Julia C. Bulette Red Light Museum .. 5 C Street Virginia City, NV 89440 Washoe County phone: (775)847-9394 Hours of Operation: Monday - Friday - 10 - 6 Saturday - 10 - 6 Sunday - 10 - 6 Exceptions - Staff: James Edwards (President) Access to holdings: Open to the general public Subject Areas Covered: FolkLife Prostitution Women Women's Groups Other Types of Materials: Ephemera (clippings, pamphlets) Photographs 00000030

Nevada Department of Cultural Affairs Division of Museums and History Nevada Historical Society .. 1650 N. Virginia St. Reno, NV 89503 Washoe County phone: (775)688-1190 link: http://nevadaculture.org Hours of Operation: Monday - Friday -Office: 8am - 5pm; Galleries: 10am - 5pm Saturday - Galleries: 10am - 5pm Sunday - closed Exceptions - Library: Tuesday - Saturday, 12pm - 4pm Staff: Peter Bandurraga (Director) [plbandur@clan.lib.nv.us] Curator of History: Jacqueline Clay Curator of Manuscripts: Eric Moody Curator of Photography: Lee Brumbaugh Librarian: Michael Maher Registrar: Shery Hayes-Zorn Focus : Nevada history, art, anthropology Collections: Photo collections: 400,000 + images Manuscript collections: Stewart McCarran Wingfield Map collections: 55,000+ maps Newspapers: statewide microfilm project Museum collections: Datsolalee baskets, historical icons Access to holdings: Open to the general public Online Catalog In-house inventories or collection guides Directories Card Catalog Subject Areas Covered: Arts & Crafts Archaelogy Agriculture Business and Industry Casinos / Hotels Civic/Community Organizations Education Engineering Entertainment Environment Ethnic Groups FolkLife Gaming Genealogy Geology Ghost Towns Health Care Hospitals Labor Military Mining Music Native Americans Nature Nevada -- Early Settlers Nevada Test Site Nuclear Waste Politics - State Politics - Federal Prostitution Railroads Ranching Religion Social Activism Tourism Transportation Water Women Women's Groups Other Types of Materials: Books/Serials Government Records Ephemera (clippings, pamphlets) Electronic Records Films/Videotapes Maps Oral Histories Organizational Records Personal Papers/Manuscript Collections Photographs 00000006

The Way it Was Museum .. 113 N. C Street P.0. Box 158 Virginia City, NV 89440 Washoe County phone: (775)847-0766 Hours of Operation: Monday - Friday - 10 - 5 Saturday - 10 - 6 Sunday - 10 - 6 Exceptions - very snowy winter days Staff: Angelo Petrini (Owner) [deltasaloo@aol.com] Charlotte Smith Collections: A collection of all manner of mining equipment from Comstock tools, ore cars, hoists, working models of square-set timbered mines, diagrams, stamping, tools used in smelting/separating ores, etc. Collection also includes about twenty fashion dolls (30'') displaying fashions recreated from Godey's Ladies Books. Access to holdings: Subject Areas Covered: Engineering Mining Railroads Water Women's Groups Other historical fashion displays Types of Materials: Photographs equipment and scale models 00000029

Truckee Meadows Community College, Archives .. Sier Lib L33 7000 Dandini Blvd. Reno, NV 89512-3999 Washoe County Hours of Operation: Monday - Friday - Phone for an appointment Staff: Please call for details. Focus : The Truckee Meadows Community College Archives collects all TMCC publications, student publications (e.g. The Truckee, The Meadows, The Echo student newspaper), minutes of TMCC committees, design teams, faculty senate, standing committees and minutes of related bodies such as the Foundation. Finanical reports, building plans and photographs are also collected. There is an extensive collection of early community college planning documents and strategic plans. Papers of retired TMCC administrators and faculty are also kept. Collections: Muriel Breland Collection: papers and files of Muriel Breland, executive assistant to the former Dean, Bert Muson and his successors, Dean and later Vice President, Patricia K. Miltenberger and Vice President Ronald Remington. Files include historical information on policies and procedures of the college and various committees. Jo Anne Dain Collection: papers and files of Jo Anne Dain, head of the TMCC business department. John Gwaltney Collection: papers and files of former TMCC President, John Gwaltney. Access to holdings: Public access by appointment only Online Catalog In-house inventories or collection guides Subject Areas Covered: Education Other Types of Materials: Books/Serials Films/Videotapes Organizational Records Personal Papers/Manuscript Collections Photographs building plans, awards, trophies, clothing with TMCC logo 00000015

