Papers, ca. 1900-1958.

Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964

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Herbert Clark Hoover (b. August 10, 1874, Iowa-d. October 20, 1964), thirty-first president of the United States, was born in Iowa, and was orphaned as a child. A Quaker known from his childhood as "Bert" to his friends, he began a career as a mining engineer soon after graduating from Stanford University in 1895. Within twenty years he had used his engineering knowledge and business acumen to make a fortune as an independent mining consultant. In 1914 Hoover administered the American Relief Com...

Pittman, Key, 1872-1940

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Key Pittman was a United States senator from Nevada, who served from 1913-1940. From the description of [Key Pittman Collection]. 1939-1940. (University of Nevada, Las Vegas Libraries). WorldCat record id: 491372853 Lawyer and U.S. senator from Nevada. From the description of Papers of Key Pittman, 1898-1951. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84471348 From the description of Key Pittman papers, 1886-1941. (Nevada State Historical Society). WorldCat record i...

Burton, Clarence F.

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Frick, Henry Clay, 1849-1919

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Henry Clay Frick (1849-1919), a prominent industrialist and art collector, commissioned architect Thomas Hastings of the firm Carrère & Hastings to design and build his New York residence in 1912. Located at One East 70th Street, the three-story Beaux-Arts mansion featured a 100-foot gallery for his art collection. Charles Allom of White, Allom & Co. and Elsie de Wolfe were selected to furnish the rooms. Frick, along with his wife and daughter, took up residence in the house in November...

Requa, M. L. (Mark Lawrence), 1865-1937

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Virginia City, Nevada is the location of the Comstock Lode which yielded $400,000,000 in gold and silver between 1859 and 1880. Gold Hill was about a mile south of Virginia City. The author's father, Isaac L. Requa, was a mill superintendent in this area for many years in the 1860s and 1870s. From the description of Recollections of early days in Virginia City and Gold Hill : and a recount of the "Big Cravasse" : typescript, [undated]. (California Historical Society). WorldCat record...

Nevada Stock Farm Inc.

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Baruch, Bernard M. (Bernard Mannes), 1870-1965

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Baruch, a financier and public adviser, was a millionaire by the age of thirty thanks to his investments in the stock market. He put his wealth to use in politics and public affairs and became an adviser to Woodrow Wilson, who appointed him chairman of the War Industries Board and a member of the president's war council. After World War I, he took part in the postwar peace conference and later became an adviser to President Roosevelt on defense matters and industrial preparedness for war. After ...

Reno Securities Company

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Getchell Mine Inc.

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Searls, Fred

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Mueller, John Victor, 1893-1963

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Goldfield Consolidated Mines Company

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Mine located in Goldfield, Nevada. From the description of Goldfield Consolidated Mines Company records, 1910-1911. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 25764142 ...

Julian, Estey A.

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McCarran, Pat, 1876-1954

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U.S. senator from Nevada. From the description of Pat McCarran collection, 1897-1976. (Nevada State Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 646434309 ...

Frankenthal, Alfred

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Wingfield, George, 1876-1959

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Executive, of Reno, Nev. From the description of Papers, ca. 1900-1958. (Elko County Library). WorldCat record id: 28412237 ...

Oddie, Tasker L. (Tasker Lowndes), 1870-1950

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Tasker Oddie was born in Brooklyn, New York on October 24, 1870 and came to Nevada to look after the business interests of his New York employer, the prominent and wealthy Stokes family. He became a member of the Nevada Bar in 1898 and served as district attorney for Nye County. During the Tonopah mining boom at the turn of the century he became the manager of the Tonopah Mining Company. After his term as governor, Oddie was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1920 and re-elected in 1926. He died in S...