Theses and videos

Theses and Dissertations

Barber, Alicia Marie
2001     Living it Up, Living it Down: Civic Reputation, Tourism and Urban Development in Reno, Nevada. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Texas, Austin.

Harmon, Mella Rothwell
1998     Divorce and Economic Opportunity in Reno, Nevada during the Great Depression. Master’s thesis, University of Nevada, Reno.

Fey, Christine A.
1991     A Preservation Plan for the Lincoln Highway in Nevada. Master’s thesis. University of Nevada, Reno.

Smith, Harold Truman
1972     New Deal Relief Programs in Nevada, 1933 to 1935. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Nevada, Reno.

Streb, Jennifer L.
2004     Minna Citron: A Socio-Historical Study of an Artist’s Feminist Social Realism in the 1930s. Unpublished dissertation, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA.

Van Doren, Leon H.
1960     Tasker Oddie in Nevada Politics, 1900-1914. Unpublished Master’s thesis. University of Nevada, Reno. (pages 70-75, about 1913 divorce law.)

Watson, Anita J.
1987     Tarnished Silver: Popular Image and Business Reality of Divorce in Nevada, 1900-1939. Master’s thesis, University of Nevada, Reno.

1997 Fading Shame: Divorce Stigma in American Culture, 1882-1939. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Nevada, Reno.

Video

Channel 5 Public Broadcasting
1996    The Biggest Little City Remembers. [Divorce segment]. Erik Westby, writer, producer, director. Channel 5 Public Broadcasting, Reno.

KNPB Television
1991    “The Reno Cure.” Produced by Rosemary Peacock. Nevada Experience, 203. KNPB, Channel 5 Public Broadcasting, Reno.

Nevada Department of Cultural Affairs
“Going to Reno: Divorce Story.” Exploring Nevada. Produced and directed by Gwen Clancy.   Nevada Department of Cultural Affairs, Carson City