Nevada Archives and Libraries

 United States Nevada '' Archives and Libraries

The archives, libraries, and societies listed below have collections or services helpful to Nevada researchers.

Note:  To learn more about the history and record-keeping systems of Nevada counties, see the seven inventories of county archives produced by the Historical Records Survey around 1940. Copies of these inventories are available at the Family History Library.

Wiki Articles on Major Repositories in Nevada
Nevada State Library and Archives· Nevada Historical Society· University of Nev Libraries· National Archives at Riverside· National Archives at San Francisco· Family History Library

Nevada Historical Society
1650 North Virginia Street Reno, NV 89503 Telephone: 775-688-1190 Fax: 775-688-2917 Internet: Nevada Museums &amp; History

Nevada State Genealogical Society
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 20666 Reno, NV 89515-0666 Internet: The Nevada State Genealogical Society

Nevada State Library and Archives
Division of Archives and Records 100 North Steward Street Carson City, NV 89701-4285 Telephone: 800-922-2880 (in-state) Fax 775-684-3311 Internet: Nevada State Library, Archives and Public Records

The Nevada State Library and Archives has the territorial records for Carson County, Utah and Nevada Territory. A guide to these records is Marion Ellison, An Inventory and Index to the Records of Carson County, Utah and Nevada Territories, 1855-1861 (Reno, Nevada: The Grace Dangberg Foundation, 1984).

University of Nevada, Reno
Special Collections Mail Stop 322 1664 N. Virginia Street Reno, NV 89557-0044 Telephone: 775-784-4636 Internet: University of Nevada, Reno

Nevada State Museum and Historical Society
700 Twin Lakes Drive Las Vegas, NV 89107 Telephone: 702-486-5205 Fax: 702-486-5172 Internet: The Nevada State Museum

University of Nevada, Las Vegas
4505 Maryland Parkway Box 457001 Las Vegas, NV 89154-7001 Telephone: (702) 895-2286 Internet: Las Vegas University Libraries

The library has a historical section with Indexes to microfilms of historical information.

National Archives at San Francisco
(Serves Nevada except for Clark County) 1000 Commodore Drive San Bruno, CA 94066-2350 Telephone: 650-876-9001 Fax: 650-876-9233 E-mail: [mailto:sanbruno.archives@nara.gov sanbruno.archives@nara.gov] Internet: :The National Archives at San Francisco

National Archives at Riverside
(Serves Clark County, Nevada) 23123 Cojaico Road Perris, CA 92570 Telephone: 951-956-2000 Fax: 951-956-2029 Internet: National Archives at Riverside

Nevada Online Records
The Mountain West Digital Library is a search portal for an aggregation of digital collections from more than 50 universities, colleges, public libraries, museums, and historical societies in Utah, Nevada, and Idaho. It is in partnership with 60 academic libraries, public libraries, museums, historical societies, cities, counties, and state agencies from Utah, Nevada, Idaho, and Hawaii (coming soon: over 60 new partners in Arizona!)