Nevada. Emergency Relief Administration
Organization
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Cecil Willis Creel Records
Collection
Identifier: AC 0005
Abstract
Cecil Willis Creel became director of Agricultural Extension for the University in 1921, and except for 1942, in an unsuccessful bid for the U.S. Senate, he continued to hold this position until his retirement in 1952. He was named Dean of the College of Agriculture in 1945, and held this position through 1949. The collection covers 1921-1951, but primarily documents 1931-1939. Contents include Nevada-related correspondence and reports concerning reclamation, the Civil Works Administration,...
Dates:
1921-1951; Majority of material found within 1931-1939
Max C. Fleischmann College of Agriculture, Agricultural Experiment Station Records
Collection
Identifier: AC 0191
Abstract
The Agricultural Experiment Station began with the 1887 Hatch Act, to develop agricultural research and education. In addition, during the 1930s, it worked with other federal and state agencies, including the Agricultural Adjustment Administration, the Nevada Emergency Relief Administration, the Farm Credit Administration, and Indian Field Service on several projects. In 1939, the Experiment Station, together with the U.S. Bureau of Agricultural Economics and the Nevada Agricultural...
Dates:
1929-1942
Men at Work: Federal-City of Reno Relief Program, United States Community Improvement Appraisal
Collection
Identifier: NC233
Abstract
An appraisal of the accomplishments of the Federal Works Project in Reno, including the Civil Works Administration, Nevada Emergency Relief Administration, and Works Progress Administration. Projects included bridges, parks, the Washoe County Golf Course, street improvements, sewers, and flood control and were documented with photos and data on costs.
Dates:
1938 March
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- Land use -- Nevada 2
- Agriculture -- History -- Nevada 1
- Agriculture -- Nevada 1
- Bridges -- Nevada -- Reno 1
- Clark County (Nev.) 1
- Depressions -- 1929 -- United States 1
- Douglas County (Nev.) 1
- Droughts -- Nevada 1
- Electric power systems -- Nevada 1
- Electric utilities -- Nevada 1
- Elko County (Nev.) 1
- Flood control -- Nevada -- Reno 1
- Golf courses -- Nevada -- Reno 1
- Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.) 1
- Humboldt River (Nev.) -- Water rights 1
- Land use -- Planning -- Nevada 1
- Lincoln County (Nev.) 1
- Lyon County (Nev.) 1
- Maps 1
- McDermitt (Nev.) 1
- Nevada -- Maps 1
- Parks -- Nevada -- Reno 1
- Pyramid Lake (Nev.) -- Water rights 1
- Schools -- Nevada -- Reno 1
- Sewage disposal plants -- Nevada -- Reno 1
- Streets -- Nevada -- Reno 1
- Truckee River (Calif. and Nev.) 1
- Washoe County Golf Course (Reno, Nev.) 1
- Water rights -- Nevada 1 ∧ less
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