Humboldt River (Nev.)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:
James Edward Church Papers
Collection
Identifier: NC96
Overview
James Edward Church, Jr.(1869-1959) was a Ph.D and classics professor at the University of Reno, Nevada. Collection contains Church's personal and professional correspondence to and from people and organizations connected with snow surveying, notes, reports, manuscripts (published and unpublished); also personal mementos, diaries, maps and artifacts. Also included is Florence Humphrey Church's correspondence with the Nevada Federation of Women's Clubs.
Dates:
1869-1964
Diary of an Unknown Scout
Collection
Identifier: NC306
Abstract
Copy of a diary kept by an anonymous author on a journey from St. Joseph to Cedarville, California by way of the Humboldt and Carson Rivers in Nevada. Also included are letters, 1938-1966 from Ralph L. Phelps and Dale L. Morgan regarding the provenance of the diary and geographical details, and a typescript by Phelps.
Dates:
1854; 1938-1966
Economic feasibility of upper-stream storage on the Humboldt River watershed
Collection
Identifier: 90-78
Abstract
A report to the Upper-Humboldt River Water Storage Committee to provide information regarding the economic feasibility of implementing the Army Engineers' proposed flood control and irrigation project of 1948 which was authorized by the Flood Control Act of 1950.
Dates:
1958
Humboldt River Basin flood, February 9-13, 1962
Collection
Identifier: 95-97
Abstract
Harry Nelson was an employee of the U.S Department of Agriculture field party, Humboldt Basin Survey. Report details the extent of flooding and damage caused by the Humboldt River, Feb. 9-13, 1962, between Elko and Battle Mountain, Nevada.
Dates:
1962
In This Land: A History of the Lamoille Area of Elko County, Nevada, 1865-1965
Collection
Identifier: NC357
Overview
A study of what was originally Lamoille Precinct of Lander County, Nevada including Lamoille, Pleasant Valley, Fort Halleck, and Halleck Station. The author discusses the development of the Lamoille region, including the areas of business, medicine, mining, ranching, water problems on the Humboldt River, and fraternal and other organizations.
Dates:
1965
Diary of Henry Mann
Collection
Identifier: NC384
Abstract
Diary covers Mann's journey from Wyoming to California via the Humboldt and Truckee Rivers, Nevada. The collection contains material from June 21-September 18, 1849 created by Henry R. Mann.
Dates:
June 21-September 18, 1849
Max C. Fleischmann College of Agriculture, Agricultural Experiment Station Records
Collection
Identifier: AC 0184
Overview
The Agricultural Experiment Station began with the 1887 Hatch Act to develop agricultural research and education. In 1918, Samuel B. Doten, Station director, hired George Hardman and put him in charge of the Station farm and on the faculty. Hardman worked on an irrigation investigation of the Humboldt River, 1919-1921, and on soil experiments both in Reno and Las Vegas, Nevada. The collection primarily documents George Hardman's tenure with the Nevada Experiment Station, 1919-1934, and includes...
Dates:
1926-1943
Transcript of proceedings of the public hearing held on the Humboldt River and Tributaries
Collection
Identifier: 90-79
Abstract
The purpose of this hearing, held in Winnemucca, Nevada was to discuss the authorized Humboldt River Project of 1950 which would provide flood control and reservoirs for irrigation along the Humboldt River in Nevada. The collection contains material from February 5, 1962 created by the United States Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District.
Dates:
February 5, 1962
Collection on Tree-Growth Research in the Truckee River Basin, California-Nevada
Collection
Identifier: AC 0193
Abstract
In 1936, the Nevada Agricultural Experiment Station published Bulletin No. 141, the relationship between tree-growth and stream runoff in the Truckee River Basin, California-Nevada, by George Hardman and Orvis E. Reil. Using an increment borer, a small section of the tree was removed to be dated, counted, measured and correlated for comparison between tree-growth, precipitation, and stream runoff. Collection contains tree ring data and includes the physical increment cores removed from the...
Dates:
1935-1936
Utica Bullion Mining Company Records
Collection
Identifier: 98-32
Abstract
The bulk of this collection consists of correspondence to Samuel Campbell from Walter Schmidt, providing reports of mining and milling operations of the Utica Bullion Mining Company and of the operations of the Desert Crystal Salt Company. Other documents contained in the collection include legal documents such as contracts, mining laws, water and mineral claims, deeds, agreements, abstracts of title, certificate of incorporation, bylaws, and court orders (1864-1911).
Dates:
1864-1911