Effie Mona Mack Explained

Effie Mona Mack
Birth Date:	1888
Death Date:	1969
Occupation:	Historian, Educator, Author
Education:	University of Nevada

Effie Mona Mack (1888 - 1969) was an American historian, educator, and textbook co-author. She is said to be the only person to have received a Doctorate degree in History of Nevada.^[1] The Mack Social Science building at the University of Nevada, Reno, is named in her honor.^[2] She received a bachelor's degree from Smith College, a Master's at the University of Nevada (1916; thesis, The recall in the making and adoption of the federal constitution of 1787-1789), and a Ph.D. from the University of California (1930; dissertation, Life and letters of William Morris Stewart, 1827-1909. A history of his influence on state and national legislation). She taught at the University of Nevada, Reno, and at Nevada Southern, which became the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.^[3]

Selected works

• (1930) William Morris Stewart, empire builder, 1827-1909
• (1936) Nevada
• (1940) Our state: Nevada
• (1947) Mark Twain in Nevada
• (1953) Nevada government; a study of the administration and politics of State, county, township, and cities
• (1961) Territorial Centennial of Nevada- 1861-1864
• (1964) William Morris Stewart, 1827-1909
• (1965) Here is Nevada; a history of the State
• (1968) The Indian massacre of 1911 at Little High Rock Canyon, Nevada

External links

• A Guide to Nevada, a history of the state from the earliest times through the Civil War, 82-03. Special Collections, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Reno. Edited manuscript, photographs and maps for Mack's book
• Effie Mona Mack papers, 1917-1969 Library of Congress / National Union Catalog of Manuscripts Collections.

Notes and References

1. Book: Watson. Anita Ernst. Nevada Humanities Committee. Into their own: Nevada women emerging into public life. 21 January 2012. June 2000. University of Nevada Press. 978-1-890591-06-9. 151–.
2. Web site: Mack Social Science. University of Nevada, Reno. 22 January 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20111113225331/http://unr.edu/around-campus/facilities/mack. 13 November 2011. dead.
3. Book: American Historical Association. Pacific Coast Branch. Pacific historical review. 21 January 2012. 1955. University of California Press. 342.