Clara Crisler’s lifelong library archive built from clipping hobby
In Carson City blind Clara Crisler created a vast clipping library for biographies education women’s clubs and more. The Nevada State Museum in Reno now houses the collection moved sixteen years ago with 500 scrapbooks and hundreds of boxes. The project continues under Native Daughters of Nevada and Nevada Historical Society while Crisler’s work and guidance remain noted as a life of service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carson City
Clara Crisler
Ark
Anen
Nevada Federation of Wom
Crisler
State of Nevada
Museum of the State Historial Society
Reno
Native Daughters of Nevada
Nevada Historical Society
Grace Staples
Walter Schirra Inspires Youth As Space Pioneer
Walter Schirra is highlighted as an exemplar for young readers. The article details his early life in New Jersey, naval career, and path to NASA Project Mercury, including his 1962 six orbit flight and prior test pilot work. It notes his family, training, and interests like water skiing and cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Marty
Schirra
Pio
Neers
Paartita
Schirra, Sr
United States
Orming
Schirras
Lake
Calif
NASA
Shirra
Suzanne
Scott Carpenter
Walter B. Hendrickson. Jr
Porcupine Quills Kill Deer Hunter Tale
Sam Melstrom finds a mountain lion dead from porcupine quill injuries near California forest. The forest ranger explains porcupines defend with bristling quills that can penetrate eyes and brain, debunking the myth they cannot throw quills. Porcupines rarely threaten humans and can save lives by deterring attackers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Melstrom
California
Sam
Children’s addresses in Ohio and beyond listed for pen pals
A jumble of names and street addresses across Ohio and other states appears, listing youths ages 6 to 15 along with partial city, state, and street details. The compilation includes many Canton Akron Doylestown and Lynn entries with varied spellings and formatting.
Puzzle Answers From a Fragmented Clue Page
Fragments of a puzzle page show scattered strings and jumbled letters including aLVNA aSNIG Svadr AUVNOS CYOM and phrases like Ife3 1103 1003 jood yO0d NIVHD GuoM Yi. The readable bits hint at a coded word puzzle or cipher fragment with multiple nameless entries.
Brain Teaser Transforms Words into Hidden Clues
Puzzle lists ten reversal clues yielding paired word plays. Each item asks reversing a word to reveal a new meaning or name, with supplied sample answers showing the pattern from laud to sone, speels to speels, and others like time to emit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laud
Damon
Speels
Emit
Ram
Mar
Pat
Moor
Rag
Peek
Letter to March by Kay Cammer
The poem addresses March as a windy figure, complaining about its storms and blowing that scatter flowers. The speaker asks March to depart then return next year, hoping for calmer skies and intact blooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kay Cammer
Word Puzzles and Craft Tips From Pete’s Page
A collage of word games and puzzles led by Pete includes a crossfigure grid, a letter rearrangement challenge, clues for across and down entries, a promise of solving the six word ladder steps, plus a craft idea to clip letters with a spring clothespin using white paint and enamel.
Twins
A playful poem about twins wishing to be distinguished yet fearing misidentification. Narrator imagines the fun of being mistaken for a sibling while admitting the challenge of telling one self from the other. The light verse explores identity through a humorous, reflective lens.
How Well Do You Spell A Letter About Lichen
A letter about lichen explains they are rootless leafless flowerless organisms forming a symbiotic partnership of algae and fungus. It notes lichen cling to rocks and trees, grow on mountain trails, and survive with minimal nourishment while teaching about cooperation in nature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Porky
Jimmie
Also Mentioned on This Page
En’s Clubs
State of
Nevada
Johnson
Walter Marty Sehirra III
Astronaut Walter Schirra
Walter al
Josephine
Helen Seymour
Capt. Hal
Kevin Bower
Church &J
Doylestown
Ohio
Kathleen Falcon
Eee A Falls
Paris
Martha Conley
Hughes
Tallmadge
Sue Caro
Gaylord
Akron
Betty McDonald
Kathy Starkey
Paris Ave
Louisville
Cindy
Hodgin
Cherry Lane
Graham
N.C
Coleen Spence
Hukaiau Ranch
Paouillo
Hawaii
Cindy Collings
Stonewood Lane
Lynn
Mass
Linda Ingel
Gibsonville
Box
Sue Cain
Altamathan
Henry Ramp
Sierra Nevada St
Stockton
Melanie Cuneo
San Andreas
Joan Piacentine
P.O
Linden
Jonathan Rohrer
Maple Ave
Canton
Linda Waddell
Gary Fischer
Andréa Peloso
23Rd St
Jim Chiptes
Mike Macrides
St. Elmo
John Byrd
Snyder Ave
Mike Wojak
Pamela Harman
Robert Davis
Farmdale
Davis
Melnyk
Mogan Rd
Kent
Sue Kirkland
Wesleyan Ave
Barberton
Karen Bailes
Amherst St
Brian Chiswell
E. Clinton St
Pam McKee
Fredericksburg
Barbara Hoover
Warrick
Clarence Moore
W. North St
Ernest Wilson
Barber Rd
Shirley Cool
Hillcrest
Shirley Anderson
R.D
Ashland
Patricia DeWade
Friend St
Linda Jaschik
Brave Park Rd
Baltimore
Barbara Jenkins
N. Delphine Ave
Waynesboro
Alvna Asnig Svadr
Auvnos Cyom
of L
Ugg
Pete
Olumn
Vam Wit
Peta Etterns
WORD
Frances Gorman Risser
George Scarbo
Rochy
Cucu
Iit
South Africa
Aunt Mary
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!