NHS MS Finding Aids & Collection Lists

A finding aid is a detailed description of an archival collection. It enables you to find a letter, diary, or other document involving a specific person—items that may be part of a collection you didn’t know about or may not have thought to search.

Manuscript materials in the collection include correspondence, diaries, financial records, reports, membership rosters, bylaws, minutes, subject files, and legal papers that document an individual’s life or career; environmental, cultural, social, and fraternal organizations; and businesses.

To search the finding aids, use Control + F after the document is open.

MS Collection #

MS Collection Name

MS Finding Aid #

MS Description

MSNC1034

82

Professor Richard Acton, great source for water rights of the Truckee River

MSNC0385

2

Nevada history resource, historic documents, diaries and WPA projects

MSNC1020

90

Amat Family Papers, Winnemucca

MSNC1076

32

Austin International Hotel Ledger, listing Nevada names and other guests

MSNC0686

3

Nevada Governor Fredrick Bennett Balzar Papers

MSNC1095

91

Carson Valley Boy Scout Troop 33

MSNC1209

92

Nevada historic documents & VTRR bills of lading

MSNC1172

93

Photographer and former NHS Curator of Photography, exhibitions, geology

MSNC0784

6

Rose Bullis, former teacher and historian on Washoe County schools

MSNC0898

7

Virginia H. Cain Collection

MSNC1051

8

Nevada Historical Documents and Deeds

MSNC0968

94

Christy Mill and Mining Company Ledger Records

MSNC0676

12

Copper Canyon Mining Company Collection Records

MSNC0727

18

Dodson Family Papers, WWII veteran

MSNC0099

19

Doten Family Collection, Mary S. Doten and children, photographs, stories

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0

Print Collection Early Emigrant Diaries-Trails List

MSNC0710

20

Elko Lumber Company Records

MSNC0863

23

Eureka County District Attorney documents

MSNC1094

77

Frey Family Papers

MSNC1012

96

The Grosh Brothers discovered Comstock Lode in 1857, letters, photos

MSNC1028

34

Phillip Jacobs Family Papers

MSNC0547

85

Joy Lake Community Seminar and new age materials

MSNC0475

97

Nevada Knights of Pythias organizational records from lodges in Nevada

MSNC1060

98

Lake House Guest Book, lists visitors at hotel in Reno

MSNC0013

37

Nevada Lawyer and Senator from 1933 until his death in 1954

MSNC1010

95

Douglas B. McDonald family collection, including the West and Stout families

MSNC0591

38

Great Nevada Resource, Judges, Lawyers, Legislators and Politicians

MSNC0598

99

Alvin McLain Nevada research file folders, organized Topical and County

MSNC0924

39

Model A Ford Club Sagebrush Chapter Organization Records

MSNC0679

40

Historian, Researcher and Author, wrote for Harolds Club, Governors Book

MSNC0626

100

NARP Nevada Artist Research Project (1-28 boxes), artist resource (65 box total)

MSNC1075

31

Nevada IRS Ledger, Nevada people listed, 1883-4

MSNC0409

43

Nevada Nursing Association Organizational Records

MSNC1055

45

Nevada State Penitentiary Inmates Photos, 1920-30s and 1950s

MSNC0476

44

NORA Nevada Outdoor Recreation Association, BLM resource and slide collection

MSNC0278

62

Nevada WPA Works Progress Administration, projects, history topics and photos

MSNC1166

47

Early Nye County Records and Ledgers

MSNC0009

48

Lovelock businessman, miner, and amateur Archaeologist and mathematician

MSNC0986

57

Thurman Roberts Hale Family Collection, historic documents and photos

MSNC0645

52

Professor Elmer Rusco Research Files, NV ethnic and racial minorities and civil rights

MSNC1053

101

Early San Francisco County Documents and Deeds

MSNC0770

21

Howard William Squires Collection, Mining Engineer, Surveyor, Virginia City

MSNC7020

54

Steamboat Springs includes history and operation materials and maps

MSNC0005

55

Senator William Morris Stewart, Pacific Coast Pioneer, Mining Lawyer and NV Senator

MSNC0361

102

Early Storey County Records, Documents and Deeds

MSNC0658

56

John ‘Jock’ M. Taylor, newspaper writer on Nevada topics

MSNC0480

60

TCID Truckee Carson Irrigation District Records Collection

MSNC1151

81

Trails West Organizational Records

MSNC1043

59

Trigueiro Family Papers

MSNC0166

61

Twentieth Century Women’s Club, literature, social reform and rights

MSNC0780

65

CPA, Nugget and Balley’s Gaming Comptroller, Trustee Air Races, Barbara Vucanovich

MSNC0477

103

DAR member, volunteer, oversaw S Bar S Ranch, Helen Marye Thomas friend

MSNC0732

87

Nevada Abstract Artist and Author Archives, audio recordings

MSNC0511

71

WCTU organization that promoted family, temperance and social reform in Reno

MSNC0001

69

Nevada Bank Financier, Mining Investor and Political Influencer

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0

Compiled list of Women’s Manuscript Collections

MSNC1067

72

World War II Nevada Military Clippings on Veterans

MSNC1100

78

Reno’s YMCA Young Men’s Christian Association Records, photographs