Nevada -- Race relations

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

University of Nevada, Reno, Bureau of Governmental Research Records

 File
Identifier: AC 0259
Abstract The Bureau of Governmental Research was established in 1959 as a research and service arm of the history and political science department to provide opportunities for staff and students to engage in research projects to advance the understanding of the governmental process, and to gather information concerning state and local government. The collection conatins manuscripts and drafts, data, correspondence, transcribed interviews, and reports developed for bureau publications, including the...
Dates: 1960-1979
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. University Archives / University of Nevada, Reno, Bureau of Governmental Research Records

Honorary Degree Recipients Records

 Collection
Identifier: AC 0295
Abstract

The first honorary degree was awarded in 1888, to Hannah K. Clapp. In the minutes of the Board of Regents, August 15, 1888, is recorded that "Upon Resolution it was ordered that the degree of M.A. be conferred upon Professor Hannah K. Clapp by the Board of Regents." This collection contains files on honorary degree and distinguished Nevada recipients, 1937-1969. The information includes brief biographical sketches of the recipients, correspondence, and photographs.

Dates: 1937-1969
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. University Archives / Honorary Degree Recipients Records

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
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department / Reno Area Human Relations Council Records

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
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department / Elmer R. Rusco Collection on Ethnicity and Race in Nevada

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
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department / Elmer R. Rusco Collection on Ethnicity and Race in Nevada