Informational works
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Jean Ford Papers
Collection
Identifier: 89-19
Abstract
Imogene Evelyn Young (Jean) Ford (1929-1998) served in the Nevada State Assembly (1972-19760 and in the Nevada State Senate from Clark County, District 3 (1977-1982). The collection includes clippings, correspondence, and political handouts for Mary L. Gojack's 1982 campaign for U.S. Congresswoman from Nevada, and 1988 Nevada campaigns for local and federal offices; and printed materials on the Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, women's rights and legal status, age and sex...
Dates:
1970-1988
Joy Leland Research Materials
Collection
Identifier: 96-07
Abstract
The Joy Leland Research Materials contains grant funded research materials on alcoholism of urban Nevada female Indians and publications presented about the findings. Also research materials collected for the biography of Frederick West Lander, explorer and soldier who led or participated in five transcontinental surveys for transportation routes (1853-1860). Research materials on Lander were gathered by Joy Leland, Alice Baldrica, and Mavis Shahrani and published as Frederick West Lander:...
Dates:
1979-1994
Department of Public Safety Records
Collection
Identifier: AC 0606
Abstract
The records are composed of two Parking Division brochures and an undated campus map.
Dates:
1984-1985
Ann Ronald Papers
Collection
Identifier: 2008-02
Abstract
The Ann Ronald Papers contain materials that cover Ronald's tenure as a professor and administrator at the University of Nevada, Reno as well as her role as a leading scholar and author in the fields of nature writing and ecocriticism. A lifelong member of the Western Literature Association, many of Ronald's books, articles, and essays describe the places and landscapes of the American West, especially Nevada. Materials include book manuscript drafts, research notes, promotional items,...
Dates:
1839-2017; Majority of material found within 1970-2008
University of Nevada, Reno, Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs Records
Collection
Identifier: AC 0140
Abstract
In July 1982, UNR President Joe Crowley directed the Vice President for Academic Affairs, Richard O. Davies, to do a comprehensive program review. A summary, "An Agenda for Excellence, Academic Planning in a Time of Limited Resources: the Final Report of the Comprehensive Program Review", was released in 1983. The report sought to: provide effective and efficient institutional management; establish institutional priorities; allocate resources; provide institutional planning; and assure...
Dates:
1982-1983