It might be surprising, but the Digital Archive includes historical content that lends itself well to data-driven research. Inspired by the Collections as Data movement, we are working to make these collections more visible. So, next time you need historical data for project, keep these materials in mind.
Teams in the Libraries often generate data about historical collections while preparing content for you to use online. These data might include anything from text harvested from word-processing documents to transcripts created from audio or video files. When possible, we package up the resulting data files and make them available in our Digital Archive. Here are some examples that you can download today as part of our Data to Go program.
Interested in a particular data set from our collections? Contact us to discuss access and use options.
Curious about other types of text, GIS, or scientific data available in our collections? We have some great options for you to explore. Bulk data exports may be available in some cases.
The forty-two notebooks in this collection date from 1869 to 1878. All but four were produced during the "Wheeler Survey" in Nevada from 1871 to 1878. They contain a great deal of raw meteorological and geographic data collected by the expedition during its long trek through the West.
This collection contains the papers, notebooks, and photographs of James Edward Church, who was a professor of Classics at the University of Nevada, Reno, and the man known as the "father of snow science." The collection includes field notebooks containing measurements from Church's pioneering snow surveys.
The Wild Horse and Burro Collection contains scanned reports, correspondence, and other publications covering the work of the Nevada Wild Horse Commission. Among the 88,000 pages of content in the collection are numerous scientific reports related to horse management and ecology in Nevada and California.
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. The materials range from 1855 to 1964, covering the time from when Nevada was part of Utah Territory, then became the Territory of Nevada, and later became a state. Transcripts of select volumes are available upon request.
Letters between Nellie Verrill and Henry (Harry) Mighels, who conducted a lengthy courtship by mail in the 1860's. Community volunteers transcribed the digitized correspondence. These transcripts are available alongside the original scans in the repository.
The collection contains press releases from Senator Heller's legislative career. Key topics among the press releases include veterans' affairs, tax reform, public lands, and infrastructure projects. The collection also includes over one hundred press releases related to the Yucca Mountain project. Text harvested from the collection is available as part of our Data to Go program.
The collection contains transcripts, audio files (.mp3 and .wav formats), digital photographs of interviewees related to the Fourth Street-Prater Way Oral History Project. Teams in the Libraries used machine learning to generate transcripts which students then edited for accuracy. The transcripts are available as part of our Data to Go program.
The collection contains transcripts, audio files (.mp3 and .wav formats), digital photographs of interviewees, and copyright forms for the Midtown Oral History Project. Teams in the Libraries used machine learning to generate transcripts which students then edited for accuracy. The transcripts are available as part of our Data to Go program.
The Truckee Meadows Regional Planning Agency collection contains the original audio interviews, in MP3 and WAVE formats, recorded by Alicia Barber during the course of the project and the transcribed, chronicler-approved oral history volume, in PDF and Microsoft Word formats, produced from the audio. Teams in the Libraries used machine learning to generate transcripts which students then edited for accuracy. The transcripts are available as part of our Data to Go program.
Conducted from December 2016-June 2017, the oral histories in this collection document the experiences of 15 individuals who either went to school or worked at the Stewart Indian School. The interviews were conducted by Terri McBride. Teams in the Libraries used machine learning to generate transcripts which students then edited for accuracy. The transcripts are available as part of our Data to Go program.
Consisting of digitized plat maps from the General Land Office of Reno, this collection provides unique insight into early surveys of the region.
This collection consists of 589 maps related to Nevada, California, and the Great Basin.
This collection contains 537 Sanborn fire insurance maps of locations throughout Nevada.