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U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada: Records and Bibliography

Official Records (Except Clark County)

The records of the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada are included among Record Group 21 at the:    

        National Archives at San Francisco
        1000 Commodore Drive
        San Bruno, California 94066-2350

        Email: sanbruno.archives@nara.gov

A guide to the holdings of the regional archives is available at: https://www.archives.gov/san-francisco/holdings

A published description of the records is also available in the Guide to Federal Records in the National Archives of the United States, 1995 (http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/index.html ).

Official Records (Clark County Only)

The records of the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada are included among Record Group 21 at the:   

        National Archives at Riverside
        23123 Cajalco Road
        Perris, California 92570-7298

        Email: riverside.archives@nara.gov

A guide to the holdings of the regional archives is available at: https://www.archives.gov/riverside/finding-aids

A published description of the records is also available in the Guide to Federal Records in the National Archives of the United States, 1995 (http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/index.html ) .

Bibliography

Hulse, James W. "Making Law in the Great Basin: The Evolution of the Federal Court in Nevada, 1855-1905." Western Legal History 1 (Summer/Fall 1988): 135-162.
 

 

 

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