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William W. Bliss Manuscript Maps and Drawings
Collection
Identifier: 97-24
Abstract
The Bliss family, of whom William W. Bliss is the successor, developed lumber, tourism, and transportation businesses at Lake Tahoe, especially at Tahoe City, California, and Glenbrook, Nevada, between the late 1860s and the mid 1900s. Manuscript maps and drawings document land and water rights acquired, owned, developed, controlled, and sold by the Bliss family on the north and east shores of Lake Tahoe, California, and Nevada, including Bijou, Glenbrook, Tahoe City, Spooner Summit, and the...
Dates:
1861-1955
Jim Bryant Papers
Collection
Identifier: 91-16
Abstract
Jim Bryant began this collection because of an interest he had in the Fernley and Lassen Railroad, a branch of the Southern Pacific Railroad which ran from Fernley, Nevada, to the vicinity of Susanville, Lassen County, California. This research brought to his attention the lumber industry of northern California which was inextricably tied to the railroad. The collection includes are company and governmental records (partial), newspaper clippings, maps, photos, and research notes on logging...
Dates:
1909-1989
Campus Maps of the University of Nevada, Reno
Collection
Identifier: AC 0565
Abstract
Campus Maps of the University of Nevada, Reno Campus maps from various University and regional entities from 1907-2017 created by the University of Nevada, Reno.
Dates:
1907-2017
Carson and Tahoe Lumber and Fluming Company Records
Collection
Identifier: NC72
Abstract
The Carson and Tahoe Lumber and Fluming Company was organized in 1873 with Duane L. Bliss as president and general manger and H. M. Yerington, D. O. Mills and J. A. Rigby as stockholders. It was probably the largest and most extensive lumber operation serving the mines of the Comstock. Collection includes correspondence, company papers, land related documents, financial accounts, lumber statistics and maps from 1858-1946.
Dates:
1858-1946
Map of Comstock Lode Extending Down Gold Canon
Collection
Identifier: 2016-29
Abstract
The Comstock Lode is a region on the eastern slope of Mt. Davidson in the Virginia Range of western Nevada. The area produced one of the largest silver lodes ever discovered. The map of Comstock Lode Extending Down Gold Canon was drawn by G. T. Brown, the San Francisco-based lithographer, and depicts Comstock Lode mine claims, locations of mills, and mining works in color.
Dates:
1865
Consolidated Virginia Mining Company Records
Collection
Identifier: NC99
Abstract
The Consolidated Virginia Mining Company (Con Virginia) in Virginia City, Nevada, was once the richest source of ore in the Comstock Lode. Mine operation records including reports, assay reports, ore and bullion statements, mill records, annual reports, bylaws, equipment specification books, legal records, resolutions, and account registers. Also included are records of the adjacent California Mining Company, the Consolidated California and Virginia Mining Company, and the C & C Shaft...
Dates:
1859-1935
Claude Dukes Collection of Federal Water Master's Office Records
Collection
Identifier: 84-11
Abstract
Collection contains papers from the Federal Water Master's Office, Reno, Nevada, 1926-1982. Included are office operational records, correspondence; also water data, reports, maps and printed material relating to water in the Truckee and Carson River Basins, Nevada and California.
Dates:
1849-1982
El Dorado Wood and Flume Company Records
Collection
Identifier: NC76
Abstract
The El Dorado Wood and Flume Company was incorporated in Nevada in 1875 with H. M. Yerington, J. W. Haynie and A. J. Ralston as trustees; H. M. Yerington was the president when the company incorporated. Its major areas of operation were in Lake Valley, El Dorado County, California and in Hope Valley, Alpine County, and California. The company also held land in Ormsby, Douglas, and Washoe counties, Nevada. Collection contains correspondence, land related documents, financial accounts, legal...
Dates:
1850-1941
Eureka Consolidated Mining Company Records
Collection
Identifier: 97-03
Abstract
The Eureka Consolidated Mining Company was an underground, hard rock mining company operating about two miles from Eureka, Nevada on Ruby Hill. The collection includes mining reports, correspondence, maps, and technical drawings which documents structures, head frames, underground facilities, mining equipment, and the Ruby Hill Water Company. One group of records relates to a 1950s proposal to bring a nuclear power plant to Eureka.
Dates:
1901-1966
Eureka-Nevada Railway Company Records
Collection
Identifier: NC02
Abstract
The Eureka and Palisade Railroad Company was formed in 1873 to serve the mines in the Eureka Mining District in central Nevada. The collection consists of the records of the Eureka and Palisade Railroad Company, 1873-1902; the Eureka and Palisade Railway Company, 1901-1911; and the Eureka-Nevada Railway Company, 1912-1945. Collection includes articles of association, minutes of meetings, correspondence, legal documents, financial accounts, operational records, maps, and printed material.
