Water Manuscript Collections
For more complete information on these collections please see the following sources:
- Printed guides for many of these collections in Special Collections Department
- The University Library's online catalog
Allen, Robert A. Papers, 1893-1960. 5 cu. ft. 284 maps. NC97 Finding aid available
Bible, Alan Papers, 1953-1974. 320 cu. ft. Photographs. NC1 Finding aid available
Biltz, Norman Henry Papers, 1933-1973. .5 cu. ft. NC465 Finding aid available
Boardman, Horace Prentiss Papers, 1907-1951; 1963. 27 v. and 5 l. NC1126
Bodie Wood and Lumber Company Records, 1877-1880. .5 cu. ft. NC716 Finding aid available
Carnelian Bay Water Company Records, 1929 1978. 2 cu. ft. 86 1
Carson and Tahoe Lumber and Fluming Company Records, 1864-1946. 30 cu. ft. NC72 Finding aid available
Carson Water Company Records, 1889 1914. 18 items. NC354
Church, James Edward Papers, 1889-1959. 71 cu. ft. Photographs. NC97 Finding aid available
Clifford, Mary V. Applications for Permits to Appropriate the Public Waters of the State of Nevada, Feb. 17, 1917. 3 items. 89-81
Comstock Mill and Mining Company Records, 1889. 1 item. NC135
Couston, John W. Economic Feasibility Study of Upper-Stream Storage on the Humboldt River Watershed, [1958]. 33 l. 90-78
Dangberg, Frederick Decree of Court, 1872. 1 item. NC722
Dukes, Claude Papers, 1926 1984. 17 cu. ft. Photographs. 84 11 Finding aid available
English Mill Ditch Company (Reno, Nev.) Correspondence, 1942. 2 items. NC1125
Freeman, John W. Papers, 1889-1940. 25 items. NC538
Gardella, Louie A. Papers, 1939-1980. 2.5 cu. ft. 83-06 Finding aid available
Genoa Flume Company Records, 1874-1897. 7 items. NC1000
Glass, Alton E. Lake Tahoe Elevations, 1888-1989; 1990. 2 items. 90-33
Goldfield Consolidated Water Company Records, 1908. 3 items. NC1193
Hancock, Charles E. Nevada Water Court Cases, 1974-1986. 5.5 cu. ft. 91-54 Finding aid available
Irrigation Development in Nevada, ca 1904. 14 l. 91-03
Jack's Valley Flume Company Records, 1899 1903. 5 items. NC1174
Kennedy, Clyde C. Specifications for Outfall Sewer and Sewage Treatment Plant, City of Sparks, Nevada, 1930. 1 v. NC1228
Knisley, Ray Lake Tahoe Reminiscences, 1971. 1 cassette tape and 17 l. NC805
Lake Tahoe Area Council Records, ca 1959-1979. 46 cu. ft. NC1200 Lake Tahoe Protective Association Arguments of Lake Tahoe Protective Association Against the Six Feet of Storage-Capacity Asked for by the U.S. Reclamation Service on Lake Tahoe, 1913. 39 l. NC1169
Lake Tahoe Area Research Co ordination Board Records, ca 1970 1976. 11 cu. ft. 82 7
Leland, Robert Papers, 1955-1973. 24 cu. ft. Photographs. NC1035 Finding aid available
Lugaski, Thomas A Partial Review of Israel Cook Russell's Geologic History of Lake Lahontan (1885) in Respect to Several More Recent Geologic Publications, [1981]. 28 l. 89-38
McDonald, Joseph F. Collection, 1911 1970. 21 cu. ft. NC429 Finding aid available
Mackay, Fair and Company Records, 1871 1887. 1.5 cu. ft. NC95
McQuiston, H.T. Report of Irrigation Investigations, Duty of Water on Meadow Lands, 1917. 31 l. 89-20
Marker, P.N. Records, 1879 1876. 1 folder. NC1185
Markleeville Flume Company Records, 1872 1875. .5 cu. ft. NC120 Finding aid available
Marshall, John Albert Papers, 1933-1934. 46 items. 90-16
Mayer, Robert S. Papers, 1983-1986. .25 cu. ft. 90-24
Means, Thomas M. Papers, 1906 1924. 15 items. NC482
Montgomery Shoshone Mines Company Records, 1905-1940. 1 v. and 13 l. 90-06
Nappe, Tina Negotiating the Future of Wildlife: Saving Wetlands and Fish Along the Truckee River, 1991. 8 l. 92-22
Nevada Flume Company Records, 1874 1882. 1 folder. NC1186
