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Correspondence pamphlets, plans, and other documentation about creating a National Monument to the Basque Sheepherder in Nevada

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Documentation about procedures done by Nevada Range Sheep Owners Association to bring sheepherders fron the Basque Country to the U.S. There are also two books on Spanish laws about migration.

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Bulletins from Paul Laxalt’s press office, clippings about Paul Laxalt and news and articles about Robert Laxalt. It also includes a tape, slides, photographs, posters, festival schedules and press clippings of the Basque dances group "Oraï-bat" from Bayonne.

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Dominique Laxalt’s accounts, documentation, an invitation and correspondence regarding Basque issues, bertsos, cardboards and a speech for Eloy Placer’s funeral. It also includes two dossiers about Robert Laxalt’s biography and works and Spanish translations of some of his works.

Abstract The Western Basque Festival held in Reno, Nevada, June 6-7, 1959 was the first Basque Festival held in the United States and was an important source of pride for the Basque-American community. The Western Basque Festival collection consists of correspondence and records associated with the organization and operation of the festival, plus newspaper clippings about the event primarily in English and French. There are also newspaper clippings in Spanish, English and Basque as well as a VHS...

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The collection is composed of photocopies of the California Range Association [name changed to Western Range Association in 1960] Bulletin and the Western Range Association Reports of the Employment Status of Contract Sheepherders. It also includes six microfilm rolls containing information about the Taylor Grazing Act, the Western Range Association and Guerra de Vascos y Vizcainos.

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Documentation and photos of the Basque dance group, Zenbat Gara, of the university of Nevada, Reno.