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Certificate of incorporation

 Collection
Identifier: 99-07
Abstract

The Walker River Power Company was a Nevada corporation which was organized to produce electric power from the Walker River. Certificate of incorporation stating that the articles of incorporation were filed with the Nevada Secretary of State. Material from July 10, 1909.

Dates: July 10, 1909
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department

Patrick Gallagher Papers

 Collection
Identifier: NC718
Abstract

This small collection includes letters and receipts of Patrick Gallagher. The collection contains material from 1886-1941 created by Patrick Gallagher.

Dates: 1886-1941
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department

Public Resource Associates Records

 Collection
Identifier: 2006-05
Abstract Records cover the various initiatives, activities, and efforts of both the Public Resource Foundation (1982) and later Public Resource Associates (1988) to effect environmental change on the national and local levels through grassroots planning and lobbying. Materials date from 1919-2012 with the bulk of the material covering the mid-1980s-2012. The major areas of emphasis in this collection are the work to reform the 1872 Mining Law, public lands management, and conservation and...
Dates: 1919-2013; Majority of material found within 1985-2012
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department

A thousand miles of desert and mountains: a prospecting trip across Nevada and over the Sierras

 Collection
Identifier: 91-48
Abstract

Josephine C. Scott was married to miner and prospector, George R. Scott. She wrote about mining and construction in Nevada. Collection contains three volumes (of the original 4 volumes) depict the Scott's prospecting journey through southern Nevada, Death Valley, eastern California/western Nevada along the Walker River, and through Bridgeport over Sonora Pass. Created between March 14-September 9, 1914.

Dates: March 14-September 9, 1914
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department

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