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- A Visual Exploration of Photography and the American West in the Nineteenth Century
- Alice L. R. Smith: Civil Rights Pioneer and Nevada Humanitarian (Chautauqua presentation)
- Art on the Rocks: Nevada’s Storied Landscapes
- Baby Face Nelson in Nevada
- Back in the Saddle Again: The Songs and Music of the Ranching West
- By Gas, Rope, Bullet, or Poison: A History of Capital Punishment in Nevada
- Clear and Dry: Nevada in so Many Words
- Desert Dreams: A History of Nevada Literature
- Edna Purviance - Nevada’s First Star of the Silver Screen
- Emma Nevada (Chautauqua presentation)
- Engaging with Latinos - Nevada's Fastest Growing Community
- Finding a Voice: Early American Indian Writers
- Fresh Frisch Facts and Findings
- Friendly Fallout 1953
- H.F. Dangberg Sr. (Chautauqua presentation)
- Howard Hughes (Chautauqua presentation)
- Images of Your Town in Nevada Literature
- In the Footsteps of the Donner Party
- Inside Las Vegas History
- James Carmichael McKay (Chautauqua Noir presentation)
- John Sparks (Chautauqua presentation)
- Margaret Breen (Chautauqua presentation)
- Mary McNair Mathews (Chautauqua presentation)
- Mary Oxborrow (Chautauqua presentation)
- Mr. Lincoln and Nevada
- Our Economic Future: Bright Lights, or What?
- Out Where the West Begins: The Poetry of the American Cowboy
- Poets in the West
- Preserving Our Native Nevadan Cultural Resources: A Native American Perspective
- Putting on the Glitz: The Glamorous Life of the Las Vegas Showgirl
- Sarah Royce (Chautauqua presentation)
- Silver State on the Silver Screen
- Some Were Righteous, Some Were Rogues: Introducing Nevada’s State Treasurers
- Songbird: Telling the Paiute Story
- Spinning Atoms in the Silver State
- Swingin’ with Frank, Dean, and Sammy: The Rat Pack
- The Ghost of Mark Twain (Chautauqua presentation)
- The Glory Days of Goldfield and its Eponymous Hotel
- The Six-Week Cure: Divorce Ranches in Southern Nevada
- Tonopah's Soft Drink Parlors and the Rise of the Reno Gamblers
- Westward Ho, Nevada
- Women’s Voices from the Emigrant Trails
- Words in the Desert: Stories of Finding Home in Nevada
- Writing About Place: Crafting Nevada Stories
- Writing Nevada’s History and People into Literature
- Writing Something New Under the Sun: How to Use Nevada as a Setting in Fiction
- Alice L. R. Smith: Civil Rights Pioneer and Nevada Humanitarian (Chautauqua presentation)
- Cathay Williams: Buffalo Soldier (Chautauqua presentation)
- Elizabeth “Bessie” Coleman: Pioneer Aviator (Chautauqua presentation)
- Madame C.J. Walker: Inventor and Entrepreneur (Chautauqua presentation)
- The Unbroken Courage: Sojourner Truth (part Chautauqua presentation)
- Zora Neale Hurston: Folklorist, Anthropologist, and Novelist (Chautauqua presentation)
CHAUTAUQUA (FIRST PERSON LIVING HISTORY PRESENTATIONS)
- Alice L. R. Smith: Civil Rights Pioneer and Nevada Humanitarian
- Andrew Carnegie
- Babe Ruth - A Life and a Legend
- Billy Sunday
- Cathay Williams: Buffalo Soldier
- D.W. Griffith
- Elizabeth “Bessie” Coleman: Pioneer Aviator
- Emma Nevada
- Ernie Pyle
- George C. Wallace
- H.F. Dangberg, Sr.
- Henry Ford
- Howard Hughes
- Jack Warner
- James Carmichael Mckay (Chautauqua Noir)
- Jefferson Davis
- John Sparks
- Madame C.J. Walker: Inventor and Entrepreneur
- Margaret Bourke-White
- Margaret Breen
- Mary McNair Mathews
- Mary Oxborrow
- P.T. Barnum
- Sarah Royce
- Stonewall Jackson
- The Ghost of Mark Twain
- The Secret Life of Henry VIII
- The Unbroken Courage: Sojourner Truth
- Theodore Roosevelt
- Thomas Hart Benton
- William Clark
- William Lloyd Garrison
- Zora Neale Hurston: Folklorist, Anthropologist, and Novelist
- Getting Your Story Straight
- Making History Personal: Conducting Oral Histories within Your Family and Community
- Writing About Place: Crafting Nevada Stories
- Writing Nevada’s History and People into Literature
- Writing Something New Under the Sun: How to Use Nevada as a Setting in Fiction
- Writing Your Wildest Dreams
- Henry Ford (Chautauqua presentation)
- Our Economic Future: Bright Lights, or What?
