Reno Divorce History – A Bibliography

compiled by Mella Harmon

Manuscripts and Collections

Bartlett, George Var. Papers. Collection NC1253, Special Collections Department, University

of Nevada Library, Reno. Bean, Mary Cutlip Var. Mary Cutlip Bean Papers.. Collection No. 95-10. Special Collections

Department, University of Nevada Library, Reno. Bliss, William Var. The Bliss Papers. Collection No. 97-24. Special Collections Department,

University of Nevada Library, Reno. Drackert, Harry and Joan Var. Harry and Joan Drackert Collection. Collection No. 91-39. Special

Collections Department, University of Nevada Library, Reno. Erskine, Graham 1990 Graham Erskine Oral Interview. 1990 21 1.91-39. Special Collections

Department, University of Nevada Library, Reno. Georgetta, Clel Var. Clel Georgetta Papers. Harmon, Mella Rothwell 1999 National Register Nomination for the Frey Ranch, Reno, Washoe

County, Nevada. On file at the State Historic Preservation Office, Carson City.

2001 National Register of Historic Places Nomination for Bethel A.M.E.

Church, Reno, Washoe County, Nevada. On file at State Historic Preservation Office, Carson City.

Luce, Clare Boothe Var. The Clare Boothe Luce Papers. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Marshall, John Albert Var. John Albert Marshall Papers. Collection No. 90-16. Special Collections

Department, University of Nevada Library, Reno. McCarran, Patrick A. Var. Patrick McCarran Collection, MS/NC13. Nevada Historical Society, Reno. Miscellaneous Var. Miscellaneous Nevada and Great Basin Documents. Collection No. 2008-

09. Special Collections Department, University of Nevada Library, Reno. Mishkin, Beatrice 1986 Time of My Life: a Memoir. Privately published by Beatrice Mishkin’s

family. Nevada Historical Society n.d. Manuscript collection of WPA records, MS/NC 278, consisting of 39

boxes. Nevada Historical Society, Reno. Rocha, Guy Louis n.d. Nevada’s Most Peculiar Industry: Brothel prostitution, its Land Use

Implications and its Relationship to the Community. Unpublished manuscript.

Rowley, Gladys Belknap Var. Scrapbooks, 1938-1956. Collection No. 84-26. Special Collections

Department, University of Nevada Library, Reno. Rowson, Walter C. Var. Walter C. Rowson Papers. Collection No. 1055. Special Collections

Department, University of Nevada Library, Reno. Thornton, Margaret Bartlett Var. Margaret Bartlett Thornton Papers, c. 1929-1969. Collection No. NC457

(unprocessed). Special Collections Department, University Nevada Library, Reno.

Wheeler, Sessions S. Var. Session S. Wheeler Papers. Collection No. 99-01. Special Collections

Department, University Nevada Library, Reno. Maps

Frazier, C.M. 1935 City of Sparks. Scale 1 inch=200 feet, January 20, 1935. On file at the

Reference Department of the Washoe County Public Library, Reno.

Reno Chamber of Commerce 1955 Regional map on the back of a Reno-Sparks Map. No scale. On file at the

Reference Department of the Washoe County Public Library, Reno. Reno, City of, Department of Engineering 1931 City of Reno, Nevada. Scale: 1 inch=600 feet. Drawn January 31, 1930,

revised March 31, 1931. City of Reno Department of Engineering, Reno. On file as map 1931-O, at the Nevada Historical Society, Reno.

Sanborn Map Company 1918 Sanborn Insurance Maps of Reno, Nevada, 1918-1948. Sanborn Map

Company, Reno. On file at Nevada Historical Society, Reno. State of Nevada, Department of Highways 1936 State Highway Department’s Official Road Map of the State of Nevada.

Scale: 1 inch=20 miles. State of Nevada, Department of Highways, Carson City. On file at the Reference Department of the Washoe County Public Library, Reno.

1964 Property Maps, Washoe County, Nevada. U.S. Interstate 80 construction

project. Nevada Department of Highways, Right-of-Way Department. On file at the Nevada Department of Transportation, Carson City.

1975 Construction Features, U.S. Interstate 80, Washoe County Nevada.

Revised 1975. On file at Nevada Department of Transportation, Carson City.

United States Tourist Service n.d. Reno, Nevada City Map and Guide. No scale. Ca. 1935. United States

Tourist Service, Portland. On file at the Reference Department of the Washoe County Public Library, Reno.