April 28, 2010: Historic Nevada State Hospital
Kim Henrick and Rosie Cevasco chronicled the interesting and under-appreciated first 50 years of our state's mental health system.
March 24, 2010: Adaptive Reuse
The Firehouse on Morrill Avenue and V&T houses on Center Street are examples of adaptive reuse projects. Kelly Rae presented a slide show illustrating the adaptive reuse renovations of these two properties along with a thirty minute music video produced for the FireHouse project. It was very informative and chronicled the building from 1950 to the renovation completion.
February 24, 2010: Baseball in Nevada
Tim Mueller, local author and avid baseball fan presented his new book, Homeruns and Jackpots: Baseball in Nevada. Tim shared his knowledge with a slide show on the history of baseball in Nevada.
January 27, 2010: 35 Years of Casino Entertainment History in Northern Nevada
Mel has been a teacher in the Washoe County School District for 33 years. In addition, he has been a local entertainment reviewer for the publications Variety, Daily Variety, Showtime, and the Sacramento Bee. Mel shared delightful anecdotes about his meetings with many of the entertainment stars who have performed in Reno over the last 35 years.
November 18, 2009: Basque Aspen Art of the Sierra Nevada
A century and more ago sheepherders, largely Basque in origin, filled the summer hours carving images on aspen trees. Most were names and dates, but others carved animals and birds, memories from the homeland, and some carved their ideas of female companionship. Over time the aspens put the finishing touches on these images, growing and stretching the lines of the carvings, maintaining a living record of this history. Jean and Phillip I. Earl discussed their book, Basque Aspen Art of the Sierra Nevada, available from Baobab Press.
September 23, 2009: Nevada History in Maps
This presentation discussed the approximately 4,000 maps on the UNR historic map web site http://www.delamare.unr.edu/maps/digitalcollections/nvmaps/ and was presented by Linda Newman, Geoscience and Map Librarian, Emerita and creator of the Nevada in Maps web site. Linda showed us how to access the web site and briefly touched on the highlights of the collection. This resource is a treasure for researchers and map enthusiasts. Thank you, Linda , Glee Willis, and all who participated in making this collection available on-line.
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