Dates:
1873-1945
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- Yerington, Henry M. 7
- Carson and Tahoe Lumber and Fluming Company 3
- El Dorado Wood and Flume Company 3
- Haynie, John W., 1836?-1897 2
- Mackay School of Mines 2
- Markleeville Flume Company 2
- Max C. Fleischmann College of Agriculture. Agricultural Experiment Station 2
- Mills, Darius O. (Darius Ogden), 1825-1910 2
- Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology 2
- Newlands Project (U.S.) 2
- Sanborn Map Company 2
- United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs 2
- United States. Indian Claims Commission 2
- Whittell, George, 1881-1969 2
- Adams, James E. (James Edward), 1898- 1
- Anderson, Charles L. (Charles Lewis), 1827-1910 1
- Archer, W. Andrew (William Andrew), 1894-1973 1
- Arthur Brant Laboratory for Exploration Geophysics 1
- Bailey, Vernon, 1864-1942 1
- Baldrica, Alice M. 1
- Barrett, S. A. (Samuel Alfred), 1879-1965 1
- Barrett, Stanley R. 1
- Bell, Walter L., 1924- 1
- Bertrand, John R. (John Raney), 1914- 1
- Billings, W. D. (William Dwight), 1910-1997 1
- Bliss family 1
- Bliss, Duane L. 1
- Bliss, W. S. (William Seth), 1865-1941 1
- Bliss, William W. (William Walter), 1924- 1
- Brennen, C. A., 1894- 1
- Brown, Grafton Tyler, 1841-1918 1
- Brown, Laura 1
- Bruce, Martha 1
- Brunswick Exploration Company 1
- Brunswick Mining Company 1
- Bryant, Jim (Local historian) 1
- Buckman, Thomas E. 1
- Bunyan, Paul (Legendary character) 1
- C & C Shaft Company 1
- California Mining Company (Virginia City, Nev.) 1
- Campbell, Samuel 1
- Carson Water Company 1
- Cashman, Patricia Hughes 1
- Church, James Edward, Jr., 1869-1959 1
- Clark, Walter E. (Walter Ernest), 1873-1955 1
- Consolidated California and Virginia Mining Company 1
- Consolidated Virginia Mining Company 1
- Cook, Eliza, 1856-1947 1
- Cook, Sherburne Friend, 1896-1974 1
- Creel, C. W. 1
- Cutter, Donald C. 1
- D'Azevedo, Warren L. 1
- Dangberg, Grace, 1896-1985 1
- Desert Crystal Salt Company 1
- Doten, Samuel B. (Samuel Bradford), 1875-1955 1
- Dukes, Claude, 1914-1984 1
- Dukes, Harry C. 1
- Dukes, Lynne 1
- Eureka Consolidated Mining Company 1
- Eureka and Palisade Railroad 1
- Eureka and Palisade Railway 1
- Eureka-Nevada Railway 1
- Fair, James Graham, 1831-1894 1
- Federal Water Master Nevada 1
- Fernley and Lassen Railway Company 1
- Fleming, Charles E. 1
- Flood, James Clair, 1826-1888 1
- Frei, Milt 1
- Fruit Growers Supply Company 1
- Frémont, John Charles, 1813-1890 1
- Full, R. P. (Roy P.) 1
- Gianella, Vincent Paul, 1886-1983 1
- Gifford, Edward Winslow, 1887-1959 1
- Glasscock, Harry A 1
- Glenbrook Company 1
- Glenbrook Inn (Glenbrook, Nev.) 1
- Golden Crown Mining Company 1
- Groom Nevada Lead Mines Company 1
- Groom Southend Mining Company 1
- Hardman, George 1
- Harmon, Robert Grant 1
- Hart, Red (John) 1
- Hartman, Leon Wilson, 1876-1943 1
- Hawthorne Milling, Cyanide, and Mining Company 1
- Headley, F. B., 1878-1957 1
- Heizer, Robert F. (Robert Fleming), 1915-1979 1
- Holabird Western Americana Collections, LLC 1
- Hoyt, Homer, 1895-1984 1
- Hudson, John W., 1857-1936 1
- Hutchison, C. B. (Claude Burton), 1885-1980 1
- Inter-Tribal Council of Nevada 1
- Inyo Development Company 1
- James, Roy, active 20th century 1
- James, S. E. (Miner) 1
- Jewell Heights (Resort) 1
- John, Barton 1
- Johnson, Golamae 1
- Johnson, J. R., active 1872 1
- Johnston, Annie Bronn 1
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