- Some Were Righteous, Some Were Rogues: Introducing Nevada’s State Treasurers
- A History of Architecture in 60 Minutes
- Art on the Rocks: Nevada’s Storied Landscapes
- Spinning Atoms in the Silver State
- Before Jennifer and Eva, There Was Dolores and Lupe: Latinos in American Movies
- D.W. Griffith (Chautauqua presentation)
- Edna Purviance - Nevada’s First Star of the Silver Screen
- Jack Warner (Chautauqua presentation)
- Silver State on the Silver Screen
- A History of Architecture in 60 Minutes
- A Visual Exploration of Photography and the American West in the Nineteenth Century
- Baby Face Nelson in Nevada
- By Gas, Rope, Bullet, or Poison: A History of Capital Punishment in Nevada
- Fresh Frisch Facts and Findings
- In the Footsteps of the Donner Party
- Inside Las Vegas History
- Making History Personal: Conducting Oral Histories within Your Family and Community
- Mr. Lincoln and Nevada
- Putting On the Glitz: The Glamorous Life of the Las Vegas Showgirl
- Some Were Righteous, Some Were Rogues: Introducing Nevada’s State Treasurers
- Spinning Atoms in the Silver State
- Swingin’ with Frank, Dean, and Sammy: The Rat Pack
- The Glory Days of Goldfield and Its Eponymous Hotel
- The Six-Week Cure: Divorce Ranches in Southern Nevada
- Tonopah's Soft Drink Parlors and the Rise of the Reno Gamblers
- Westward Ho, Nevada
- Women’s Voices from the Emigrant Trails
- Before Jennifer and Eva, There Was Dolores and Lupe: Latinos in American Movies
- Engaging with Latinos - Nevada's Fastest Growing Community
- Clear and Dry: Nevada in So Many Words
- Desert Dreams: A History of Nevada Literature
- Finding a Voice: Early American Indian Writers
- Friendly Fallout 1953
- Getting Your Story Straight
- Hooked on Horses: How the Phantom Stallion’s Story Became a Book Series and How Terri Farley Became an Author
- Images of Your Town in Nevada Literature
- Out Where the West Begins: The Poetry of the American Cowboy
- Poets in the West
- Sarah Royce (Chautauqua presentation)
- The Ghost of Mark Twain (Chautauqua presentation)
- The Poetry and Legacy of Hayden Carruth: A Discussion and Reading of Carruth’s Poems
- Words in the Desert: Stories of Finding Home in Nevada
- Writing About Place: Crafting Nevada Stories
- Writing Nevada’s History and People into Literature
- Writing Something New Under the Sun: How to Use Nevada as a Setting in Fiction
- Writing Your Wildest Dreams
- Zora Neale Hurston: Folklorist, Anthropologist, and Novelist (Chautauqua presentation)
- Ernie Pyle (Chautauqua presentation)
- The Power of Radio: Delivering Those Driveway Moments
- William Lloyd Garrison (Chautauqua presentation)
NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURE AND INTEREST
- Art on the Rocks: Nevada’s Storied Landscapes
- Finding a Voice: Early American Indian Writers
- Preserving Our Native Nevadan Cultural Resources: A Native American Perspective
- Songbird: Telling the Paiute Story
- Back in the Saddle Again: The Songs and Music of the Ranching West
- Emma Nevada (Chautauqua presentation)
- Out Where the West Begins: The Poetry of the American Cowboy
- P.T. Barnum (Chautauqua presentation)
- Putting on the Glitz: The Glamorous Life of the Las Vegas Showgirl
- Songbird: Telling the Paiute Story
- Insights into Destiny
- Making History Personal: Conducting Oral Histories Within your Family and Community
- Preparing for a Good End-of-Life
- A Visual Exploration of Photography and the American West in the Nineteenth Century
- Margaret Bourke-White (Chautauqua presentation)
- A Life Between Truth and Fiction, Science and Politics
- George C. Wallace (Chautauqua presentation)
- Jefferson Davis (Chautauqua presentation)
- Mr. Lincoln and Nevada
- The Unbroken Courage: Sojourner Truth (part Chautauqua presentation)
- Theodore Roosevelt (Chautauqua presentation)
- Some Were Righteous, Some Were Rogues: Introducing Nevada’s State Treasurers
PROFESSIONAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
- Before Jennifer and Eva, There Was Dolores and Lupe: Latinos in American Movies
- Engaging with Latinos - Nevada's Fastest Growing Community
- Preparing for a Good End-of-Life
- Making History Personal: Conducting Oral Histories Within your Family and Community
- Preserving Our Native Nevadan Cultural Resources: A Native American Perspective
- Songbird: Telling the Paiute Story
- Zora Neale Hurston: Folklorist, Anthropologist, and Novelist (Chautauqua presentation)
- Alice L. R. Smith: Civil Rights Pioneer and Nevada Humanitarian (Chautauqua presentation)
- Cathay Williams: Buffalo Soldier (Chautauqua presentation)
- Edna Purviance - Nevada’s First Star of the Silver Screen
- Elizabeth “Bessie” Coleman: Pioneer Aviator (Chautauqua presentation)
- Emma Nevada (Chautauqua presentation)
- Finding a Voice: Early American Indian Writers
- Madame C.J. Walker: Inventor and Entrepreneur (Chautauqua presentation)
- Margaret Bourke-White (Chautauqua presentation)
- Margaret Breen (Chautauqua presentation)
- Mary McNair Mathews (Chautauqua presentation)
- Mary Oxborrow (Chautauqua presentation)
- Putting on the Glitz: The Glamorous Life of the Las Vegas Showgirl
- Sarah Royce (Chautauqua presentation)
- The Six-Week Cure: Divorce Ranches in Southern Nevada
- The Unbroken Courage: Sojourner Truth (part Chautauqua presentation)
- Women’s Voices from the Emigrant Trails
- Zora Neale Hurston: Folklorist, Anthropologist, and Novelist (Chautauqua presentation)