March 2015 - Nevada State Museum

The New sle tter of t he Nev a da His tor ic a l S oc iety D oc ent C o unc il
The D C Bee
March 2015
Docent Council
Officers
President: Carol Coleman
Phone: 849-3380
[email protected]
Stan Paher — 150 Years of Nevadans
March 4, 10:00 am
Vice-Presidents:
Russell & Kitty Umbraco
Phone: 972-7007
[email protected]
Secretary: Linda Burke
Phone: 313-1103
[email protected]
Treasurer: Annie Bickley
Phone: 970-309-2599
[email protected]
Past President/Parliamentarian:
Sue Oddo
Phone: 359-3484
[email protected]
DC Bee Editor: Joyce Cox
Phone: 825-5584
[email protected]
Statistician: David Lowndes
Phone: 851-9188
[email protected]
Nevada Historical Society
775-688-1191
Acting Director
Curator of Manuscripts
Sheryln Hayes-Zorn, x222
[email protected]
Research Librarian
Michael P. Maher, x227
[email protected]
Library Technician
Karalea Clough, x227
[email protected]
Curator of Photography
Lee P. Brumbaugh, x228
[email protected]
Artifacts Curator
Christine K. Johnson, x231
[email protected]
Store Manager/Administration
Dorothy Barry, x221
[email protected]
Native Nevadan and author Stanley Paher Books will be available for sale after
started his writing career in 1970 by com- Stan’s talk.
pleting Nevada Ghost Towns & Mining
Camps, a compilation of 670 ghost towns
and 710 old-time pictures which show the
towns, the mines and the silver mills in
their heyday. It has won many awards. It is
Nevada's all-time best selling history book
with 14 editions and 67,500 copies sold.
By 1992, he saw the need for a statewide
atlas to accompany his large ghost town
book. The Nevada Ghost Town A tlas consists of 540 additional images from the
mid-20th century. The 71 all-color maps
display several hundred ghost town sites,
plus 150 locations for gem stone hunting,
110 for gold hunting, caves, hot springs,
the 49er emigrant trail, Pony Express
route, etc. About 200 pioneer cemeteries
are included. Coverage is statewide and
also includes all of the Death Valley National Park and the Mono Lake – Bodie
area of eastern California.
Stan became interested in history in the
1950s when he read Ghosts of the Glory
Trail by Nell Murbarger. He soon began
traveling throughout Nevada and by the
1960s had collected 1,500 slides and black
and white photographs of Nevada.
Stan wrote Death V alley Ghost Towns in
1973; Las Vegas, As it Began, As it Grew
in 1971; Northwestern A rizona Ghost
Towns in 1970 and Early Mining Days:
California Gold Country in 1996.
Stan’s talk will be about his new book Nevadans: The Spirit of the Silver State. Stan
has collected articles that tell about the
first explorers and emigrants, the diversity
of the 17 Nevada counties, Nevada’s business and industry and the unique celebrations held throughout the state. Please join
us for Stan’s interesting and lively talk.
Stan Paher
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Notes from your Docent Council Board
Missing Your DC Bee: The DC Bee is emailed to Docents. If you do not receive it by the Sunday before the first
Wednesday, please check your spam or junk email. Add
Joyce Cox’s email to your contact list:
[email protected] so that you will r eceive the Bee.
Dues: Ther e ar e still a few folks who have not paid
their dues. Please contact the Docent Council Treasurer,
Annie Bickley to pay. Contact information is on the left
side of page one.
Artown Tours: We plan on offer ing the Wednesday
Free Artown docent-led tours of the Nevada Gallery and
the Reno Gallery again. Tours are offered at 10 am and 1
pm. We’d like to have people to help give the tours, but we
also need people who will greet visitors, get them to sign
in, to take care of a table for NHS membership, and to help
out in the parking lot getting people to parking spaces and
handing out parking passes. Please talk with Carol Coleman if you can find the time to help out – you could sign
up for a specific day, for a particular time, or for every single tour if you’d like.
Bylaws Review: We’ll be working on a short review of
the Docent Council Bylaws. The first meeting of the Bylaws Review Committee was held on February 26. The
next meeting will be March 11. We hope to have information of the changes in the next DC Bee with the vote by
members after that. Please contact Carol Coleman,
Fordham Awards Luncheon
Wednesday, April 1
The Fordham Awards Luncheon will be Wednesday, April 1 at Rapscallion Restaurant, 1555 So.
Wells Ave., Reno. Your price will again be $10,
as the docent Council will pick up the other
$10 as a thank you for all the work that you do
for the Historical Society. Guests will pay $20.
You can make your food choices the day of the
event, we’ll send the menu out soon so you can
think about what you might choose.
[email protected] if you have any questions.
