James W. Hulse

About the author: James Hulse is a longtime member of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Northern Nevada. The remainder is paraphrased the University of Nevada, Reno website. His writing has covered a variety of subject through many years. His first historical study was The Forming of the Communist International in 1964. He is a professor emeritus of UNR and more than one of his books focuses on Nevada history. About the book, the following is paraphrased from the book's preface by James Hulse. He was given the freedom to write what he believed to be an accurate history of the university and not ". . .a public relations piece." The university was created by law in the 1870s, ". . .but for nearly four-score years not actually doing much of a university's work, but rather serving the purposes of a small local college. . .Within the last quarter of a century there has been a breakthrough in several fields." Many photographs are included. Notes are included and the work is well indexed.… (mehr)

James Hulse described the beginnings of the Unitarian experience in Reno in 1958 and continued to chronicle the events which covered the first fifty years, bringing the Fellowship to 2008 and leaving it in its current building. Throughout Jim McCormick has supplied full-color photos of many individuals, who were important to this process. He also added pictures as meaningful as the road sign along Del Monte Lane. For many years the congregation was lay-led, with occasional guest ministers. They moved from building to building, renting space. Early interim ministers are acknowledged for their roles in helping the fellowship grow spiritually and physically. Members donated time, talents and money. At just twenty-nine pages long with plenty of color photographs this book is an easy read and very informative for someone, who hasn't been here the whole time. And it is packed with nostalgia for those who have been here for most or all of it.… (mehr)