Walker River (Nev.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

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

 Collection
Identifier: AC 0239
Abstract In 1887, when the Hatch Act provided federal funds, the Nevada Agricultural Experiment Station was created by the Board of Regents. From the beginning, there was an emphasis on experimental work and extension services. It expanded its services under the Adams Act in 1906, and in 1925 the Purnell Fund was established for the further endowment of the experiment stations. The collections contains records of the Agricultural Experiment Station and agricultural issues. The majority of the...
Dates: 1921-1966
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. University Archives / Max C. Fleischmann College of Agriculture, Agricultural Experiment Station Records

Certificate of incorporation

 Collection
Identifier: 99-07
Abstract

The Walker River Power Company was a Nevada corporation which was organized to produce electric power from the Walker River. Certificate of incorporation stating that the articles of incorporation were filed with the Nevada Secretary of State. Material from July 10, 1909.

Dates: July 10, 1909
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department / Certificate of incorporation

Patrick Gallagher Papers

 Collection
Identifier: NC718
Abstract

This small collection includes letters and receipts of Patrick Gallagher. The collection contains material from 1886-1941 created by Patrick Gallagher.

Dates: 1886-1941
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department / Patrick Gallagher Papers

Records of the President of the University of Nevada, Reno, Milton D. Glick

 Collection
Identifier: AC 0554
Abstract Dr. Milton D. Glick was born in Memphis, Tennessee, on July 30, 1937. He obtained his doctorate degree in chemistry at the University of Wisconsin in Madison and married Peggy Porter in 1965. Dr. Glick joined the chemistry faculty at Wayne State University in Detroit, where he eventually became Chair of the Department of Chemistry and published 99 research articles. The Records of the President of the University of Nevada, Reno, Milton D. Glick, include bylaws, capital improvement studies,...
Dates: 1999-2013
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. University Archives / Records of the President of the University of Nevada, Reno, Milton D. Glick

Public Resource Associates Records

 Collection
Identifier: 2006-05
Abstract Records cover the various initiatives, activities, and efforts of both the Public Resource Foundation (1982) and later Public Resource Associates (1988) to effect environmental change on the national and local levels through grassroots planning and lobbying. Materials date from 1919-2012 with the bulk of the material covering the mid-1980s-2012. The major areas of emphasis in this collection are the work to reform the 1872 Mining Law, public lands management, and conservation and...
Dates: 1919-2013; Majority of material found within 1985-2012
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department / Public Resource Associates Records

A thousand miles of desert and mountains: a prospecting trip across Nevada and over the Sierras

 Collection
Identifier: 91-48
Abstract

Josephine C. Scott was married to miner and prospector, George R. Scott. She wrote about mining and construction in Nevada. Collection contains three volumes (of the original 4 volumes) depict the Scott's prospecting journey through southern Nevada, Death Valley, eastern California/western Nevada along the Walker River, and through Bridgeport over Sonora Pass. Created between March 14-September 9, 1914.

Dates: March 14-September 9, 1914
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department / A thousand miles of desert and mountains: a prospecting trip across Nevada and over the Sierras