William W. Bliss Manuscript Maps and Drawings
Scope and Contents
Manuscript maps and drawings document land and water rights acquired, owned, developed, controlled, and sold by the Bliss family on the north and east shores of Lake Tahoe, California, and Nevada, including Bijou, Glenbrook, Tahoe City, Spooner Summit, and the Truckee River from Tahoe City to Truckee. Includes documentation about the Glenbrook Inn, Glenbrook Company, Carson and Tahoe Lumber and Fluming Company, property sold to George Whittell, early subdivisions at Tahoe City, rail route of the Tahoe Railway and Transportation Company along the Truckee River, and photos and specifications for the steamers SS Meteor and SS Tahoe.
Dates
- 1861-1955
Creator
- Bliss, William W. (William Walter), 1924- (Calligrapher, Person)
Restrictions
Collection is open for research. Materials must be used on-site; advance notice suggested. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.
Biographical Note
The Bliss family, of whom William W. Bliss is the successor, developed lumber, tourism, and transportation businesses at Lake Tahoe, especially at Tahoe City, California, and Glenbrook, Nevada, between the late 1860s and the mid 1900s.
Extent
71.85 Linear Feet (19 oversize folders, (423 items))
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Bliss family, of whom William W. Bliss is the successor, developed lumber, tourism, and transportation businesses at Lake Tahoe, especially at Tahoe City, California, and Glenbrook, Nevada, between the late 1860s and the mid 1900s. Manuscript maps and drawings document land and water rights acquired, owned, developed, controlled, and sold by the Bliss family on the north and east shores of Lake Tahoe, California, and Nevada, including Bijou, Glenbrook, Tahoe City, Spooner Summit, and the Truckee River from Tahoe City to Truckee (1861-1955).
Arrangement
Arranged in donor's original order.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by William W. Bliss in 1997.
Separated Materials
The following maps and map sets were transferred to the Special Collections maps section:
USGS maps, originally numbered 33-39: Sierraville, California, 1937; Truckee, 1940; Reno, 1934; Carson, 1936; Pyramid Peak, California, 1932; and Markleeville, 1941 (paper, 20 x 16.5)
Bound set of 7, USGS Quads and index sheet, Tahoe region, California and Nevada (linen backed paper 24 x 20.5).
USGS Quadrangles for Tahoe/Eastern California/Western Nevada areas (paper, 20 x 16.5).
Bound set of Colorado River Valley surveys. Maps 1-4 USGS California-Arizona (linen cover, 20.5 x 21.5).
- Blank township plats
- Bijou (Calif.)
- Bliss family
- Carson and Tahoe Lumber and Fluming Company
- Glenbrook (Nev.)
- Glenbrook Company
- Glenbrook Inn (Glenbrook, Nev.)
- Lake Tahoe Ry. & Trans. Co.
- Land use -- Tahoe, Lake (Calif. and Nev.)
- Manuscript maps
- Meteor (Steamship)
- Spooner Summit (Nev.)
- Tahoe (Steamship)
- Tahoe City (Calif.)
- Tahoe, Lake (Calif. and Nev.) -- History
- Tahoe, Lake (Calif. and Nev.) -- Maps
- Truckee River (Calif. and Nev.)
- Water rights -- Tahoe, Lake (Calif. and Nev.)
- Whittell, George, 1881-1969
Creator
- Bliss, William W. (William Walter), 1924- (Calligrapher, Person)
- Title
- Guide to the William W. Bliss Manuscript Maps and Drawings
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Staff
- Date
- 1997
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department Repository
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1664 N. Virginia St.
Reno Nevada 89557-0322 USA
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