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"A Ranching and Farming Context for Lincoln County, Nevada, circa 1857 to 1934 Phase I: historic overview, oral histories, property types, evaluations, transcripts, and report" digital files, 2016 to 2019
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My Efforts to Help Create the UNLV School of Medicine memoir by James Dean Leavitt, 2022
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Nystrom family papers, approximately 1985 to 2006
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Digital images include materials related to Nystrom's participation in wilderness hearings, obituaries, articles on community members and incidents, and some of Nystom's own reminiscences. Correspondence includes general newsletters, personal letters, and letters related to the Trading Post General Store in Jarbidge, Nevada.
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Skelton family papers, approximately 1914 to 2000
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Digital images include photographs of early street views of Jarbidge, Nevada, as well as personal photographs of the Skelton family and pictures of Jarbidge social gatherings. Documents include Roberta Skelton's certificate of membership from the Jarbidge Water Users Association (1968), a letter from Jarbidge Improvement Club Secretary R. E. Baty in 1935 asking for county assistance, and several items from the 1995 Jarbidge Shovel Brigade.
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Williams family papers, approximately 1920 to 1990
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Digital images include photographs (approximately 1920-1990) of early landscape views of Jarbidge and surrounding areas, Williams family photographs (spanning four generations in Jarbidge), as well as photographs depicting Jarbidge residents including Robert Knight and Bill Joyal. Also included are report cards, certificates for completion of various courses for Nevada Justices of the Peace, John Williams' application for Jarbidge postmaster, newspaper articles on John Williams, and some general news clippings on Jarbidge.
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Martin family papers, approximately 1923 to 1925
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Digital images depict women's gatherings in Jarbidge circa 1920s, Postmaster Pangburn, and women returning from a card party in the Pavlak area by sleigh.
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Swanson family papers, approximately 1912 to 1979
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Digital images of Jarbidge, the Swanson family in Chicago, Illinois. The scrapbook has notations from Rose Swanson.
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General Jarbidge papers, approximately 1910 to 2000
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Historical photographs of Jarbidge, Nevada. Included are early panoramic views, l930s rodeos, a series of building photographs taken in the 1970s by the Elko County Assayer's Office, the 1936 Mormon Cricket invasion, and more. Of particular interest are the Claude Gillham photographs (1910-1935) donated by Krinn McCoy. These include some photographs taken inside the Elkoro Mill.
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Lee-Urdahl family papers, approximately 1915 to 2000
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The photographs include early landscape views of Jarbidge and surrounding areas. There are also many photographs of George and Youra Urdahl, Ernie Lee, other members of the Urdahl and Lee family, and group shots of Jarbidge residents including Robert Knight, Helen Wilson, and Mr. Case, possibly of the Case and Pangburn company. There are also several photographs of Jarbidge schoolchildren that predate 1920.
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Frederick Hugh Thatcher oral history interview summary, 2006 July 04
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