Nevada

The Life and Times of the Churchill County Museum

Mel Glover, Director
December 19, 2024 – Noon

Virtual Program. Register: https://events.washoecountylibrary.us/event/12850167

Nevada Historical Society presents High Noon with Neal Cobb, a wonderful history series that delves into fascinating Nevada topics with local experts. Neal Cobb is a passionate historian and honorary curator for the Nevada Historical Society. He […]

Set Jetting to Bucket List Destinations (including Nevada)

Robin Holabird, film historian
February 20, 2025 – Noon

Virtual Program. Register: https://events.washoecountylibrary.us/event/12850190

Nevada Historical Society presents High Noon with Neal Cobb, a wonderful history series that delves into fascinating Nevada topics with local experts. Neal Cobb is a passionate historian and honorary […]

Writers’ Wednesday

Wednesday, November 13, 2024
5:00 – 5:30 pm – Book signing and wine/cheese Reception
5:30 – 6:30 pm – Lecture

Speaker: Zoe Bray, Ph. D., author and artist

Title of Talk: What Amatxi Whispered / Zer xuxurlatu didan Amatxik

Summary of Talk: Zoe Bray will talk about her children’s […]

Nevada Basque Portraits and Illustrations ExhibitionSeptember 14 through December 28, 2024
Exhibition Reception & TalkOctober 2, 2024 from 5 to 7pm5:30 to 6:30pm Talklight refreshmentsNevadan Basque Portraits Exhibition
This exhibit focuses on a selection of portraits of individuals with a Nevadan Basque connection, painted from life by Zoe Bray. The portraits explore the different ways that […]

Nevada History Lecture
November 9, 2024
1:00 to 2:30pm

The United States Forest Service in Nevada: An Uncertain Beginning, 1905-1934

Ryan Powell, Ph. D, historian

Summary of Talk

This presentation discusses the arrival of the Forest Service to Nevada in the early 20th Century. Nevada is not known for its timber reserves. The state is also the most arid in […]

Nevada History Lecture
Saturday, October 5, 2024
1 to 2:30pm
Title of Talk: Cultural Impacts to the Comstock in the 1870s
Speaker: Joe Curtis, historian

Summary of Talk

Virginia City was a true melting pot for cultures from all over […]

Writers’ Wednesday

Wednesday, December 11, 2024
5:00 – 5:30 pm – Book signing and wine/cheese Reception
5:30 – 6:30 pm – Lecture

Speaker: Chuck Weller, historian

Title of Talk: World War II and Nevada: The Silver State’s Contribution to Victory

Summary of Talk: Chuck will relate stories of the Reno Army Air Base and other military presence in the city, […]

Nevada History Lecture
Wednesday, October 30, 2024
5:30 to 6:30pm
Title of Talk: How Nevada Achieved Statehood: How Did It Do and What Was Its Legacy? (Special Nevada Day Program)
Speaker: Jeff Kintop, former state Archivist, and Vice Chair, Nevada Judicial Historical Society

Summary of Talk

A special Nevada Day program […]

Nevada History Lecture
December 7, 2024
1:00 to 2:30pm

To Control or To Ignore: The Virginia City Police Department, Journalists, and Smoking-Opium, 1875-1900

Dr. Diana Ahmad
Curators’ Distinguished Teaching Professor Emerita of American history at Missouri University Science & Technology
NHS Q Book Review Editor

Summary of Talk

Interior VC Courthouse […]

We are actively seeking new content for our academic publication, the NHS Q.

The Nevada Historical Society Quarterly is a peer reviewed journal since 1957 that publishes articles about Nevada, the Great Basin and the West. The content can be from a range of subjects including but not limited to: Agriculture, Anthropology, Art, Ethnic Studies, […]