Special Collections, University Library, University of Nevada, Reno


A GUIDE TO THE MICROFILM RECORDS OF THE

 Grand Army of the Republic, Nevada

COLLECTION no. 89-63

 

1.         Ledger of payment of dues and monthly expenses from 1884 (September) to March 1891 of O.M. Mitchell Post 69. 209 p.

 

2.         List of GAR Burials - Virginia City Cemetery (name, rank, some ages & dates) 2 p.

 

3.         Map of the cemetery plots of O.M. Mitchell Post Grand Army of the Republic, Reno, Nevada.

 

4.         "List of Veterans of the Union Armies and Navy whose graves were lovingly

deked with flowers by their comrades of Mitchell Post."  (Date may be 1888, not clear)

1 p.

 

5.         Ledger of deceased members of the Grand Army of the Republic with index; concerning name, rank, (cemetery), date of death, and plot number (range from 1877 to 1906). 57 p.

 

6.         List of deceased member of the Grand Army of the Republic giving name, date of death, cemetery, and plot number, also general list. 3 p. Reno and surrounding area cemeteries. 1878-1936 date of deaths.

 

7.         Deceased members of the Grand Army of the Republic. General list in alpha­betical order for all cemeteries. Name, date of death, cemetery, plot number. 4 p. Reno area cemeteries, date of deaths 1878-1936.

 

8.         Register of Funerals. Washoe County area deaths, June 1899 to March 1907. Index giving name of deceased, person ordering funeral, age at death, cause of death, when died, when buried, coffin size, price & other details. 11 p. & 3 p. index.

 

9.         Ledger - index pages 132-140. 12 p.

 

10.       Ledger of names, nativity, cause, date of death, cemetery, doctor, place of death (index above), pp. 1-21.  Record of ordered materials, such as liners, caskets, etc. p. 29-76. March 1902-December 1903. List of deceased Reno, Wadsworth, Pyramid Lake and Verdi. Ordered materials 1921, 1924, 1926.

 

11.       The American Funeral Record - a ready reference day-book for undertakers. one page on funeral ethics, index and funeral records. Reno and surrounding area. Janl, 1904 to September 18, 1906.

 

also neg. NC1032 #18