Diaries
Found in 23 Collections and/or Records:
Joseph T. McDonnell Papers
Jean S. McElrath Papers
Thomas Woodnutt Miller Papers
Alphratta Blanche Preston Papers
Alphratta Blanche Preston (1886-1977) was a French teacher and operated boarding houses in Reno, Nevada. The collection consists of Preston's diaries, correspondence with family members, personal papers, financial documents and ephemera.
Robert Martin Price Papers
Class notebooks from Price's studies at the University of California and daily journals of 1895, 1897, and 1899. The 1897 journal contains a supply list, recipes, and account of a hiking/camping trek in Yosemite with his wife Jennie, where they placed Sierra Club registers on mountain peaks.
Reservation Eyes
John Gilbertson was a teacher for Washoe County School District in Nevada from 1977-2009, retiring from Reno High School. He taught at Nixon High School (Nixon, Nevada) for one year from 1979-1980. This collection contains Gilbertson's transcribed teaching journal from the year spent at Nixon.
Ivan Sack Papers
Ivan Sack (1908-1985) was a forester and lecturer for the University of Nevada, Reno. The collection contains, predominantly, United States Forest Service material including daily diaries, manuscripts, reports and printed material.
Gordon A. Sampson Papers
Samuel Doten Fishing Journals
Samuel Bradford Doten (1875-1955) was born in Gold Hill, Nevada to Alfred and Mary Stoddard Doten. Doten taught at the University of Nevada, Reno from 1900 until his retirement in 1946 and served as the director of the Nevada Agricultural Experiment Station. He was an avid fisherman and kept a fishing journal from 1906-1951. Collection contains his journal and a small amount of additional materials, including correspondence and photographs, found in the journals.
Summer School Diary
The University of Nevada conducted its first Summer School in 1912. The students, all teachers, began a diary describing their experiences, including extracurricular activities in Reno, Virginia City, and at Lake Tahoe. The diary was continued by the Summer School students of 1913 and 1914.