Parking Issues: Sur ely you have noticed that at times
there are no spaces left to park in in the historical society
parking. But inside, it doesn’t look like many people have
arrived. Yes it is students using our parking spaces. We
have a plan in mind to put notices on all the cars to make
everyone aware that they are parking in historical society
parking spaces. But first we want to remind you to
ALWAYS put your parking pass on your rear-view mirror.
Then we won’t be putting notices on your car.
Docent Roster: We’ve been asked to hand out the list of
docents to members of the Docent Council. This would
include your address, phone and email address. If you prefer that your information not be circulated, please let Annie
Bickley or Carol Coleman know – their phone and email
addresses are on left side of page one.
The April 1 Docent Council Meeting will be the Fordham Awards Luncheon that will again be held at Rapscallion Restaurant. Please see box below for more information. The Fordham Award is given to a person who has
put in at least 48 hours per year over the last three years,
excelled at a variety of tasks at the Society, and shown a
willingness to assist in many areas. Year pin awards will
also be handed out. be handed out.
Welcome Dorothy Barry, NHS’s new gift shop manager
and front office person. Dorothy worked for the UNR Center for Student Cultural Diversity for 11 years and worked
at UC Berkeley in the Minority Graduate program before
coming to UNR. Dorothy is completing her degree in History at UNR along with her son who is a Junior at UNR.
Please stop by to welcome Dorothy to the Nevada Historical Society.
Did you know that the Nevada Historical Society has a Facebook page?
Become a friend and help us spread the word.
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Changing Gallery Exhibit
Hotels, Bars and Churches Art Exhibition by
Erik Holland
January 16 - May
A one man show by Erik Holland at the Nevada Historical Society
depicting the Hotels, Bars and Churches of Nevada, and the stories
within. There will be many of Erik’s trademark combination building/landscape images, plus some surprises!
The Nevada Arts Council is supporting this show with a grant to
buy frames.
Free Lecture — Erik Holland
March 28, 2:00 pm – 3:30
Erik Holland will discuss the paintings in his exhibit on display in the
Changing Gallery of Hotels, Bars and Churches. Come find how he selects
buildings for his paintings along with the history of some of these hotels,
bars, and churches in Nevada
High Noon on March 19
The Society invites you to a free documentary series in the Reno History
gallery at noon on the third Thursday of each month. High Noon: Shoot Out
with Neal Cobb. The March High Noon: Shoot Out with Neal Cobb will
be Thursday, March 19. Stay after the program to “fire “ questions at Neal
Cobb.
Nevada Historical Society
The Nevada Historical Society is located at 1650 N. Virginia Street in Reno,
Nevada. The cost to visit the museum is $5 per person with children 17 or
under free: The museum is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 am to
5:00 pm. The Research Library is free and is open Wednesday through Saturday from Noon to 4:00 pm.
Nevada Westerners Corral
Reno’s Oldest History Club
Dinner with speakers and presentations on history, third Thursday of the
month, 6:00 pm, Sands Regency Casino banquet room, 345 N. Arlington Avenue, Reno. For reservations, call the Sands at 348-1392 no later than two
weeks before.
Congratulations!
To Docents with
March
Birthdays
20th Russell Umbraco
23rd Mona Dible
26th Elda Elias
Docent Meeting
Speakers
March 4, 2015
Stan Paher - 150 years of the Nevadans who are the Spirit of the Silver
State
April 1, 2015
Fordham Awards Luncheon
May 6, 2015
Patrick Neylan—- St. Mary’s of the
Mountain Catholic Church and the
Early Days of Virginia City
June 3, 2015
Alicia Barber—- The Reno Historical
Website and App: Its Origin and Use
September 2, 2015
Howard Herz — Gambling—Chips
Dice and Cards — The AGA, Preserving Gaming History
October 7, 2015
Ed Dybowski— Early Reno and the
Truckee Meadows Area during the
1800s
November 4, 2015
History of Pyramid Lake and the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe
December 2, 2015
Patty D. Cafferata, Esq—- Christmas
in Nevada
January 6, 2016
Felvia Belaustegui — Reno’s Italian
Section
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HRPS Winter 2015 programs
All programs begin at 7:00 pm at the Laxalt Theater in were page-one news for four decades.
the Nelson Building at 401 W. Second Street, Reno. It
Wednesday, April 22: Let the Cowboy Ride: Ranch Life
is suggested that you arrive by 6:30 pm to find your
in Northern Nevada. Paul Starrs, a UNR geogr aphy pr oseat in the theater.
fessor, will speak about his decades of research on western
Wednesday, March 25: LeVere Redfield. Jack Harpster ranching. A former cowboy himself, Starrs will discuss
is a twenty-nine year Nevadan, who retired to Reno nine
ranching in the Great Basin. Starrs is the author of several
years ago. This program is based on his seventh and most books including Let the Cowboy Ride: Cattle Ranching in
recent book entitled, The curious Life of Nevada’s LaVere the American West.
