Museum lecture features Rocha speaking on rich and famous

Staff Reports

Former Nevada Archivist Guy Rocha speaks about "When the Rich and Famous Came to Douglas County and Carson City to Tie and Untie the Knot" at the Douglas County Historical Society's lecture of the month, 7 p.m. Thursday, at the Carson Valley Museum & Cultural Center, 1477 Highway 395, Gardnerville. Admission $3, free for historical society members. Information, 782-2555.

Rocha taught in the Washoe County School District and at Western Nevada College. He worked at the Nevada Historical Society in Reno for more than four years and served on the Nevada Historical Society Quarterly editorial board for 20 years.

Rocha was assistant administrator, state archivist, for Archives and Records at the State Library & Archives for 28 years. He managed Nevada's archives, records management, and micrographics and imaging programs.

Common Cause of Nevada awarded him its 1997 Ethics in Government Award. Sen. Harry Reid appointed Rocha to the advisory committee on the Records of Congress in 2005, and was reappointed in 2007.