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Flood, James Clair, 1826-1888. Legal documents : John H. Burke vs. James C. Flood et al., 1875-1880 (bulk 1878-1880).

Title: Legal documents : John H. Burke vs. James C. Flood et al., 1875-1880 (bulk 1878-1880).

Complaints, subpoenas, motions, affidavits, notices, petitions, a few scattered letters, attorney's notes, newspaper clippings of testimony in one of the cases, and other legal documents and papers from six of the stockholder suits filed by John H. Burke, a San Francisco journalist, against Consolidated Virginia Mining Company, James C. Flood, John W. Mackay, James G. Fair, and Flood and James V. Coleman as executors of the estate of William Shoney O'Brien. The suits were filed for the return of profits allegedly misappropriated by the mining company and its trustees. Includes material relating to O'Brien's estate and legal papers for the related suit filed by Squire P. Dewey against Mackay, Fair, Flood, et al. Attorneys for Burk were Samuel W. Holladay and John Trehane.

ArchivalResource: 1 box (0.5 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122499007 View

De Quille, Dan, 1829-1898. Dan De Quille papers, [ca. 1860-1914].

Title: Dan De Quille papers, [ca. 1860-1914].

Letters concerning the Territorial Enterprise, Mark Twain, and the writing of his book on the Big Bonanza ; manuscripts of sketches written for newspapers and magazines; clippings; notes and notebooks; a few papers of other members of his family. The correspondence consists of a letter to his brother- in-law, Dr. J.M. Benjamin, Omega, California, 1860; 18 to his sister Lou (Mrs. Benjamin), 1874-1885; one by his daughter Mell to Mrs. Benjamin, 1878; and 37 letters received, 1875-1897; from Hiram C. Clark, 1878; Samuel Clemens ("Mark Twain") (3), 1864-1875; E.D. Cope, 1880; Amos J. Cummings (2), 1885-1886; Wells Drury, 1897; James G. Fair, 1875; L.W. Ferris, 1875; Henry J. Ford (2), 1887; Joseph Wasson, 1880; John Greenleaf Whittier, 1897; and B.B. Wiley (1887). (Cont.) With the Twain letters is a first draft of Twain's letter to W.K. Cutler, Virginia, May 28, 1864, offering to accept a challenge to a duel, and the cover of Twain's wedding announcement, with remarks to "Dan." Accompanying the correspondence are drafts of five letters written by his daughter, Lura G. Wright, from Newport, Oregon, ca. 1914-1915, in connection with proposals of George Wharton James to publish Dan DeQuille's sketches, a letter from her cousin "Harry," and from Edward E. Hale, Roxbury, Massachusetts, 1901, and biographical sketch of Wright. (Cont.) Miscellaneous family papers include four Civil War diaries written by Wright's brother, John M. Wright (1836-1918), while serving as a private in the Second Iowa Cavalry, December 9, 1861-September 23, 1864. He campaigned in Missouri, Tennessee, and Mississippi, fought at Corinth, and engaged in many skirmishes against Nathan Bedford Forrest. With the diaries are his honorable discharge, Davenport, Iowa, October 3, 1864; a deed to a lot at Newport, Oregon, 1910; and a deed to a cemetery plot at Newport 1914. Another diary, by Mrs. Benjamin, July 28-September 1, 1879, and July 29-August 5, 1880, describes vacation trips to the Eastern states and Minnesota from West Liberty, Iowa.

ArchivalResource: Originals : 3 boxes, 2 cartons, 1 oversize folder.Copies : 5 microfilm reels : 5 negative and 4 positive.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/214999618 View

University of Nevada, Reno. Mackay School of Earth Sciences and Engineering. Mackay Centennial, 2008.

Title: Mackay Centennial, 2008.

This collection consists of materials distributed at the Mackay Gala 2008: The Party of the Century, held at the Grand Sierra Resort and Casino in Reno, Nevada, on April 26, 2008. Included are a program for the event, trivia questions, and a tote bag contributed by the Nevada Mining Association. A copy of "Mackay Memories 1908-2008: The First 100 Years of the Mackay School of Mines" by Holly Walton-Buchanan and James V. Taranik was transferred to the DeLaMare Library. Of particular interest is a commemorative medallion minted at the Nevada State Museum, Division of Museums and History (the former United States Branch Mint in Carson City, Nevada), from refined silver from the Rochester silver and gold mine in Pershing County, Nevada. University Archives' medallion is #704 of 2,500 minted.

ArchivalResource: 0.25 cu. ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/707730171 View

Berlin, Ellin. Ellin Berlin papers, 1851-1957 bulk 1948-1957.

Title: Ellin Berlin papers, 1851-1957 bulk 1948-1957.

