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Community History Archive Partner

Smoky Valley Library

Round Mountain, Nevada

Explore this community history collection to discover the people, places, organizations, and events of Round Mountain.

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1996 to 2012Dates represented

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9,084Archive pages

Historical pages reported for this collection.

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Discover the people, places, and stories of Round Mountain, Nevada.

Discover another side of Round Mountain, Nevada through newspapers preserved in the Smoky Valley Library's digital archive. Its three titles include material from 1996 to 2012.

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  • Selected titles

    Examples from Smoky Valley Library’s collection include “RMGC Valley View” and “The Smoky Valley Memo”.

  • Free and open access

    No subscription or payment required.

  • A closer look

    A familiar name or event takes on another dimension in the newspaper coverage of its time, alongside the stories that mattered to the readers of that issue.

The reporting of earlier years offers a way to explore how events were understood as they happened and how local experiences became part of the historical record. A family story, a classroom project or curiosity about a familiar place can lead to a closer look at the community and the lives of earlier generations. Explore the archive online for free, without a subscription.

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Titles in this collection

Browse three titles and 9,084 digitized pages, with material from 1996 to 2012. Through a partnership with Advantage Archives, Smoky Valley Library shares these sources from the past. Some years or items may be missing between the dates shown.

Start with a detail you already know, then browse the titles below for another perspective on the people and places connected with this collection.

RMGC Valley View

4,070 pages from 2002 to 2012

Smoky Valley Sentinel

4,068 pages from 1997 to 2001

The Smoky Valley Memo

946 pages from 1996 to 1998

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About the Archive

About the Smoky Valley Library's History Archives

The Smoky Valley Library offers free access to its historical resources through its digital archives, provided in partnership with Advantage Archives . The library has digitized a variety of local publications, preserving the community’s history for public exploration.

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About the Library

About The Library

The library district in Nevada serves the local and surrounding communities by providing materials and services that meet their educational, cultural, and recreational needs. The library supports lifelong learning, informal education, and community engagement while fostering a love of reading.

Library History

The History of Smoky Valley Library

The library has long been a resource for free public information and library services. Its collection has grown over the years, reflecting the community's evolving needs and interests.

Local History

Did You Know?

  • The library supports community programs and cultural activities while adhering to Nevada’s public library standards.

More ways to explore and share local history

Research Guidance

Check a text match against the page

The history of Round Mountain includes individual lives as well as events remembered by the wider community. In the digital archive shared by the Smoky Valley Library, begin with a name, place or date connected with the story you want to explore. When using historical newspapers, try alternate spellings and nearby dates, then read the surrounding page to place a local story in its time. Compare later reporting or another available title to explore different perspectives rather than treating one account as the whole story. If a search result looks incomplete or misspelled, inspect the scanned page when available. Record the issue date and page, then distinguish the printed wording from search text before following the story to another mention.

If a text match looks incomplete, compare it with the scanned newspaper page when available. Check whether wording or names differ, then record the page's printed wording with the issue date and page. Keep the search result distinct from what the page itself shows.

As you connect materials, note where each detail came from and what it can support. Record the title, date, and page or item reference where available. Keep names and relationships tentative until the evidence is strong enough to connect them, and mark which words come from the record and which are your interpretation.

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Community Partnership

Keeping local history a community resource

This community archive is made possible by the collaboration of the Smoky Valley Library, its community, and Advantage Archives. Together, these partnerships preserve local sources and give people a way to explore, learn from, and share the history around them.

Advantage Archives covers ongoing archive hosting, storage, development, and maintenance. The institution and its community do not pay a subscription, seat license, annual support contract, or other recurring archive-service charge. Local history remains a community resource, not a subscription to maintain.

Would you like to see more of your community's history preserved and accessible? Start a conversation with your library, newspaper publisher, historical or genealogical society, museum, or school about the materials they would like to share and a possible partnership with Advantage Archives.

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Read All About It

Stories, research tips, and archive news

Read All About It connects archive research with the people and institutions preserving local history. Explore partner and community stories, project updates, research ideas, and perspectives on digitization, education, and working with primary sources. Use the articles as a starting point for your next question or a new way to share a discovery.

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March 18, 2025

It’s Your Community’s History, So Why Rent Something You Own?

We believe that history belongs to the communities where it was made - not locked behind paywalls or inaccessible due to budget restrictions. Subscription-based services and large content aggregators are generally more concerned with "content" and less concerned with the history that content contains. Their models typically involve a reoccurring charge for a plan that renews annually or licensing agreements with the library based on population served or circulation numbers. You are essentially Renting Access To YOUR History.
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