Redfield: The Silver Dollar King. The biography is a look
at the life of Northern Nevada’s most famous and eccentric multi-millionaire, and a man whose outrageous antics
Help Wanted!
Christine Johnson, Artifacts Curator at the Society, needs Please contact Christine at 688-1191 x231 or
donations of cotton sheets or muslin fabric to be used for [email protected] if you have cotton sheets or muslin fabric to donate.
artifact conservations and to cover art or large pieces of
furniture in the artifacts area or in the off-site storage area.
Outreach Program by Linda Burke
The Outreach program of the Docent Council consists of
taking artifacts, photographs, and information to people
and places who are unable for some reason to visit the
museum in person. This primarily consists of school students in the classroom, but also extends to any group,
such as seniors, who are wishing to hear about us. This
program has a long history at the Nevada Historical Society. I was involved with it when it was called History on
Wheels, but it dates back to the seventies and eighties as
some of our long term docents may remember.
brush Lawmakers: the Story of Nevada's Legislators,
Broad Ax and Buzz Saw: Nevada's Logging Industry, Tales and Treasures: Nevada's Folklore, and Las Vegas:
The Nation's Playground. We found evidence of the latter
being loaned out as far away as Louisiana. We also found
editing advice from Phillip Earl, and many handwritten
transcripts from former docents. Many of the programs
consisted of slide and audio cassette programs; some were
reel to reel film which we left for future viewing.
Some of these programs resulted from grants to the Historical Society by the Nevada Humanities Committee. We
made sure to keep a permanent copy for the collection,
but will endeavor to sort through each program to determine its value for digitalization in the future. Shery has
plans for a travelling trunk program, and Christine would
Many of our docents who are involved in the gallery tours also like more diversification in Outreach.
know of the artifact boxes that may be used on these
I would like to thank Docents Annie Bickley, John
tours and for outreach programs. They consist of boxes
Gomes, Jack Harris, Betsy Morse, Lorraine Peterson, and
entitled Native American, Mining, Mountain Men and
Barbara Weinberg for helping to tackle this dusty, somePioneers. Some of the slide presentations we found were times awkward housekeeping. We opened up a fascinatfascinating consisting of such titles as A dd and Stir: Ne- ing treasure trove of past docent history which is just the
vada's Foreign Born, Sand, Sagebrush, and Varmints,
beginning of a new venture.
and the $300 Cure: Divorce in Nevada. Others were SageRecently, a group of docents involved in our education
program gathered together to sort through some old slide
and film presentations in order to organize and select
from them relevant material which can be scanned and
computerized to be used in future Outreach programs.
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March 2015 Community Activities
• March 5, 5 pm – 7 pm, Fir st Thur sday at Nevada
Museum of Art, live music of Judith Ames & Friends,
check out the galleries, Nevada Museum of Art, 160 W.
Liberty St., free for museum members, nonmembers pay
regular admission of $10/pp, 329-3333,
www.nevadaart.org/learn/adults/.
• March 5, 6, 7, 10 am each day, W ishing, Br uka Theater for Children presents an adaptation of Grimms’ fairytale, Bruka Theatre, 99 N. Virginia St., Reno, $10 and $5
ages and younger, 775-323-3321, http://www.bruka.org.
• March 5, 6, 7, 11, 12, 13, 14 at 8:00 pm, March 1 at 2
pm, Br uka Theatr e pr esents W ild Oats, a slam-bang,
wildly western farce, 99 N. Virginia St., Seniors $20/pp,
door price $25/pp, get reservations early, 323-3221 or
email [email protected], www.bruka.org/.
• March 6, 7:30 pm, Bio-Zones presented by The Reno
Pops Orchestra, Admission Free but donations cheerfully
accepted, The Rock Church, 4950 Vista Blvd., Sparks,
http://www.renopops.org/
• March 6, 7:30 pm, Ar genta Concer t Ser ies: T he Poet’s Love, Randall Scarlata, baritone and Hyeyeon Park,
piano, featuring compositions by Schubert and Schumann,
Nightingale Concert Hall, Church Fine Arts Building,
UNR, 1664 N. Virginia St., $25 general admission, $5 for
students with ID, 784-4278, http://www.unr.edu/cla/
Music/calendars/index.htm.
• March 7, 7 pm, “Come in from the Cold” at Bartley
Ranch Regional Park, doors open at 5pm, Blarney Band
performs, seating limited to 200 person, $3/pp donation
encouraged, 6000 Bartley Ranch Rd, Reno, 828-6612,
http://newtoreno.com/come-in-from-cold-bartleyranch.htm.
