Nevada Historical Society Research Library – Rare Print Files P-R P Title: Pacific Coast Beer Club Description: 1 file folder, Rare Print File Notes: Copy of circular letter to members of the club, including a list of members, c. 1907. Subjects: Hunting -- Nevada. Hunting and fishing clubs -- Nevada. Circular letters -- Nevada. Title: Pacific Mining & Development Company Description: 1 file folder, Rare Print File Notes: Unused stock certificate, 19?? Subjects: Stock certificates -- Nevada. Mining corporations -- Nevada. Title: Pacific Union Express Company Description: 1 file folder, Rare Print File Notes: Blank package receipts, 186? Subjects: Receipts. Railway mail service. Title: Pahranagat Central Silver Mining Company Description: 1 file folder, Rare Print File Notes: Copy of stock certificate, September 11, 1866. Subjects: Stock certificates -- Nevada. Mining corporations -- Nevada. Title: Palace Hotel Description: 1 file folder, Rare Print File Notes: An unused envelope for the Palace Hotel, Carlin, Nevada. Subjects: Envelopes (Stationery) -- Nevada. Hotels, taverns, etc. -- Nevada. Nevada Historical Society 1650 North Virginia Street Reno, NV 89503 Title: Palmer, George Description: 1 file folder, Rare Print File Notes: Copy of the "Palmer Family History" by George Palmer, 1969. Subjects: Palmer family. Utah -- Genealogy. Pennsylvania -- Genealogy. Title: Paramount Oil & Gas Company Description: 1 file folder, Rare Print File Notes: Unused stock certificate, Nevada, 19??. Subjects: Stock certificates -- Nevada. Oil industries -- Nevada. Gas industry -- Nevada. Title: Patten, Clarence H. Description: 1 file folder, Rare Print File Notes: Campaign cards for councilman of Fourth Ward, Reno, Nevada, May 2, 1939. Subjects: Advertising, Political -- Nevada. Campaign literature -- 1939 -- Nevada. Title: Patterson, Edna M. Description: 1 file folder, Rare Print File Notes: A chronicle entitled "In This Land: A History of the Lamoille Area of Elko County, Nevada, 1865-1965, by Edna B. Patterson, c. 1967. Subjects: History -- Nevada. Local history -- Lamoille Valley, Nevada. Ranches -- Nevada. Agriculture -- Nevada. Title: Payne, James A. Description: 1 file folder, Rare Print File Notes: Copy of a diary entitled "Saint Louis to San Francisco: Being an Account of a Journey Across the Plains in 1850, Together with my Experience in Steamboating on the California rivers until the Fall of 1853," by Captain James A. Payne, 1895. Subjects: Diaries -- Missouri. Travel -- Missouri. Nevada Historical Society 1650 North Virginia Street Reno, NV 89503 Title: Pease, Robert C. Description: 1 file folder, Rare Print File Notes: Copy of an essay entitled "The History of the Crystal Peak and Verdi Lumber Industries," by Robert C. Pease, 1973. Subjects: Essays -- Nevada. Lumber -- Nevada. Title: Peckham, Dorlon, 1907-1976 Description: 1 file folder, Rare Print File Notes: Line drawings entitled "The Colonel, although struck with stage fright, was the center of attraction," "Sardis Entering Society," and "An Early Bullwhacker," c. 1920. Subjects: Drawings. Title: Peerless Mining Company Description: 1 file folder, Rare Print File Notes: Mining report entitled "Prospectus of the Peerless Mining Company," 1866. Subjects: Mining reports. Mining corporations. Title: Pellegrini, Steve W. Description: 1 file folder, Rare Print File Notes: Copy of a thesis entitled "Home Range, Territoriality and Movement Patterns of Wild Horses in the Wassuk Range of Western Nevada," by Steven W. Pellegrini, 1971. Subjects: Dissertations, Academic -- Nevada. Horses -- Nevada. Title: Petroleum - Bibliography Description: 1 file folder, Rare Print File Notes: Petroleum. Bibliography. Title: Phillips, Fred Description: 1 file folder, Rare Print File Notes: Campaign cards for assembly, 1935 and police judge, 1943. Subjects: Advertising, Political -- Nevada. Campaign literature -- 1935 -- Nevada. Campaign literature -- 1943 -- Nevada. Nevada Historical Society 1650 North Virginia Street Reno, NV 89503 Title: Pierce, A. E. Description: 1 file folder, Rare Print File Notes: Copy of Ormsby and Ormsbee Family records, compiled by A. E. Pierce, 1966. Subjects: Ormsby family. Ormsbee family. Pennsylvania -- Genealogy. California -- Genealogy. Title: Pioche Shaft & Mining Company Description: 1 file folder, Rare Print File Notes: Copy of stock certificate for 100 shares, June 7, 1869. Subjects: Stock certificates -- Nevada. Mining corporations -- Nevada. Title: Pioneer, Nevada. Description: 1 file folder, Rare Print File Notes: Copy of a townsite plat map of Pioneer, Nevada, 1908. Subjects: Maps, Early -- Nevada. Title: Pioneer Photograph Gallery Description: 1 file folder, Rare Print File Notes: Copy of a flyer for the Pioneer Photograph Gallery, F. G. Ludlow, at the corner of Second and Ormsby Streets, Carson City, Nevada, c. 1871. Subjects: Advertising flyers -- Nevada. Photography -- Studios and dark rooms. Photographers -- Nevada. Title: Pioneer Starlight Development Company Description: 1 file folder, Rare Print File Notes: Unused stock certificate, shares at $1.00 each, Rhyolite, Nevada, 19??. Subjects: Stock certificates -- Nevada. Mining corporations -- Nevada. Nevada Historical Society 1650 North Virginia Street Reno, NV 89503 Title: Piper's Opera House Description: 1 file folder, Rare Print File Notes: Advertising card for Piper's Opera House, Virginia City, Nevada, no date. Subjects: Advertising cards -- Nevada. Playbills -- Nevada. Theaters -- Nevada. Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.) -- Nevada. Title: Pittman, Key, 1872-1940 Description: 1 file folder, Rare Print File Notes: Circular letter, 1928, Pittman Reclamation Act, 1919, Christmas postcard, 1923, "Public and Official Record of Hon. Key Pittman," 1928, "Important Matters in the Legislative Record of Hon. Key Pittman," 1921, "Democratic Keynote Speech," 1926, "Extract from Address Delivered by Senator Key Pittman," and "Abraham Lincoln and the Statehood of Nevada: Remarks of Hon. Key Pittman," 1940. Subjects: Circular letters -- Nevada. Postcards -- Nevada. Speeches, addresses, etc. -- Nevada. Title: Pittman, Vail Montgomery, 1883-1964 Description: 1 file folder, Rare Print File Notes: Inaugural reception and ball program, March 8, 1947 and a proclamation that designates Oct. 15, 1948 as "Poetry Day." Subjects: Balls (parties) -- Nevada. Programs -- Nevada. Poetry -- Nevada. Nevada -- Proclamations. Title: Pittsburgh Bullfrog Mining Corporation Description: 1 file folder, Rare Print File Notes: Copy of a stock certificate for 75 shares, July 9, 1906. Subjects: Stock certificates -- Nevada. Mining corporations -- Nevada. Title: Platt, Sam, 1874-1964 Description: 1 file folder, Rare Print File Notes: Campaign flyer entitled "Sam Platt for the United States Senate," c. 1940. Subjects: Advertising, Political -- Nevada. Campaign literature -- 1940 -- Republican -- Nevada.. Nevada Historical Society 1650 North Virginia Street Reno, NV 89503 Title: Poe Consolidated Mining Company, Reno Description: 1 file folder, Rare Print File Notes: Report to the shareholders of the Poe Consolidated Mining Company, October 16, 1874. Subjects: Stockholders -- Nevada. Mining corporations -- Nevada. Title: Postal Telegraph-Cable Company Description: 1 file folder, Rare Print File Notes: Various unused money orders, outgoing telephone toll, delivery sheets, telegram forms, envelopes, and letterheads, 19??. Subjects: Telegraph -- Nevada. Envelopes (Stationery) -- Nevada. Letterheads -- Nevada. Postal service -- Money orders. Title: Pouquette, James Description: 1 file folder, Rare Print File Notes: Copy of an article entitled "Glendale, Then and Now," pertaining to the Glendale school, by Jim Pouquette, 1965. Subjects: Schools -- Nevada. Title: Powning Park Description: 1 file folder, Rare Print File Notes: Copy of court documents pertaining to the selling of lots, parcels and property to Washoe County, Nevada, 1874, 1891, 1893 and 1925. Subjects: Legal documents -- Nevada. Deeds -- Nevada. Parks -- Washoe County, Nevada. Title: Prentice, Eliza & Margaret Description: 1 file folder, Rare Print File Notes: Copy of article entitled "Eliza and Margaret Prentices trip Across the Plains in 1860." Other families include the Goodwin, Buckland and Clayton families. Subjects: Prentice family. Indiana -- Genealogy. Nevada -- Genealogy. Nevada Historical Society 1650 North Virginia Street Reno, NV 89503 Title: Prescott, George W., Jr. Description: 1 file folder, Rare Print File Notes: Copies of letters, pertaining to the weather and living conditions in Virginia City, Nevada, 1863, 1864, 1865 and 1866. Subjects: Letters -- Nevada. Title: Priest, Charles Description: 1 file folder, Rare Print File Notes: Poem entitled "To Mr. Priest," by Gloria Workman, 1934. Subjects: Poetry -- Nevada. Title: Prohibition Party, Nevada. Description: 1 file folder, Rare Print File Notes: Prohibition ticket for the state of Nevada and county of Washoe, 1890. Subjects: Prohibition -- Nevada. Title: Prophecy Hall, Reno Description: 1 file folder, Rare Print File Notes: Flyers and cards that advertises lectures on Christianity held at the Prophecy Hall, Reno, 1938. Subjects: Lectures and lecturing -- Nevada. Christianity -- Nevada. Title: Prostitution Description: 1 file folder, Rare Print File Notes: Summary entitled "Commercialized Prostitution: Definition of Classifications used in coded reports," 1926. Subjects: Prostitution -- Nevada. Title: Purdy, Tim I. Description: 1 file folder, Rare Print File Notes: Report entitled "Headstone Census of the