Pyramid Lake (Nev.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 22 Collections and/or Records:

Arrowhead D Ranch Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: NC1401
Abstract

The Arrowhead D Ranch was located at Sutcliff, Pyramid Lake, Nevada. It was owned by William Shepherd Dana and Ella Marian Lindley. The collection contains photographs of the ranch buildings, land surrounding the ranch, and individuals on horseback.

Dates: 1930s
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department / Arrowhead D Ranch Photograph Collection

Mary Cutlip Bean Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 95-10
Abstract Mary Cutlip Bean (1939- ), was born in Reno, Nevada and raised at the Pyramid Lake Guest Ranch where her parents, Wayne and Bernice (Hood) Cutlip, worked as a wrangler and secretary, respectively. The collection includes materials related to the Pyramid Lake Guest Ranch (also known as the Sage Dude Ranch); horse breeding; Wayne and Bernice Cutlip; ranch owners Alva Lasalle (Beau) Kitselman, Marjorie Kitselman Hanson Rautzahn, and Leslie Kitselman Figeroa; ranch manager and horse breeder...
Dates: 1934-1967
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department / Mary Cutlip Bean Papers

Postcard to Lida Cook

 Collection
Identifier: 2017-57
Abstract

Rachel Updyke was born in Greenwood, New York and moved as a teacher to Pyramid, Nevada between 1900 and 1910. The collection contains one postcard written by Rachel to Lida Cook on January 23, 1910. Rachel talks about living on the edge of a lake, which we know from the postmark is Pyramid Lake.

Dates: 1910 January 23
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department / Postcard to Lida Cook

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
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department / Harry Wilmot Drackert Papers

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
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department / Claude Dukes Collection of Federal Water Master's Office Records

Friends of Pyramid Lake Records

 Collection
Identifier: 94-54
Abstract "Friends of Pyramid" was a Nevada non-profit organization incorporated in 1982 to support and work in concert with the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe to protect and preserve the unique resources of Pyramid Lake and its environs. Included are minutes, agendas, correspondence, position papers, membership rolls, special events files, articles about Pyramid Lake, correspondence with other environmental organizations, subject files, and clippings. Dates range from 1968-1997 with the majority of...
Dates: 1968-1997; Majority of material found within 1982-1997
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department / Friends of Pyramid Lake Records

Charles E. Hancock Collection of Nevada water Court Cases

 Collection
Identifier: 91-54
Abstract

This collection consists of court documents for the case which involved water rights to the Truckee River in Nevada and a reconsideration of the Orr Water Ditch decree, and for the appeal cases which arose from that litigation. The collection Includes motions, interrogatories, answers and objections, notices, memorandum, lists of witnesses and experts, opinions of the litigants and the courts. Created by Charles E. Hancock between 1974-1986.

Dates: 1974-1986
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department / Charles E. Hancock Collection of Nevada water Court Cases

John Albert Marshall Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 90-16
Abstract

Letters to and from Marshall, Carlton Kendall, and Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr. regarding operation of the Desert Inn as a "divorce ranch' and sportsman's club, and Marshall's attempts to sell the property.

Dates: 1933-1934
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department / John Albert Marshall Papers

University of Nevada, Reno, Office of the President Records

 Collection
Identifier: AC 0052
Abstract The president is the chief administrative officer of the University of Nevada, Reno. Duties and responsibilities are prescribed by the Board of Regents and may be assisted in the conduct of the duties of the office by vice-presidents and other administrators. The president may also establish and appoint boards and committees. In 1965-1968, the position title was "Chancellor" instead of "President." The collection contains correspondence, reports, campus publications, and other records from...
Dates: 1916-1983
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. University Archives / University of Nevada, Reno, Office of the President Records

A Partial Review of Israel Cook Russell's Geologic History of Lake Lahontan (1885) in Respect to Several More Recent Geologic Publications

 Collection
Identifier: 89-38
Abstract

Report comparing Russell's book on the geologic history of Lake Lahontan, Nevada, with later works centering on the origin of the name, the level of Pyramid Lake and its relationship with Winnemucca Lake, and theories of tufa formation as related to the age of Pyramid Lake.

Dates: 1981
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department / A Partial Review of Israel Cook Russell's Geologic History of Lake Lahontan (1885) in Respect to Several More Recent Geologic Publications