Campus and community collections

Mural in downtown Reno. The work is entitled "Day Dream." Created by Joe C. Rock, it is inspired by Reno culture, particularly the popularity of Burning Man. Item identifier: Burning-Man-Park-Photo-Pano.

Materials from the Reno/Sparks area and beyond

These projects are born from our mission to transform creative ideas and information into initiatives that preserve collections that fall outside the Libraries' walls. Our partners range from museums on campus to community organizations and local government agencies.

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Featured collection

City of Reno logo showing the skyline superimposed on illustrations of mountains with the words "Biggest little city in the world, City of Reno."

City of Reno Ledgers

The City of Reno Ledgers includes minutes of the Reno City Council, register ordinances, record ordinances, a daily cash blotter, a housing decontrol report, and sewer records.

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From baskets, to maps, to mineral samples

Portal Baskets

Basket scans

This digital collection showcases baskets from the University of Nevada, Reno Department of Anthropology’s Huber collection. Made by Native American weavers from roughly 1840 to 1930, the baskets are presented in 2D and 3D images.

Chair-i-ty Promo Photo

Chair-i-ty

Artistic renditions of vintage oak study chairs retired from University of Nevada, Reno campus lecture rooms, that were created for the Chair-i-ty auction and gifted to the library.

Closeup of plat map from the collection.

Plat maps

Consisting of digitized plat maps from the General Land Office of Reno, this collection provides unique insight into early surveys of the region.

Historic Aerial Photo of Nevada

Historic aerial photos

The 61 images in this collection were taken by Forest Service and Soil Conservation Service photographers in 1938 and 1939.

Historic Aerial Photos Collection
Historic Maps of Nevada

Historic maps

This collection consists of 589 maps related to Nevada, California, and the Great Basin.

“G.C.M. CO C412 Open Fault Material" printed on a card next to two rock samples on a black background

Keck Museum

This collection contains images of mineral samples and thin sections from the W.M. Keck Earth Science and Mineral Engineering Museum.

Medical Scientist Looking Through Microscope

Medical school

This collection includes over 7,000 photographs related to the School of Medicine, along with numerous press releases and newsletters created by the school.

Mural of Young Child

Reno street art

A photographic archive of Reno's thriving street art scene dating back to the mid 90s.

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Sanborn Maps

Sanborn maps

This collection contains 537 Sanborn fire insurance maps of locations throughout Nevada.

A composite image of “Thin Section 54NC316, quartz monzonite,” in both regular light and cross-polarized light.

Thin sections

Mineral thin sections from the Great Basin Science Sample and Records Library (GBSSRL), Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology.

Washoe County Recorder Map

Recorders Office

The Washoe County Recorder collection includes a variety of official records, including land transactions, homestead claims, land surveys, liens, cemetery plots, court judgments, and women’s property. 

Womens Basketball Team

Wolf Pack Athletics

Published as a partnership between the University Libraries and the Athletic Department, this collection consists of over 2,000 photographs of the University of Nevada, Reno's athletes dating from 1889 to 2014.

Yucca Mountain Map

Yucca Mountain

The collection includes U.S. Government issued reports and contractor work related to the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository.