Drawings of Nevada Scenes by Lewis C. Ryan
Scope and Contents
Sketches and a woodcut of Nevada scenes by Ryan, a brief typescript essay on ghost towns, and an essay/broadside about Ryan by Alan Robert Murray. Sketches include scenes of Virginia City and Rhyolite, Nevada and the desert.
Dates
- 1927-1930
Creator
- Ryan, Lewis Carleton (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
Lewis C. Ryan was a California artist and book illustrator, 1894-1982.
Extent
0.1 Cubic Feet (1 oversize folder (13 leaves))
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Sketches and a woodcut of Nevada scenes by Lewis Carleton Ryan, a brief typescript essay on ghost towns, and an essay/broadside about Ryan by Alan Robert Murray. Sketches include scenes of Virginia City and Rhyolite, Nevada and the desert which range from 1927-1930.
Arrangement
Unarranged.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Drawings, Dawson's Book Shop, Los Angeles, CA., Purchase, 11/26/85, 85-10
Creator
- Ryan, Lewis Carleton (Person)
- Title
- Guide to the Drawings of Nevada Scenes by Lewis C. Ryan
- Status
- Completed
- 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
775-682-5665
775-682-5724 (Fax)
specoll@unr.edu