Rancho San Rafael Park research papers

The collection consists of the research papers, notes, and oral interviews conducted and compiled by Dr. Rusco as background for this publication. Rusco interviewed most of the people involved in the early effort to obtain financing and purchase the ranch property from the mid-1960s until the late 1970s. He researched the ranch ownership, obtained information on those owners, and provides details about the effort to maintain the park as largely undeveloped open space. Several files contain minutes and correspondence of the RSR Steering Committee.

Included in this collection are transcripts of interviews, biographical sketches of ranch owners and park advocates, copies of legal documents related to ranch ownership, brochures and maps about the park, clippings on topics related to the park and northern Nevada parks in general, correspondence with people connected with the park, files about the proposed Alturas power line (which would have cut across a portion of the park), portions of the original master plan for Rancho San Rafael, draft manuscripts of "The Bench Marks of..,." and photographs of the park.