Newlands, Francis Griffith Papers, 1891-1902. 4 rolls microfilm. 87-7
Owens Valley Indian Land Exchange Records, 1930-1936. .5 cu. ft. 82 29
Pacific Livestock Co. vs. T.B. Rickey et al Records, ca 1902 1919. 8 cu. ft. 82 26
Pacific Wood, Lumber and Flume Company. Records, 1869-1904. 1 cu. ft. NC90 Records, 1865-1981. .5 cu. ft. Photographs. 89-29 Finding aids available
Parker and Tobey Records, 1878-1896. 1 cu. ft. NC1176
Patterson, Edna Burke In this Land; a History of the Lamoille Area of Elko County, Nevada, 1865-1965; 1965. 1 v. and 1 reel microfilm. NC357
Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe Records, 1930-1979. 12 cu. ft. NC16 Finding aid available
Roberts, A.B. Reports of Competitive Value of Falling Water for Primary Energy at Boulder Dam in Competition with Steam Power at the Load Center in Southern California, 1938. 43 l. 89-12
Ross, Silas Earl Papers, 1869-1975. 3 cu. ft. NC820 Records, 1866-1914. 1 reel microfilm of 22 items. 89-56 Finding aids available
Round Mountain Water and Power Company Deeds, 1907. 16 items. 89-102
Settelmeyer, Fred H. Papers, 1955-1971. 3 cu. ft. NC459 Finding aid available
Settelmeyer, H. William Certificates of Appropriation of Water, April 10, 1905. 6 items. 90-05 Shamberger, Hugh A. Abstract of Nevada Testimony, Colorado River Case, 1958. 2 v. NC883
Shoshone Polaris Mining Company Records, 1905-1910. 1 v. 90-07
Sierra Nevada Wood and Lumber Company Records, 1880 1882. 1 v. NC1187
Sierra Pacific Power Company Records, 1934-1962. 3 cu. ft. NC1195
Smith, Alfred Merritt Papers, 1918-1961. 9 cu. ft. NC100
Squires, Charles Pemberton Las Vegas, Nevada; its Romance and History, 1955. 1 v. and 1 reel microfilm. NC356
Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, Walter E. Mackenzie Records, 1958-1980. 20 cu. ft. NC1060 Finding aid available
Thomas Canon Ditch and Flume Company Records, 1875. 4 items. NC734
Tonopah Sewer Corporation Map Book, ca 1909. 1 v. 90-69
Townley, John M. The Orr Ditch Case, 1913-1944; and The Truckee Basin Fishery, 1844-1944, 1980. 2 folders. NC1246
Truckee River General Electric Company Records, 1899-1915. 3 items. NC194
Union Mill and Mining Co. vs. H.F. Dangberg et al Records, 1889-1897. 3 cu. ft. 82 27 Finding aid available
United States. Circuit Court. 9th Circuit. Northern District of California John Anderson et al vs Henry Bassman. Decree, Nov. 27, 1905 89-76
United States. Corps of Engineers. Sacramento District Transcript of Proceedings of the Public Hearing Held on the Humboldt River and Tributaries, Feb. 5, 1962. 300 l. 90-79
United States vs. Alpine Land and Reservoir Company Records, ca 1925. 9 cu. ft. 82 28
United States vs. Orr Water Ditch Co. et al Records, ca 1913-1926. 10 cu. ft. 82 24
United States vs. Walker River Irrigation District Records, ca 1924-1939. 5 cu. ft. 82 25
University of Nevada, Reno. Bureau of Governmental Research Pyramid Lake Water Papers, 1969-1979. 1.25 cu. ft. NC1202
Van Horne, Bea The Pyramid Lake Controversy, 1970. 16 l. NC1132
Virginia and Gold Hill Water Company Records, 1864 1876. 1 folder. NC202
Washoe County (Nev.). Commissioners Request of the Sierra Pacific Power Company...Bonds...Financing Glendale Water Treatment Plant, July 25, 1975. 1 v. 89-48
Western Federal Regional Council. Lake Tahoe Working Group Report, Feb. 9, 1978. 40 l. 89-03
Western Snow Conference Records, 1933-1982. 5 cu. ft. NC442 Finding aid available
White, William Wallace Papers, 1904-1927. .5 cu. ft. NC455
White's Canon Ditch and Flume Extension Records, 1871 1872. 2 items. NC737

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