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Happy Birthday NHS – Celebrating 120 Years of History
January 25, 2024 | Category: | Tags: , , , , ,

Nevada Historical Society
Birthday Celebration
May 4, 2024
10:00am to 3:00pm

Come celebrate with NHS with outdoor activities, gallery guides available in our permanent galleries, history lectures, NHS Proclamation and Birthday cake! More information to come…

1904 – 2024 Enriching Lives Through History 120 […]

Nevada History Lecture – The Place of U.S. Senator Francis G. Newlands in Nevada’s Commemorative Landscape
January 25, 2024 | Category: | Tags: , , , , ,

Nevada History Lecture
April 27, 2024
1:00 to 2:30pm

Senator Newlands

The Place of U.S. Senator Francis G. Newlands in Nevada’s Commemorative Landscape

Dr. William “Bill” D. Rowley, Grace A. Griffen Endowed Chair in American History; Professor Emeritus UNR and former NHS Q Editor

Summary of Talk

Francis G. Newlands, congressman (1893-1903), and U.S. senator (1904-1917) from […]

Nevada History Lecture – Reassessing the Legacy of the Comstock: Miners, Mills, Saloons, and Assessments
January 25, 2024 | Category: | Tags: , , , , ,

Nevada History Lecture
April 6, 2024
1:00 to 2:30pm

Reassessing the Legacy of the Comstock: Miners, Mills, Saloons, and Assessments

Hans Muessig, historian

Virginia City houses

Summary of Talk

Little remains on the slopes of Mt. Davidson to tell the story of the people who lived and worked on the Comstock: “The Richest Place on Earth.” That […]

Nevada History Lecture – Origin of Counties: History and Miscellany
January 25, 2024 | Category: | Tags: , , , , ,

Nevada History Lecture
March 16, 2024
1:00 to 2:30pm
Title of Talk: Origin of Counties: History and Miscellany
Speaker: Jeff Kintop, former state Archivist, and Vice Chair, Nevada Judicial Historical Society

State of Nevada Map, 1905

Summary of Talk

Nevada had 17 counties before 1969 when Ormsby County disappeared as a county and became Carson City, an […]

Emerson Marcus Nevada History Lecture – Veterans Day talk
May 6, 2023 | Category: | Tags: , , , ,

Nevada History Lecture
November 11, 2023 from 1-2:30pm

The 75th Anniversary of the Nevada Air National Guard 1948-2023: Building the Total Force for National Security at Home and Abroad

Emerson Marcus, Public Affairs Officer, Nevada Air National Guard

Emerson Marcus, Public Affairs Officer, Nevada National Guard and NHSQ Associate Editor

Summary of Talk
This year marked […]

Blue Star Museum Blue Star Member
May 6, 2023 | Category: Programs | Tags: , , ,

The Nevada Historical Society is part of Blue Star Museums, a program offering free admission to active-duty military personnel and their families this summer from Armed Forces Day, May 20, 2023, through Labor Day, September 4, 2023.

About Blue Star MuseumsBlue Star Museums is a collaboration among the National Endowment for the Arts, Blue Star […]

NHS Calendar of Events
April 5, 2023 | Category: Event Calendar | Tags: , , , ,

Here is the latest   for March through June 2023. Make sure to check back for the latest happenings at the Society. […]

NHS E-Newsletter Fall 2022
December 22, 2022 | Category: Newsletter, Uncategorized | Tags: , , ,

Happy Fall everyone. Here is the latest e-newsletter from the Society.

We hope you enjoy our new newsletter format as part of our campaign to provide more information about the happenings at NHS!

NHS E-newsletter Fall […]

April – June 2021 E-Newsletter
May 14, 2021 | Category: Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

NHS Digital e-Newsletter

April – June 2021

The staff have been very busy helping patrons in the Research Library and with online requests. We look forward to hearing from you by email, phone or in person.

Here is our latest digital e-newsletter. Enjoy!

April – June […]

NHS Collections Finding Aids
January 8, 2021 | Category: Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Are you looking for more detailed information about the holdings at NHS?

Staff are working on posting collection finding aids and lists to aid you in your research! Keep checking back for more lists. Check out our NHS MS Finding Aids & Collection List page. We have over 54 finding aids online and 6,487 records […]

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