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Frederic J. DeLongchamps Architecture Records

 Collection
Identifier: NC1215
Abstract Frederic J. DeLongchamps (1882-1969) was a mining engineer and draftsman in Inyo County and Nevada State Architect. The collection includes drawings for projects designed by DeLongchamps and his firm and specifications for many of those projects. Project drawings may include preliminary sketches, presentation drawings, working drawings, and shop drawings. Specifications may include contracts and correspondence. The collection also contains a small amount of DeLongchamps' personal papers and...
Dates: 1899-1962

Harry Wilmot Drackert Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 91-49
Abstract

Harry (1904-1990) and Joan Deeley (1914-1991) Drackert owned and operated the Pyramid Lake Guest Ranch, the Donner Trails, Guest Ranch, the Silver Circle Guest Ranch, and Indian Territory, Inc. (store). The collection consists of records and papers of the Drackerts' three guest ranches and their store as well as papers of Harry Drackert's parents, Charles E. and Alice Richtmyer Drackert.

Dates: 1869-1994

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

Election materials, Reno, Nevada

 Collection
Identifier: 91-23
Abstract

Includes a ballot for the City of Reno general election of May 6, 1919, and a pamphlet from mayoral candidate Frank J. Byington for the same election.

Dates: 1919

Graham Erskine Architectural Drawings

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Identifier: NAA10
Abstract Graham Erskine was an architect who came to Reno, Nevada in 1946, and in 1957 founded the architectural firm Ferris and Erskine (also known as Ferris, Erskine and Calef in the early 1960s) with partner Lehman "Monk" Ferris. From 1970-1983 Erskine was partner with Esley D. Harden in the firm Erskine and Harden Architects; from 1984 until his death he worked as sole owner of Graham Erskine Architect. The collection consists of 91 projects dating from circa pre-1938 and 1949-1989. Erskine's...
Dates: circa 1938-1989; Majority of material found within 1949-1989

Graham Erskine Records

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Identifier: 83-08
Abstract

Graham Erskine (1911-1991) was an architect who came to Reno, Nevada in 1947 and was active in designing commercial and institutional buildings in Reno and Carson City during the middle twentieth century. His papers consist primarily with specifications and contracts for his architectural work as well as a small number of personal papers, and photographs. Materials from 1948-1989.

Dates: 1948-1989

Orlando Evans correspondence

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Identifier: 99-49
Abstract

Orlando Evans writes Miss Sarah Coop of North San Juan, California, who is considering a move to Reno, Nevada, about the potential for the growth of Reno; rich finds of gold and silver on Peavine Mt., northwest of Reno; salary and work potential for Edd; and housing availability. Evans was a resident of Reno, Nevada. Material from June 29, 1874.

Dates: June 29, 1874

Edward S. Feinhandler Papers

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Identifier: AC 0226
Abstract Edward Feinhandler was voted "Ugly Man" four times: 1967, 1970, 1971, and 1972. The Ugly Man contest was a University of Nevada, Reno, event to raise funds for charitable organizations. Feinhandler received local and national recognition including an appearance on the "To Tell the Truth" game show in 1975. This collection consists of copied materials, including a biography, newspaper clippings, an audio cassette recording of radio interviews, and a videocassette recording of television...
Dates: 1967-1991

Finding of no significant impact for Evans Creek watershed

 Collection
Identifier: 95-96
Abstract

William D. Goddard is a Nevada state conservationist. Report discusses the effect of a proposed flood control dam on Evans Creek watershed, north of McCarran Blvd. in Reno, Nevada. Material from May 5, 1994.

Dates: May 5, 1994

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

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