• March 7, 7:00 pm, Har p Plus 2015, UNR Depar tment
of Music, annual concert production features harp showpieces and chamber music involving harps and other instruments, Nightingale Concert Hall, Church Fine Arts
Building, UNR, 1664 N. Virginia St., Reno, $10 general,
Free for students with ID, http://www.unr.edu/cla/Music/
calendars/index.htm.
• March 7, 8 am – 4 pm, 64th Annual Rummage Sale, by
Alliance with the Washoe County Medical Society, RenoSparks Livestock Events Center, 1350 N. Wells Ave, $3/
pp and 17 and under free, 775-829-1303, http://
www.awcms.org.
• March 8, 3:00 pm, Ar t After noon, Film at NMA, T he
Immortalists, the story of two eccentric scientists working
obsessively to discover medical breakthroughs with the
hope of creating eternal youth, $7/pp, $5/pp members, 329
-3333, www.nevadaart.org/visit/eventcalendar/.
• March 8, 1 pm – 4 pm, Ar tists Co-op, Reception,
-Sun, 627 Mill St. Reno, 322-8896, www.artistscoopgalleryreno.com.
• March 10, 2015, 7:00 pm, the TMCC Concer t Band
presents “Winter Concert,” North Valleys High School,
1470 Golden Valley Rd., Reno, Free, 673-7291, http://
www.tmcc.edu/vparts/theater/.
• March 13, 1:00 – 3:00 pm, Ar t After noon, Wor kshop
and Social for Seniors, enjoy a guided tour, related handson art project and light refreshments, $7/pp, $6/pp members, 329-3333, www.nevadaart.org/visit/eventcalendar/.
• March 13, 7 pm, “The Future of the Earth,” examines
the possible scenarios that could spell the end of our planet, Mike Thomas, Plaza Hotel upstairs, light refreshments,
Carson City, $5/pp.
• March 14, 10 am – 4 pm, Second Satur day, Contemporary Mexican Art, at Nevada Museum of Art, enjoy a
free day at the museum in hands-on art project and storytelling, 329-3333, www.nevadaart.org/visit/
eventcalendar/.
• March 14 14, 7 pm, “Come in from the Cold” at Bartley
Ranch Regional Park, doors open at 5pm,Reno Youth Jazz
Orchestra performs, seating limited to 200 person, $3/pp
donation encouraged, 6000 Bartley Ranch Rd, Reno, 8286612, http://newtoreno.com/come-in-from-cold-bartleyranch.htm.
• March 14, 7:30 – 9:30 pm and March 15, 2:00 – 4:00
pm, Reno Chamber Or chestr a Concer t – Maestro Tomasz Golka, Chief Conductor of the Colombian National
Symphony in Bogota guest conducts the RCO in the concluding concert of 2014-2015 season, $22-$45/full time
students $5, Nightingale Concert Hall, Church Fine Arts
Building, UNR, 1664 N. Virginia St., Reno, 348-9413,
www.renochamberorchestra.org/.
• March 17 and 20, 1 pm, Ageless Repertory Theatre (a
reader’s theater) pr esents Bus Stop, a dr ama set in a
diner in rural Kansas during a snowstorm from which bus
passengers must take shelter, by William Inge, , Reno Little Theater, 147 E. Pueblo, Reno, Free – donations welcome, Webpages.charter.net/agelessrep.
• March 21, 2:00 – 5:00 pm, Downtown River Distr ict
Reno Wine Walk, 3rd Saturday of every month. Wine
Walk proceeds benefit local charities. $20/pp,
775.825.9255 or www.renoriver.org/wine
• March 28, 10 am – 5 pm, March 29, 11 am – 4 pm,
13th Annual Nevada Women’s Expo, Dares You to Discover, Reno Sparks Convention Center, http://
www.nevadawomensexpo.com/
www.showtix4u.com.
Photo Fandango IX, an accomplished photographers invita-
tional, FREE, Co-op open March 1-31, 11 am – 4 pm, Mon
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NHS Docent Council Calendar: March 2015
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Stan Paher
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Noon: Shoot
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Cobb
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Holland
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NMA is Nevada Museum of Art
NSM is Nevada State Museum
RLT is Reno Little Theater
THE NEWSLETTER OF TH E NEVADA
H I S T O R IC A L SO C IE T Y D O C E N T C O U N C I L
Docent Council
Nevada Historical Society
1650 N. Virginia St.
Reno, Nevada 89503
Nevada Historical
Society Hours
Tuesday - Saturday
10 am - 5 pm Museum Hours
Research Library Days & Hours
Wed.—Sat.: 12 noon - 4 pm
775-688-1190
http://museums.nevadaculture.org
Admission Fees:
Adults - $5.00
Kids - 17 and younger - Free