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John Ensign U.S. Senatorial Papers
Collection
Identifier: 2013-11
Abstract
John Ensign served in the United State Congress from 1994-1998 and the U.S. Senate from 2000 until his resignation in 2011. He served on the following Senate Committees: Budget; Finance; Armed Services; Commerce, Science, and Transportation; Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP); Veterans Affairs; Homeland Security and Government Affairs; Small Business and Entrepreneurship; Rules and Administration; and Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs. The collection covers Ensign's career as a...
Dates:
1987-2011
Lake Tahoe elevations data for 1888-1989
Collection
Identifier: 90-33
Abstract
This table of yearly highs and lows of Lake Tahoe elevations was compiled by Alton and Mary Ellen Glass from U.S.G.S. Water Supply papers and records of the U.S. District Court Water Master, Reno.
Dates:
1990
University of Nevada, Reno, Bureau of Governmental Research Collection of Pyramid Lake Water Controversy Records
Collection
Identifier: NC1202
Abstract
The collection includes legal briefs in the case of the U.S. and Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe vs. Truckee-Carson Irrigation District; correspondence, reports and notes on the California-Nevada Interstate Compact for Lake Tahoe, much of which was authored by Robert Leland; material on the Newlands Project; legal briefs in the case of the U.S. vs the Alpine Land and Reservoir Company; minutes of the Pyramid Lake Task Force; and materials related to deeding water rights to the tribe, from...
Dates:
1969-1979
Sierra Club Records
Collection
Identifier: NC1260
Abstract
The Sierra Club is a California based national organization devoted to preserving nature for future generations. Organized about 1890 in San Francisco, the club issues a Bulletin and publishes books about nature; they also investigate and lobby to prevent damage to the wilderness. Divided into chapters and subgroups based on geography. Richard Sill served on the national board of directors and executive committee from 1967-1971, on the executive board of the Toiyabe Chapter (Nevada), and as...
Dates:
1899-1979
Sierra Pacific Power Company Records
Collection
Identifier: NC1195
Abstract
The Sierra Pacific Power Company supplied electrical power and water to most of northern Nevada and parts of eastern California. The collection contains contract agreements between individuals and companies with Sierra Pacific Power Company for electrical, water and gas utilities work mainly in parts of Northern Nevada, and in California around Lake Tahoe from 1934-1962.
Dates:
1934-1962
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- Farquhar, Francis P. (Francis Peloubet), 1887-1974 1
- Glass, Alton E., 1893-1966 1
- Glass, Mary Ellen, 1927- 1
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