date: 1960-1981
Extent 1 slim document box
Collection consists of materials relating to the Spicer family,
Nye County, Nevada, and the Boiling Pot Ranch, Beatty, and the
transcription of Jack Milligan's diary (1932-1935). Also contains
a photocopy of chapter 18 from the History of Pahrump Valley with
comments on the Spicers by David Lynch.
Syphus - Bunker
Papers
Coll # T85
Date: 1891 - 1895
Extent 2 boxes (1 record storage box and 1 document box)
Collection is comprised primarily of the correspondence of John
Bunker and Mary Etta
Syphus from 1891-1895. Mary Etta was one of ten children of Luke
and Christina Syphus, a pioneer Mormon family who settled in Panaca,
Nevada, in the late 1800s. In September 1895, Mary Etta married
John Bunker, but passed away just two months later in November
1895. The earliest correspondence was written when Bunker was
living in El Dorado Canyon, Nevada, and Syphus in Panaca, Nevada,
and the later correspondence when Bunker was in Logan, Utah, and
Syphus attending the BYU Academy Church Normal School in Provo,
UT. There is additional correspondence between Mary Etta Syphus
and various friends along with some certificates and wedding announcements.
The collection also includes a genealogy chart and the Syphus
family history. Collection contains both originals and typed
transcriptions of the correspondence. Subjects discussed include
the Muddy River, sicknesses, weather, neighbors, LDS church, school
and leisure activities.
Tonopah and Tidewater
Railroad
Coll # MS6
Date: 1910 -1940
Extent 3 document boxes
The Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad Collection contains miscellaneous
correspondence, waybills, requisitions and other records relating
to the company's operation. Incorporated in 1904, the Tonopah
and Tidewater Railroad operated for 35 years, connecting Ludlow,
California (on the Santa Fe Railroad main line) with Beatty, Nevada,
by way of Death Valley. "Tidewater" referred to dreams
of eventually completing connections with San Diego, California.
Declining mining fortunes and waning borax operations in Death
Valley after 1927 caused the slow decline of the railroad, which
finally ceased operations in 1940. COLLECTION GUIDE AVAILABLE
Vance, Paul
Coll # 86-41
Date: 1829 -1986
Extent 1 slim document box
This collection consists of the Nevada cemetery censuses from
the following Lincoln County towns: Buillionville, Panaca, and
Caliente. INVENTORY AVAILABLE
Western Nevada Project
Coll # 91-24
Date: 1952-1954
Extent 2 record storage boxes
Collection consists of approximately 2,000 aerial photographs
of Southern and Western Nevada.
Photographs are not indexed.
Whitmore, Sidney
Coll # Mss48
Date: 1816 -1913
Extent 5 folders (containing 42 items )
Collection consists of land patents, quit claim deeds, shareholder's
records, family records, and
photographs pertaining to southern Nevada history. Includes information
about Moapa Fruit
Land Company; A New Compendia of Geography by John Smith; History
of George Burton Whitney and wife Lovina Syphus, and her parents
Luke Syphus and Christiana Long; photographs of the Colorado River in
Utah and Nevada; descriptions of St. Thomas, Nevada, and St. George,
Utah. INVENTORY AVAILABLE
Wilson, James B.
Coll # T1
Date: 1875-1940
Extent 1 record storage box
Collection contains the business records-supply invoices for the
Sand Stone Ranch - Nevada; Lincoln County - Nevada; Pioche - Nevada;
Goodsprings - Nevada; and general family correspondence and the
Wilson Family photograph album. PARTIAL INVENTORY AVAILABLE
Younts Papers
Coll # Mss8
Date: 1848 -1976
Extent 1 folder (containing 6 pages)
Collection consists of a letter written by Leonard Fayle to John
L. Yount, 2 October 1976, and a
manuscript [written by Elizabeth Perkins Frederickson?] describing
the beginnings of the
Manse Ranch in Pahrump, Nevada. Manuscript also gives biographical
information about Joseph Yount, Harsha White, Jack Frederickson,
and others
Younts, John L.
Coll # Mss9
Date: 1873 -1976
Extent 1 folder (containing 6 pages)
This collection contains the recollections of John L. Yount, describing
the Yount family at Ash Meadows, Pahrump, and Manse Ranch. Contains
biographical sketches of Joseph Yount, Harsha White, and others.
Includes photocopy of a letter written by Leonard Fayle to John
L. Yount, 1976 October 2.
