Irrigation -- Nevada

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:

Max C. Fleischmann College of Agriculture, Agricultural Experiment Station Records

 Collection
Identifier: AC 0277
Abstract The Nevada Agricultural Experiment Station was created in 1887, with an emphasis on experimental work, and studies of the economic problems of agriculture. The collection primarily consists of farm account data on specific Nevada farms and ranches, identifying names and location of farm owner, and contain crop histories, information on operations before and after planting and harvest, irrigation data, livestock reports, cash statements, pasturage reports, and information on farm produce used...
Dates: 1926-1937
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. University Archives / Max C. Fleischmann College of Agriculture, Agricultural Experiment Station Records

Agricultural Experiment Station Reports

 Collection
Identifier: 88-23
Abstract

Includes reports on Nevada agricultural economics and management, including topics dealing with range and forest management in Nevada and northeastern California flood control irrigation the Carson, Truckee, Muddy, and Colorado Rivers grazing, the state Planning Board Water Facilities Act and the Purnell Act.

Dates: 1925-1944
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department / Agricultural Experiment Station Reports

Trenmor Coffin Papers

 Collection
Identifier: NC06
Abstract Trenmor Coffin was a lawyer, businessman, and Nevada State Assemblyman, of Carson City, Nevada. Collection contains correspondence, legal cases, and papers connected with Coffin's political activity in Nevada (1892-1898) as a member of the Republican State Central Committee and supporter of the Free Silver ticket. The correspondence relates to cases in which Coffin or his legal firm participated, to his business interests in irrigation enterprises, and to the personal affairs of Coffin and...
Dates: 1864-1927
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department / Trenmor Coffin Papers

Irrigation development in Nevada

 Collection
Identifier: 91-03
Abstract

Transcript of a speech by an unknown Nevada author analysing the history of water allocation in California and Nevada, the Reclamation Act of 1902 and changes it would make in Nevada state government, and possibilities available through Nevada's Newlands Project.

Dates: circa 1904
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department / Irrigation development in Nevada

Report of Irrigation Investigations, Duty of Water on Meadow Lands

 Collection
Identifier: 89-20
Abstract

Report based on work in Elko County, Nevada, which investigated how much water was being used to raise good crops of grass hay near Lamoille, Lee, and in Star Valley near Deeth. The collection contains material from 1917 created by H.T. McQuiston.

Dates: 1917
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department / Report of Irrigation Investigations, Duty of Water on Meadow Lands

Leland Smith Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2008-11
Abstract

Leland Seymour Smith (1878-1975) was an expert botanist who worked for the USDA Forest Service in the early 1900s. The collection primarily contains publications regarding forestry; botany; range, livestock, and wildlife management; snow and winter recreation; and water and irrigation. The collection also includes subject files and a photograph album of the Eastern Sierra Nevada Mountains.

Dates: 1895-1965
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department / Leland Smith Papers

Max C. Fleischmann College of Agriculture, Agricultural Experiment Station Records

 Collection
Identifier: AC 0184
Abstract 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...
Dates: 1926-1943
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. University Archives / Max C. Fleischmann College of Agriculture, Agricultural Experiment Station Records

Max C. Fleischmann College of Agriculture Records

 Collection
Identifier: AC 0288
Abstract Records are arranged into three divisions, the College of Agriculture, the Cooperative Extension Service, and the Agricultural Experiment Station. Records include correspondence with the deans and directors of the divisions; correspondence with university presidents and county agents; information of the Newlands Project, and the Nevada Farm Bureau; project reports; information on personnel; budgets; experiment record books; letterpress books; photographs; maps and graphs. Also included are...
Dates: 1889-1965
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. University Archives / Max C. Fleischmann College of Agriculture Records

Max C. Fleischmann College of Agriculture Records

 Collection
Identifier: AC 0298
Abstract The College of Agriculture and the Agricultural Experiment Station began in 1887, under the auspices of the Hatch Act. This collection consist of various records of the College of Agriculture, Nevada Cooperative Extension Service, and Experiment Station, 1915-1987, with the bulk of the records 1960s-1970s. The majority of records are annual reports, research reports, and programs of work. Also included is general correspondence; a history of the Max C. Fleischmann College of Agriculture,...
Dates: 1890-2015
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. University Archives / Max C. Fleischmann College of Agriculture Records

The place of irrigated pastures in Nevada agriculture

 Collection
Identifier: 95-82
Abstract

Presentation by Forrest M. Willhite discusses crop rotation, the relation of water availability to the number of livestock which can be supported, economics, establishment of pasture rotation, grass types, rotation grazing, maintenance of soil fertility, and pasture productivity as related to Nevada agriculture (1938). Wilhite was superintendent of the Newlands Field Station in Fallon, Nevada.

Dates: 1938
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department / The place of irrigated pastures in Nevada agriculture