University of Nevada Reno Special Collections and Archives .. University Library/MS 322 1664 N Virginia St. Reno, NV 89557 Washoe County phone: (775)784-6500 link: http://library.unr.edu/specoll/ Hours of Operation: Monday - Friday -9 to 5 Saturday -1 to 5 Sunday - Exceptions -Closed Saturdays during winter, spring and summer breaks. Staff: Robert Blesse (Head, Special Collections and Archives) [specoll@unr.edu] Jacquelyn Sundstrand, Manuscripts and Archives Librarian Kathryn Totton, Photograph Curator James Bantin, University Archivist Addison Wilhite, Technical Services Collections: Major collections in Special Collections include the history and development of Nevada and the Great Basin region, including the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada and the Lake Tahoe region; Great Basin Indians -- Washoe, Paiute and Shoshone tribes; Women in the West -- women's autobiographical experiences in the trans-Rocky Mountain west; contemporary Book Arts and the history of printing; Congressional Collections -- papers of Nevada's members of Congress; Nevada fiction; Nevada Women's Archives; Nevada Architectural Archvies; University Archives -- materials that document the history and development of the University of Nevada, Reno. Access to holdings: Open to the general public Online Catalog In-house inventories or collection guides Subject Areas Covered: Architecture Archaelogy Agriculture Business and Industry Casinos / Hotels Civic/Community Organizations Education Entertainment Environment Ethnic Groups FolkLife Gaming Genealogy Geology Ghost Towns Labor Mining Native Americans Nature Nevada -- Early Settlers Nevada Test Site Nuclear Waste Politics - Local Politics - State Politics - Federal Prostitution Railroads Ranching Religion Social Activism Tourism Transportation Water Women Women's Groups Other Book Arts Types of Materials: Books/Serials Ephemera (clippings, pamphlets) Films/Videotapes Maps Oral Histories Organizational Records Personal Papers/Manuscript Collections Photographs artwork; architectural drawings 00000044

W.M. Keck Museum .. Mackay School of Mines, MS 168 University of Nevada, Reno Reno, NV 89557 Washoe County phone: (775)784-4528 link: http://mines.unr.edu/museum Hours of Operation: Monday - Friday - 8-5 Saturday - no Sunday - no Exceptions - closed university holidays Staff: Rachel Dolbier (Administrator) [rdolbier@unr.edu] Focus : Earth Science and Mining History Collections: Mackay Family Silver, created by Tiffany Co., 1878. 60,000+ mineral specimens including large Nevada gold and silver collection Fluorescent mineral display Large collection of mining artifacts including a mine cage and bullion scales Nevada fossils, including mastodon and ichthyosaur : Access to holdings: Open to the general public In-house inventories or collection guides Subject Areas Covered: Education Ghost Towns Mining Other Types of Materials: Maps Personal Papers/Manuscript Collections Photographs mineral and fossil specimens, mining artifacts 00000014

Washoe County Library System .. 301 S. Center St. Reno, NV 89501 Washoe County Hours of Operation: Monday - 10am -8pm Tues -Thurs - 10am - 6pm Friday -10am -5pm Saturday - Closed Sunday - 10am - 5pm Exceptions - Holidays Staff: Please call for details. Collections: Collection contains numerous city and territorial directories including the First Directory of Nevada Territory (1862), the Nevada Directory for 1868-9, Polk city drectories from the Reno-Carson City area spanning 1884-1994, and the Nevada Bell telephone directories from 1924-1990. Also Hill- Donnelly Cross-Reference directories for Reno. Newspapers/periodicals include Reno Evening Gazette, Reno Gazette Journal and Nevada State Journal. Access to holdings: Open to the general public Online Catalog Card Catalog Subject Areas Covered: Archaelogy Ethnic Groups Native Americans Prostitution Other Types of Materials: Books/Serials Government Records Ephemera (clippings, pamphlets) Films/Videotapes Maps telephone and city directories, and regional newspapers 00000016