- Books — over 20,000 volumes of historical, rare, and artists' books New books
- Manuscripts - records about area families, individuals, politicians, writers, organizations, businesses
- Architectural records - local architects and building plans
- Photograph collection - over 200,000 photos, many available online
- Historical maps - regional maps dating from the 1840s
Specialized Collections
- Book Arts Collection
- Lake Tahoe Resources
- Great Basin Indians
- Robert Burns Collection
- George Stewart Collection
- Nevada Women's Archives
- Historical Campus Images online
About Us
Links
The Special Collections and University Archives Department houses, preserves, and provides access to unique, specialized, and historically significant resources in a variety of formats to support research, teaching and learning at the University of Nevada, Reno.
Most of the materials in Special Collections pertain to the history and cultures of Nevada and the Great Basin. University Archives preserves the history of the university in documents, photographs, books, and memorabilia.
The catalog lists collections in the Special Collections Department and University Archives, as well as books and other materials the library owns or that you may access.
This keyword search looks for words IN the title, author, subjects and notes in the catalog record.
For more search options, search the Library Catalog directly.
Photograph Database
More information about the Photograph Collection
Manuscript Finding Aids
More information about Manuscript Finding Aids
Architectural Records
More information about Architectural Records
News
"Behind the Doors of Special Collections"
is the cover story in the Summer issue of the Friends
of the Library Newsletter.
Exhibit Celebrating Mackay Centennial
Special Collections is exhibiting
historical materials selected from the holdings of the University Archives documenting the history
of the Mackay School of Mines to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the school.
The exhibit will run through May and can be viewed from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m in the Special Collections Department. The shiny new coin shown above was made possible by a generous contribution from Coeur d'Alene Mines Corporation. Photo by Jean Dixon.
Working in Getchell Library 1962-2008
Photographs and artifacts from the opening of Getchell Library through the present
are now on display in Special Collections.
Catalog cards and electric erasers are some of the quaint reminders of
a non-digital past, when researchers had to
visit the building to find information.
New Access to Black History Photographs
Photographs from the Black History Project are now listed and
searchable through the Special Collections Photograph Database.
These 1,107 photos were collected and organized in the 1990s to
document the achievements of African Americans in Nevada in the last
half of the twentieth century. The
online guide provides brief descriptions. Search the entire database and order
copies of photos through the Special Collections Photos page.
Digital Collections
![[Image: Special Collections Photo Collection, image of opening page for website and link to digital photo collection]](images/photocollthm.jpg)
Photograph Collection
![[Image: Images of Lake Tahoe]](images/tahoethm.jpg)
Images of Lake Tahoe
![[Image: Sagebrush Vernacular, image of barn and link to digital photo collection]](images/sagethm.jpg)
Sagebrush Vernacular
![[Image: Lincoln and Victory Highways in Nevada, image of opening page for website and link to digital photo collection]](images/lincolnthm.jpg)
Just Passin' Through
![[Image: Art Collection of the University of Nevada, image of opening page for website and link to digital photo collection]](images/artcollthm.jpg)
Art Collection
![[Image: Olga Reifschneider Collection, image of opening page for website and link to digital photo collection]](images/reifthm.jpg)
Reifschneider Photos
Please direct questions to Donnelyn Curtis
Updated 2 May 2008
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