Art, Basque -- Nevada

Abstract The sheep owners in the Carson and Washoe valleys of Nevada sent their flocks and herders up into the Sierra mountain meadows every spring. The herders were Basques, and they took readily to the mountain terrain that was like their own Pyrenees, where, for untold ages, their ancestors had guarded sheep.Frances R. Wallace and Hans Reiss, the artists behind the drawings, called the collection "Basquos," though also believed that the collection should have been subtitled "Aspen...

Abstract In 1967 a small Basque studies program was established within the social sciences division of the Great Basin Institute. Originally established to study the Basques as an integral part of the sheep industry that had influenced the development of the Intermountain West, over time (and since incorporated officially into the University of Nevada, Reno), the Center for Basque Studies has become the leading research and educational institute of its kind outside the European Basque homeland. The...

Content Description

Five video files created from the digitization of silent Super 8 of raw footage from the Elko Basque Festival 1979. The videos contain images of the sports demostrations like weight lifting (harrijasotzaileak and txinga-eramatea), tug of war (sokatira), Basque ball (pelota) and aizkolariak; dances and dancers; audience; the bread contest and the luncheon.

Scope and Contents

The collection contains handwritten manuscripts and drafts, both in Basque and English, of Joan Errea's published and unpublished work, plus a small selection of memorabilia.