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Stamps, 19--

University of Nevada, Reno - Mathewson IGT Knowledge Center
1 p.
Sheet of twenty-five stamps sold by the IOOF to raise funds for a shrine in Virginia City, Nevada. Each stamp bears a sketch of the proposed shrine.

Scrapbook, 1960-1976.

University of Nevada, Reno - Mathewson IGT Knowledge Center
.5 cu. ft.
Scrapbook includes newspaper clippings about the Yerington aerie and auxiliary's activities, programs, photographs, ribbon badges, and a few reports of other Nevada auxiliaries.

Stock certificates, 1912-1913.

University of Nevada, Reno - Mathewson IGT Knowledge Center
2 items.
Stock certificates were issued to J.J. Paul and to A. Krause and Company.

Papers, 1919-1955.

University of Nevada, Reno - Mathewson IGT Knowledge Center
1 1/2 cu. ft.
Collection contains sheet music, correspondence, programs, news clippings, photographs, and three scrapbooks.

Deed, Jan. 23, 1880.

University of Nevada, Reno - Mathewson IGT Knowledge Center
1 item.
Deed in which John Geary sells his South Jacket mining claim at Gold Hill, Nevada, to N.J. Gillet.

Ty Cobb papers, 1881-1997.

University of Nevada, Reno - Mathewson IGT Knowledge Center
6 cu. ft.
Included are materials about Cobb's education in Nev.; biographical sketches about Cobb; scrapbooks and clippings about his father, William Cobb (1885-1973); documentation about mining interests in Virginia City, Nev., of Cobb and his father; speeches; professional correspondence; clippings documenting his sports and athletic interests, including the Squaw Valley Winter Olympic Games in 1960; articles and columns written by Cobb, beginning with his first newsletter in 1928 for the Boy Scouts in Reno and ending with his last column in the Reno gazette-journal, Cobbwebs, just prior to his death; manuscript drafts of his book The best of Cobbwebs; and articles by other authors about Cobb and miscellaneous Reno or sports topics.

Reports, 1907-1913.

University of Nevada, Reno - Mathewson IGT Knowledge Center
2 items.
Two reports on the company's copper mining claims and their prospects. The report by E.P. Jennings was written in 1907; Claus A. Porter's report dates from 1913.

Records, 1917-1967.

University of Nevada, Reno - Mathewson IGT Knowledge Center
2 cu. ft.
Collection contains correspondence, reports, memorandums, and other records from the office of the president of the University of Nevada, 1917-1967. Presidents serving during this period are Archer W. Hendrick, 1914-1917; Walter E. Clark, 1918-1938; Leon W. Hartman, 1938-1943; John O. Moseley, 1944-1949; Malcolm A. Love, 1950-1952; Minard W. Stout, 1952-1957; Charles J. Armstrong, 1958-1965; and N. Edd Miller, 1965-1973.

Records, 1958-1992.

University of Nevada, Reno - Mathewson IGT Knowledge Center
8 cu. ft.
Collection contains correspondence, annual reports, and records on student events and associations, financial aid, health services, housing, special programs, and student surveys. The records are primarily 1978-1992.

Speech to the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Northern Nevada, Sept. 11, 1983.

University of Nevada, Reno - Mathewson IGT Knowledge Center
6 p.
Woodard's speech briefly describes the civil rights movement in Nevada, her participation in the 1963 "March on Washington" on behalf of the civil rights movement, and the March 1983 commemorative march "Peace, jobs and freedom" rally, also in Washington D.C. Questions from the audience included the topics of a leadership dispute within the NAACP, local civil rights issues, and whether the Rev. Jesse Jackson would run for president of the United States.

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