Manuscripts
The University of Nevada, Reno's Manuscript collections consist of diaries, scrapbooks, letters, records, oral histories, photographs, and other unique materials documenting Reno/Sparks, northern Nevada, the eastern Sierra Nevada, and the Lake Tahoe Basin. Collection strengths in mining, railroads, environment, architecture, agriculture and ranching, and Great Basin cultures.
![Letter envelope of correspondence of Jon Bilbao with Javier Gortazar and Sabindar Batza.](https://library.unr.edu/libraries/images/content-blocks/Collections/digital-collections/jon-bilbao-papers.jpg)
Explore the collections
Search guides from the Special Collections and University Archives Department, the Basque Library, and the DeLaMare Science & Engineering Library.
![Students entering SCUA in the Knowledge Center.](https://library.unr.edu/libraries/images/content-blocks/Places/scua/scua-entrance-two-students.jpg)
Using Special Collections and University Archives
Learn how to use the collections, visit the department, get copies, or ask for help.