Stokes family papers, 1875-1949.

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Stokes family papers, 1875-1949.

Correspondence and business records of the family's mining and transportation interests near Austin and Ione, Nev., particularly Austin Mining and Milling Company, Nevada Central Railroad, State Bank of Nevada, and Nevada Central Motor Lines.

10 boxes.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7960200

Nevada State Historical Society

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State Bank of Nevada.

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Austin Mining and Milling Company.

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Stokes, Caroline Phelps, 1854-1909

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Caroline Phelps Stokes and Olivia Egleston Phelps Stokes (1847-1927), sisters, and daughters of wealthy and religious parents in New York City, devoted their lives to Christian philanthropy, particularly to the improvement of education and housing for blacks in the U.S. From the description of Papers of Caroline and Olivia Phelps Stokes, 1866-1927 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232006859 From the description of Papers, 1892-1927 (inclusive). (Harvard ...

Nevada Central Railroad

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Narrow gauge railroad operating on a line between Austin and Battle Mountain, Nev., from 1879 until 1938; originally named the Nevada Central Railway, it operated for three years (1879-1881); in 1881 the Nevada Central Railway was purchased by the Union Pacific Railroad but lack of income and the need for maintenance gave the Union Pacific reason to allow the line to be sold at bankruptcy to the stockholders and original owners, the Stokes family; a new company, the Nevada Central Railroad was e...

Stokes family.

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Capitalists and philanthropists, of New York, N.Y. From the description of Stokes family papers, 1875-1949. (Nevada State Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 667589808 ...

Gayhart, Walter C.

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Nevada Central Motor Lines

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Luck, A. C.

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Stokes, James Graham Phelps, 1872-1960

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James Graham Phelps Stokes was born in New York City in 1872. He graduated from Yale University in 1892. Upon graduation from the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia in 1896 he entered the family business and became increasingly active in settlement house work and various other movements for social reform. Later Stokes became interested in politics and socialism. In 1908 he was elected to the National Executive Committee of the Socialist Party. In 1904 Stokes married Rose Harriet Past...

Stokes, Anson Phelps, 1874-1958

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Anson Phelps Stokes was born on April 13, 1874, in New Brighton, Staten Island, New York. He received degrees from Yale University (B.A., 1896) and the Episcopal Theological School (B.D., 1900). He served as Secretary of Yale University (1899-1921) and was active on several University committees and organizations. Phelps also served as Canon of the Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul, Washington, D.C. (1924-1939) and was active on a variety of educational commissions and as a trustee of the Phel...