Archive Record

Metadata

Catalog Number

MSNC00025

Filing Title

Addenbrooke (Alice B.) papers

Collection

Alice B. Addenbrooke papers

Dates of Creation

1934-1957

Extent

1 box

Creator

Addenbrooke, Alice Baltzell

Scope & Content

Author, of Reno, Nevada; charter member of and Honorary Chapter Regent of Nevada Sagebrush Chapter, was a tireless promoter of the restoration efforts of Fort Churchill; authored The
Enchanted Fort, a detailed history of Fort Churchill published in 1968; also served as 17th State Regent of Nevada, from 1941-1943.

Correspondence and other papers relating chiefly to two books written by Addenbrooke: Mistress of the Mansion, 1950, about Allison (Eilley) Bowers, and The Enchanted Fort; together with items concerning her work in the restoration and preservation of the Bowers Mansion, Reno, Nevada, and Fort Churchill (an army fort built in 1861, now a state historic park), Lyon County, Nevada.

Correspondents include Walter W. Anderson, Walter E. Clark, Robert Fechner, Morley Griswold, Clark J. Guild, Melvin E. Jepson, George D. Lyman, Patrick A. McCarran, Thomas W. Miller, and James G. Scrugham.

Subjects: Anderson, Walter W. -- Correspondence.
Bowers, Allison, 1824-1903.
Clark, Walter E. -- Correspondence.
Fechner, Robert, 1876-1939 -- Correspondence.
Griswold, Morley -- Correspondence.
Guild, Clark J., 1887-1971 -- Correspondence.
Jepson, Melvin E. -- Correspondence.
Lyman, George D. (George Dunlap), 1882-1949 --
Correspondence.
McCarran, Pat, 1876-1954 -- Correspondence.
Miller, Thomas W. -- Correspondence.
Scrugham, James G. (James Graves), 1880-1945 --
Correspondence.
Bowers Mansion.
Mistress of the mansion.
The enchanted fort.
Dwellings -- Nevada -- Reno.
Historic parks -- Nevada -- Lyon County.
Women -- Nevada -- Reno -- Correspondence.
Authors, American -- Correspondence.
Fort Churchill (Nev.)
Authors, American -- Nevada.

Admin/Biographical History

Language of Material

English