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Warren L. d'Azevedo Papers
Collection
Identifier: AC 0221
Abstract
Warren L. d'Azevedo was an Anthropology professor at the University of Nevada, Reno from 1963-1988. The collection consists of materials and records developed and used by d'Azevedo in both his University and non-University (Nevada) involvement and interest in ethnic and minority issues including with the University Human Relations Action Council (later Commission) which worked with the Nevada Equal Rights Commission, UNR Black Student Union, Race Relations Center of Reno, National...
Dates:
1959-1990; Majority of material found within 1959-1987
Warren L. d'Azevedo Collection
Collection
Identifier: AC 0397
Abstract
Warren L. d'Azevedo joined the faculty of the University of Nevada in 1963. The anthropology department was initiated under joint sponsorship with the Desert Research Institute. Originally combined with the psychology department and the sociology department, it became separate in 1963, but still received a joint position with the Desert Research Institute. This collection consists primarily of student papers and reports submitted for anthropology courses that focus on minority groups,...
Dates:
1954-1983
Warren L. d'Azevedo Records
Collection
Identifier: AC 0280
Abstract
Warren L. d'Azevedo (1920-2014) was Professor Emeritus and founder of the Anthropology Department of the University of Nev., Reno, whose studies focused on Indians of the Great Basin region of the United States, especially on the Washo Indians, and on Africa. The collections contains records used by d'Azevedo for the 1990 reprint of American Indian and Black Students at the University of Nevada, Reno: 1874-1974, originally published in 1975. Some materials in...
Dates:
1966-1988
Clel Georgetta Papers
Collection
Identifier: 99-42
Abstract
Clel Evan Georgetta (1901-1979) was White Pine County's Assemblyman for two terms and a member of the Nevada Republican State Central Committee (1935-1942). He was instrumental in passing the six-week divorce residency requirement and authored laws on range and water rights. The collection includes typescripts of Georgetta's fiction and non-fiction manuscripts, both published and unpublished, much of it based on Nevada themes, characters, and locales; personal diaries letters to daughter...
Dates:
1916-1979
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Reno-Sparks Branch Records
Collection
Identifier: NC18
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The collection contains administrative records such as minutes, financial documents, and membership rolls for The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Reno-Sparks Branch and The Society to Underwrite Racial Equality (SURE). In addition the series documents the status of racial discrimination in the Reno-Sparks area through the varied surveys and reports and materials from the national NAACP organization (1951-1965).
Dates:
1951-1965
Reno Area Human Relations Council Records
Collection
Identifier: NC531
Abstract
Primarily correspondence from council members David W. Heron and Russell Benedict regarding the Council's efforts to fight Nevada's civil rights problems.,Also included is a status report on the state-wide civil rights movement, 1964 demographics on Nevada, summaries of meeting minutes, and newspaper clippings.
Dates:
1964
Elmer R. Rusco Collection on Ethnicity and Race in Nevada
Collection
Identifier: 90-85
Abstract
Elmer Rusco was professor emeritus of the Political Science Department of the University of Nevada, Reno. The collection, a continuation of collection number 88-28, resulted from an ethnic studies class at University of Nevada, Reno in the fall 1988 semester. It includes reviews of movies, written papers, taped interviews and interview transcripts of the following ethnic or religious groups in Nevada: Afro-Americans, Japanese, Italians, Jews, Portuguese, Thais, Native Americans,...
Dates:
1988
Elmer R. Rusco Collection on Ethnicity and Race in Nevada
Collection
Identifier: 88-28
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.
Dates:
1958-1987
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