Collection, 1953-1971.

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Collection, 1953-1971.

This collection contains a transcription of the interview with James W. Hulse; a copy of a lecture by professor of English Thomas Cowgill, 1898; a letter he wrote to J.E. Church, 1953; and copies of the Yeates and Keyser family history and genealogy.

6 folders.

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Yeates family.

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Clapp, Hannah Keziah, 1924-1908.

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Lamb, Walter R. M. 1882-1961

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Sessions, D. R.

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Church, James Edward, 1869-1959

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Classics professor at University of Nevada, Reno (earlier Nevada State University); pioneer in the science of snow surveying. From the description of James Edward Church papers, ca. 1904-1959. (Nevada State Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 123410766 James E. Church came to the University of Nevada as instructor of Latin and German in 1892, and became a full professor in 1896. Although a classicist, he was also the founder and developer of snow surveying. ...

Hulse, James W.

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James W. Hulse joined the history department at the University of Nevada in 1962. His research specialization was the history of Nevada and the American West, Russian and modern European social and intellectual history, and was author of a University of Nevada history. He was a member of many university committees, including the Nevada Newspaper Committee, 1962-64; the Faculty Development Task Force, 1977; and the Beliefs and Values Committee, 1980. Hulse also was an activist in various causes, ...

Stubbs, Joseph Edward, 1850-1914

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Methodist clergyman and educator. From the description of Joseph Edward Stubbs papers, 1892-1913. (Nevada State Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 667623972 ...

Keyser family.

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Miller, Walter McNab.

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Brown, Thomas Paterson

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Saxophonist, composer, and arranger, Thomas Philip Brown had his own dance orchestra during the late 1930s and 1940s, but later became a music copyist for Broadway musicals and touring productions. Brown's dance band, the Tom Brown Orchestra, appeared at clubs in West Coast cities and played on radio shows. Brown, who composed and arranged his own music as well as that of others, eventually moved east where he became a copyist. His work as a copyist for musical theater p...

Martin, Anne Henrietta, 1875-1951.

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Cowgill, Thomas.

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Hillman, Fred H.

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Keyser, Charles Paul, 1878-

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Charles Paul Keyser, an Elko native, graduated from the University of Nevada in 1899. His mother, Margaret Yeates Keyser had earlier been a student at the university when it was located in Elko, 1874-1885. In 1971, Keyser was interviewed by James W. Hulse for The University of Nevada: a centennial history, published in 1974. Keyser spoke about his years at the University, the professors and his fellow students. These included D.R. Sessions, Joseph Stubbs, J.E. Church, Anne Martin, Thomas Cowgill...

Boyle, Emmet Derby 1879-1926

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Emmet Boyle was the first Nevada-born Governor, born in Gold Hill on July 26, 1879. Before his election as governor, Boyle served as State Engineer and a member of the Tax Commission. During his two terms as governor many progressive programs were initiated for the benefit of children, women and workers. Governor Boyle died in Reno on January 3, 1926. From the description of Executive Records 1915-1922, 1917-1919 (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84084485 Governor of Nevada (19...

University of Nevada

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College Bowl began in 1953 as a radio program under sponsorship of the General Electric Company, moving to television in 1959. Each week two collegiate undergraduate teams would compete to be the first to correctly answer a variety of scholarly questions. The winner would return the following week, and the school would receive a General Electric scholarship grant. In 1963, the University of Nevada was invited to compete. Traveling to New York City with team coach Harold Kirkpatrick, the Nevada t...