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	Images of Lake Tahoe Lake Tahoe has been called the jewel of the Sierra. The 1,000+ images in this collection represent only a small portion of the photographic images of Lake Tahoe held by the Special Collections Department of the UNR Library.
	Sagebrush Vernacular Sagebrush Vernacular is an exhibition of 120 photographs selected from approximately 500 photographs of rural Nevada architecture taken by advanced photography students from the University of Nevada, Reno.
	Just Passin' Through The 170+ images in this collection document places and activities along the Lincoln and Victory highways as they cross Nevada, eastern California and western Utah, as well as Reno's Transcontinental Highways Exposition of 1927 celebrating the completion of the two roads.
	Basque Posters A sampling of 41 colorful and interesting posters advertising festivals in the Basque Country and the United States, as well as art exhibits and conferences. Several of the posters depict Basque clothing and customs; all display the creativity and vigorous spirit of Euskaldunak, the Basque people.
	Nevada Agricultural Publications This collection includes more than 1,000 publications of the Agricultural Experiment Station and Nevada Cooperative Extension, and will eventually include a range of materials that highlight the history of agriculture in Nevada.
	UNR Artwork Collection This collection contains 281 paintings in the Special Collections Department of the UNR Library and features work by Western artists, including Maynard Dixon, Theodore Waddell, Will James, and Lorenzo Latimer, as well as Mildred Lane, Hildegard Herz, and Minerva Pierce, all of whom were founding members of Reno's Latimer Art Club.
	Nevada in Maps This collection includes over 4,600 maps and atlases on Nevada and the Great Basin from seven map collections throughout the state of Nevada ranging chronologically from 1750 into the 21st century.
	Campus Images This collection of over 1,800 images reflect the University of Nevada, Reno's history from its founding in Elko to its present location and growing campus. The collection is the result of a collaboration between various campus entities that have contributed either historical or current images of UNR.
	Sheep Industry of Northern Nevada Sheep have always played an important role in the economic history of Nevada. This collection of 539 photos document almost 80 years of the sheep industry in Northern Nevada, and accompanies the Sheepherders of Northern Nevada online exhibit.
	La Baskonia La Baskonia or La Vasconia was a Spanish language journal published from 1893 until 1943, that depicted the vitality and creativity of the Basque community in Argentina during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
	History of Medicine These 672 images were selected from 7,000+ photographs that relate to the University of Nevada School of Medicine; the Nevada State Medical Association; and the Reno Surgical Society. They document over 100 years of healthcare for Nevada's citizens, including 19th-century frontier military medicine in the Great Basin.
	Reifschneider Collection This collection contains 275 images of plants and trees taken in northern Nevada and the Lake Tahoe region by botanist and nature writer Olga Reifschneider from the 1940s-70s; it presents an expansive view of the botanical life of this region and is exclusively devoted to native plants.
	Historic Aerial Photographs The 61 images in this collection were taken by Forest Service and Soil Conservation Service photographers who hung their cameras out of planes in consecutive summers in 1938 and 1939 as part of the forest and soil survey work carried out during the siting of the Mount Rose Highway.
	Special Collections Photograph Collection The 1,000+ images in this collection are but a fraction of the more than 200,000 images housed in the Special Collections Department of the UNR Library that document life in Nevada and the surrounding region from the 1860's to the present.
	Nevada Architectural Archives The 4 sets of architectural plans in this collection are but a fraction of the hundreds of architectural drawings from significant Nevada architects and architectural firms that are housed in the Special Collections Department of the UNR Library.
	Tahoe Resources The 145 items in this collection are a variety of streaming videos, special reports, historic documents and other locally-held resources intended to complement the content of the Tahoe Research, Scholarship and Outreach website.
	University Archives Documents The 50+ historic documents in this collection include the early annual and biennial reports of the Board of Regents, some of which also include reports from the UNR president and its comptroller.
	Basque Digital Collections The 1,700+ items in this collection are from the Basque Library's archives.
	Arborglyphs on Peavine This database, created by arborglyph researcher Joxe Mallea-Olaetxe, documents and interprets 541 arborglyphs carved by 108 sheepherders in five aspen groves on Peavine Mountain in Reno and includes photographs and/or video clips for about half the trees.
	Restricted Collection: Art and Architecture Image Resources Collection Restricted Collection: Anthropology Teaching Collection These teaching items collections are restricted, meaning that if you are not authorized to view the restricted items within them, you will see either the public access images ONLY, or not be able to view ANY items.

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