Elmer R. Rusco Collection on Ethnicity and Race in Nevada
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of the working files for a special issue of the Nevada Public Affairs Review (1987, No. 2) devoted to the topic of ethnicity and race in Nevada and secondary research materials collected by Rusco on the topics of race relations and affirmative action. Essays were written by Elmer R. Rusco and Sue Fawn Chung as editors of the Nevada Public Affairs Review and by contributing authors of articles on ethnic minorities in Nevada. Ethnic groups discussed include Basques, Blacks, Chinese, American Indians, Japanese, Jews, Koreans, Mexican Americans, and Yugoslavs.
Dates
- 1958-1987
Creator
- Rusco, Elmer R. (Creator, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
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.
Copyright of articles written for the Review is retained by the Review and individual authors.
Biographical Note
Elmer R. Rusco was professor emeritus of the Political Science Department of the University of Nevada-Reno. In 1986, he and Sue Fawn Chung, associate professor of history at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas, began to compile a special issue of the Nevada Public Affairs Review (no. 2, 1987) which was devoted to the topic of ethnicity and race in Nevada.
Extent
5 Linear Feet (6 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection consists of the working files by Rusco and Sue Fawn Chung as editors of the Nevada public affairs review (1987, #2) and by contributing authors of articles on ethnic minorities in Nevada. Ethnic groups include Basques, Blacks, Chinese, American Indians, Japanese, Jews, Koreans, Mexican Americans, and Yugoslavs.
Arrangement
Arranged into the following series: 1) Ethnicity and Race in Nevada; 2) Ethnicity Questionnaires; 3) General Materials on Race Relations; 4) Race Relations Center; 5) Affirmative Action
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Elmer R. Rusco in August 1988.
- Title
- Guide to the Elmer R. Rusco Collection on Ethnicity and Race In Nevada
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Susan Searcy
- Date
- January 1989
- 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
Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center
1664 N. Virginia St.
Reno Nevada 89557-0322 USA
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specoll@unr.edu