Abstract
The James Hulse Photograph Collection on Pioche, Nevada contains photographs and postcards from Pioche, Nevada from 1905 to 1951. The photographs primarily depict the town, mining operations, and the Lincoln County Courthouse. The photographs also depict the town during a fire in 1947, the Power & Electric company, several buildings in the town, and Main Street.
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The James Hulse Photograph Collection on Pioche, Nevada contains photographs and postcards from Pioche, Nevada from 1905 to 1951. The photographs primarily depict the town, mining operations, and the Lincoln County Courthouse. The photographs also depict the town during a fire in 1947, the Power & Electric company, several buildings in the town, and Main Street.
Access Note
Collection is open for research. Some collection material has been digitized and is available online.
Publication Rights
Materials in this collection may be protected by copyrights and other rights. See Reproductions and Use on the UNLV Special Collections website for more information about reproductions and permissions to publish.
Arrangement
Materials remain in original order.
Biographical / Historical Note
Historian James Warren Hulse was born in Pioche, Nevada on June 4, 1930. He obtained his BA in journalism in 1952 and his MA in history in 1958 from the University of Nevada, Reno. His master’s thesis was titled “A History of Lincoln County, Nevada 1864-1909.” In 1961, he received a PhD in history from Stanford University. He briefly taught at Central Washington State College in Ellensburg, Washington before joining the University of Nevada, Reno faculty in 1962. In 1992, he was appointed the Grace G. Griffen Chair in History. In 1993, he was named Outstanding Faculty Member by the Board of Regents.
Hulse published extensively on several topics, including Russian history, Nevada history, and philosophy. Some of his works on Nevada include The Silver State: Nevada's Heritage Reinterpreted, Nevada's Environmental Legacy: Progress or Plunder, and Lincoln County, Nevada: 1864-1909: History of a Mining Region. In 1997, Hulse was inducted into the Nevada Writers Hall of Fame.
Hulse was also a political activist: he was a member of the American Civil Liberties Union, the Nevada Commission for Equal Rights of Citizens, the Citizens Committee for a Nuclear Test Ban, the Governor’s Day student protest against the Vietnam War, and Common Cause.
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“Nevada Writers Hall of Fame: James Warren Hulse.” Nevada Writers Hall of Fame, University of Nevada, Reno Libraries. Accessed October 6, 2015.
Preferred Citation
James Hulse Photograph Collection on Pioche, Nevada, 1905-1951. PH-00133. Special Collections, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Acquisition Note
Materials were donated in 1981 by James Hulse.
Processing Note
Materials were processed by Special Collections staff. In 2015, as part of a legacy finding aid conversion project, Lindsay Oden wrote the collection description in compliance with current professional standards.