The information below has been compiled from a variety of sources. If the reader has access to information that can be documented and that will correct or add to this woman’s biographical information, please contact the Nevada Women’s History Project.
At
a glance:
Born: 24 June 1880 (Virginia City, NV)
Died: 13 May 1972 (Reno, NV)
Burial: Reno, NV
Maiden Name: Vida Margaret McClure
Race/nationality/ethnic background: Caucasian
Married: 8 Sept 1903 (San Francisco, CA)
Children: none
Primary city and county of residence and work:
Carson City NV, Reno NV
Major fields of work: First Lady
Other role identities: Wife, Newspaper Publisher, World Traveler
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Obituary: Can not be displayed.
Bibliography:
- “Married.” Nevada Appeal. [Carson City] 1 Oct. 1903:3. Print.
- “Young Nevadans Wedded In Frisco.” Nevada State Journal [Reno] 1 Oct. 1903:3. Print.
- “Inaugural Ball an Occasion That Will Be Long Remembered.” Nevada Daily Appeal [Carson City] 29 Jan. 1915:1. Print.
- “Scrugham and Journal.” Nevada State Journal [Reno] 9 Dec. 1926:4. Print.
- “Governor Scrugham Takes Control Of The Journal.” Nevada State Journal [Reno] 1 Dec. 1926:1. Print.
- “Situated in Berkley. “Nevada State Journal [Reno] 13 Mar. 1927, Sec: Carson City News: 7. Print.
- “Col. McClure Estate Filed Here.” Reno Evening Gazette [Reno] 8 Nov. 1934:12. Print.
- “Mrs. V. Boyle Visiting Here.” Nevada State Journal [Reno] 23 Feb. 1937:4. Print.
- “Vida Boyle will Depart For Europe.” Nevada State Journal [Reno] 13 Mar. 1937:8. Print.
- “Mrs. Vida Boyle In Paris.” Nevada State Journal [Reno] 18 June 1937:4. Print.
- “Vida Boyle Home From Europe.” Nevada State Journal [Reno] 1 Sept. 1937:5. Print.
- “Mrs. Belford, Mrs. Boyle Return From Bay City.” Nevada State Journal [Reno] 2 Jan 1938:8. Print.
- “Treasure Island Welcomes Silver State Delegates.” The Salt Lake Tribune. 4 Aug. 1940:12A. Print.
- “Silver State Delegates.” Salt Lake Tribune. 8 April 1940:12. Print.
- “Silver Centennial Celebration Enjoyed by 200 in Carson City.” Reno Evening Gazette 7 Oct 1959:16. Print.
- “Reno Resident Since ’03 Dies.” Reno Evening Gazette [Reno] 19 Dec. 1960:13. Print. (cousin)
- “Agency’s Birthday Observed.” Nevada State Journal [Reno] 2 July 1963:14. Print.
- “Vida Boyle: Her Memories of Nevada’s Coming of Age Drawn from Life in Mining Towns, Mansion.” Nevada State Journal [Reno] 8 Mar. 1964:28. Print.
- MEMOIRS OF THE WIFE OF A GOVERNOR AND OF THE EARLY 1900S IN VIRGINIA CITY, undated. (NC237); Special Collections and University Archives Department, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada. July 20, 2010.
- “Vida Boyle-Her Memories Of Nevada’s Coming Of Age Drawn From Life In Mining Towns, Mansion.” Nevada State Journal [Reno] 6 Mar. 1964:28. Print.
- “Area Deaths-Mary McClure.” Reno Evening Gazette 7 July 1964:13. Print.
- Sawyer, Bette. “Nevada’s 100 Years of First Ladies.” Nevada Centennial Magazine. 1964: p. 128. Print.
- “Vida McClure Boyle.” Nevada State Journal 8 Mar. 1964, sec. Deaths:28. Print.
- “Vida Boyle, 91, Widow Of Former Governor, Dies.” Reno Evening Gazette 15 May 1972:11. Print
- Myles, Myrtle Tate. Emmet Derby Boyle.” Nevada’s Governors: From Territorial Days to the Present. 1861-1971. Sparks, NV: Western Printing & Publishing Company, 1972. 84-86: Print.
- “Boyle-Vida McClure.” Nevada State Journal [Reno] 16 May 1972, sec. Death Notice: 3. Print.
- “Scholarship Honors Ex-Governor, wife.” Reno Evening Gazette 18 Jan. 1975:20. Print.
- Myles, Myrtle Tate. “Emmet Derby Boyle.” Nevada’s Governors: From Territorial Days to the Present, 1861-197. Sparks, NV: Western Printing & Publishing Company, 1972. p. 84-86. Print.
- Nylen, Robert A., and Guy Louis Rocha. “Vida Margaret (McClure) Boyle.” State of Nevada: The Historical Governor’s Mansion. Carson City, Nevada: Dema Guinn, the Nevada Commission on Tourism, Nevada Magazine, and the Nevada Department of Cultural Affairs, 2005.34. Print.
- Harpster, Jack. “The Great War: Governor Emmet Boyle.” 100 Years in the Nevada Governor’s Mansion.” Las Vegas, NV: Stephens Press, LLC, 2009. 54-60. Print.
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