Materials relating to the research and preparation of Berlin's novel Silver platter, about her grandmother Louise Mackay, the wife of one of the Comstock's Bonanza Kings, John Mackay. Berlin conducted her research from approximately 1947 through the publication of the book in 1957. Includes research notes and correspondence; early drafts and proofs of the novel; originals and copies of 19th and early 20th century newspapers, pamphlets and ephemera, mainly from California and Nevada.

ArchivalResource: 5.5 cu. ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/607331153 View

Mackay Mansion (Virginia City, Nev.). Mackay Mansion guest register, 1956-1962.

Title: Mackay Mansion guest register, 1956-1962.

Guest register for the Mackay Mansion when it was owned and operated as a museum by C. Jack Duggan.

ArchivalResource: .1 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/71130557 View

Ormsby House (Carson City, Nev.). Ormsby House records, 1877-1884.

Title: Ormsby House records, 1877-1884.

Guest registers (1877; 1883-1884), from the prominent Carson City, Nev., hotel.

ArchivalResource: 1 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/71058240 View

Mahoney, Denis J., 1879-1943. Denis J. Mahoney papers, 1937-ca. 1940.

Title: Denis J. Mahoney papers, 1937-ca. 1940.

Letter (16 June 1940), from Friedmans' booksellers to Mahoney in his capacity as librarian of the Virginia City, Nev., library; historical research notes, possibly for Nevada history articles Mahoney wrote for the WPA's writers' project; article, "Senator John P. Jones: Personal Recollections of Him and His Kindred," (ca. 1938), in which Mahoney also relates some events of his own life; and a book-length ms. biography (ca. 1940), of Comstock Lode "Bonanza King" John W. Mackay.

ArchivalResource: .1 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/85428119 View

Fortieth anniversary : the Mackay System : typescript.

Title: Fortieth anniversary : the Mackay System : typescript. [1924?]

ArchivalResource: 17 leaves, [3] leaves of plates : ill., ports. ; 25 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39114394 View

Smith, Grant H. (Grant Horace), 1865-1944. Manuscripts and notes chiefly concerning the Comstock Lode, 1859-1936.

Title: Manuscripts and notes chiefly concerning the Comstock Lode, 1859-1936.

Material gathered in preparation for books on Mark Twain, John W. Mackay and the Comstock Lode. A collection of Shakespeariana and a few miscellaneous essays included. The first four cartons contain papers of general historical interest, as follows: 1. Looseleaf notebooks concerning the Comstock, including photostats of contemporary newspaper items, chronologically arranged, 1853-ca. 1893; other notes on census, directories, society, roads, stocks, milling, theaters, Adolph Sutro, etc.; historical sketches; accounts of individual mines; five miscellaneous articles; part of the original draft of Smith's Ms. on Comstock history; maps and pictures. 2. Material on John W. Mackay and the Comstock story, in 11 looseleaf notebooks, a scrapbook, and an envelope of loose clippings (used in part in his History of the Comstock Lode [Reno, 1943]). Includes notes on Mackay's interests in the Nevada Bank, Water Company, Pacific Cable Company, and Postal Telegraph. 3. Material on Mark Twain in Nevada. Includes Smith's completed manuscript, with pictures; miscellaneous Twain articles; and notes, clippings, and photostats. (Cont.) 4. Miscellaneous notes on early Nevada and California, relating to the Comstock, Twain, and Mackay; includes three file cases of correspondence.

ArchivalResource: 7 cartons.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/743388723 View

Ophir Silver Mining Company (Virginia City, Nev.). Ophir Silver Mining Company records, 1875-1919.

Title: Ophir Silver Mining Company records, 1875-1919.

Payroll (1875-1878); certification (18 Dec. 1896), of the election of directors and officers of the company; checks; and financial documents signed by superintendents James G. Fair, John W. Mackay, Joseph R. Ryan, Gilbert McMillan Ross, and T.F. McCormick.

ArchivalResource: .1 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/71130582 View

Mackay, Fair, Flood, and O'Brien. Mackay, Fair, Flood, and O'Brien records, 1862-1890.

Title: Mackay, Fair, Flood, and O'Brien records, 1862-1890.

Business records, legal documents, and correspondence including operational records, payrolls, and insurance policies from the Gould & Curry Silver Mining Company, Best and Belcher Mining Company, Ophir Silver Mining Company, Mexican Gold and Silver Mining Company, Consolidated Virginia Mining Company, Consolidated California and Virginia Mining Company, Hale and Norcross Consolidated Mines Company, and Pacific Mill and Mining company and the various ore mills it operated.

ArchivalResource: 2 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/166428947 View

Hale and Norcross Silver Mining Company. Checks signed by James G. Fair and J.W. Mackay : Virginia City, Nevada : DS, 1869-1870.

Title: Checks signed by James G. Fair and J.W. Mackay : Virginia City, Nevada : DS, 1869-1870.

ArchivalResource: 2 pieces.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26178561 View