177:, G.H. True, and President Stubbs. Wier would hold the title of executive secretary, or “secretary and curator” from that meeting until her death in 1950. Although the leadership of the historical society was largely made up of University faculty, and was closely associated with it, it was never classed as an affiliated organization. The first activity of the society was to solicit support and membership across the state. Wier wrote to prominent individuals and early pioneer families, soliciting their support in the historical society. From 1904 until 1907, when the historical society became a state agency, Wier sought individual memberships as the primary means of financial support for the new society. Even after becoming officially supported by the state of Nevada, the society had no permanent home until 1911, when the state appropriated $ 5000 towards the construction of a building, completed in 1913. Prior to this, Wier stored all of the society’s materials in her own home. In addition to letters of solicitation, Wier went out on collecting trips across the state to procure “early newspapers, manuscripts, photographs, maps, books, Indian materials, and artifacts from earlier settlement and mining periods.” An early important collection Wier managed to acquire in a 1908 trip were the papers of
181:, one of Nevada's first senators. In her first biennial report of the historical society in 1908, Weir explained the importance of such trips. “No permanent success can be achieved by this organization until there is at least one person in each community who has a sympathetic knowledge of the work which we plan to do. Correspondence has failed to accomplish this end. But many a person who had been irresponsive to letters became interested and even enthusiastic when visited in person.” In the 1920s the societies first building was already inadequate for the storage and access of its historical collections. Wier asked the legislature for additional appropriations without success. In 1933, Wier received assistance from the Works Progress Administration to have needed repairs done to the building. Following World War 2, the legislature increased its funding for the historical society. But it would not be until after Wier’s death in 1950, that the Nevada Historical Society received a new building in 1960.
153:. When Martin returned from her leave of absence in 1901, Wier was offered a permanent position in the history department, while Martin taught only a small selection of classes. In September 1901, Wier also completed her thesis and received her master's degree from Stanford. In November, the board of regents approved her appointment as assistant professor of history in charge of the Department of History and Political Science with an annual salary of $ 1200. Wier remained the only faculty member in the department until 1913. While teaching in the history department, Wier supervised
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161:, although there was no indication that she was a member. Wier received an honorary doctorate in 1924 from the University, in recognition of her twenty-five years of service to the University of Nevada.
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