Archive for the ‘History’ Category
Rivals! The Ten Greatest American Sports Rivalries of the 20th Century
RENO, Nev. – If you want to maintain polite conversation, some say to stay away from religion, politics and sports rivalries. Richard Davies, University of Nevada, Reno sports historian and author of the newly released Rivals! The Ten Greatest American Sports Rivalries of the 20th Century, concurs.... more
KUNR 88.7 welcomes StoryCorps April 22
RENO, Nev. – StoryCorps, a program featured on KUNR and other National Public Radio stations, arrives in Reno on Thursday, April 22 for a month-long stay to collect local stories as part of its cross-country tour. This is the first time StoryCorps, a national initiative to record the stories of everyday Americans, has visited northern Nevada. Media and the public are invited to stop by the opening-day kick-off 10:30 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. on Thursday, at StoryCorps’ MobileBooth, an Airstream trailer with a recording studio that will be parked in the “ice rink” plaza at North Center Street and East First Street during its stay in Reno.... more
University presents rare performance of play too risqué for colorful Virginia City in its heyday
RENO, Nev. – In celebration of Nevada Day and the Comstock Lode’s 150th anniversary, the University of Nevada, Reno will present a light-hearted performance from the days of Virginia City’s Comstock Era. The Psychoscope, written by two associates of Mark Twain’s at the Territorial Enterprise, will be presented as a costumed, theatrical reading at 7 p.m., Oct. 28 in the Wells Fargo Auditorium of the University’s Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center. University faculty members David Fenimore and Ann Medaille will direct the dramatic reading, presented by University faculty and community members.... more
Oral History Program continues to record history under new director
RENO, Nev.– Nevada history buffs can rest easy knowing that due to a combination of the program’s independent income and its new status as part of the University of Nevada, Reno’s history department, the University of Nevada Oral History Program will continue to record Nevada’s past.... more
University & U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum bring discussion, survivor to Reno
RENO, Nev. – The University of Nevada, Reno, in cooperation with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, are presenting “Lessons from the Holocaust” this Friday, Jan. 9 at the University of Nevada, Reno’s Joe Crowley Student Union.... more
New book contrasts Reno’s past with present
RENO, Nev. – Illustrated with 140 full-page photos, Reno Now and Then is a new book published by the University of Nevada, Reno’s Oral History Program that documents the remarkable transformation the city has undergone during the past 100 years. The work of preservationists/photographers Neal Cobb and Jerry Fenwick, Reno Now and Then draws on the extensive historic photo collections of its authors and the collection of the Nevada Historical Society.... more
Hot off the press for the holidays: Books for Nevadans
RENO, Nev. – This year has brought a wealth of interesting reading on Reno and Nevada from University of Nevada, Reno faculty. Here are some of the most recent offerings, including some photographic portraits of Reno, that might be of interest to someone on your holiday list:... more
Journalism students use ‘photo morphing’ to contrast Reno’s present and past
RENO, Nev. – Students in an Interactive Media course at the Donald W. Reynolds School of Journalism and Center for Advanced Media Studies at the University of Nevada, Reno explore Reno’s historic and contemporary architecture and environmental landscape in an online design project that debuts Nov. 20.... more
Archaeologists investigate Civil War-era opera house in Virginia City
RENO, Nev. – University of Nevada, Reno archaeologists working in historic Virginia City, Nev., have moved their latest excavation project from the Barbary Coast to the original site of Thomas Maguire’s Opera House on D Street.... more
Archaeologists investigate Mark Twain’s Virginia City
RENO, Nev. – A team of University of Nevada, Reno archaeologists is beginning excavations it hopes will shed light on life in Virginia City during the time when Mark Twain called the place home. A summer field school from the University’s Department of Anthropology is excavating for about two weeks in an area known as the Barbary Coast, a place of vice and crime during the 1860s and ’70s. The plan is to move to other locations during the five-week project, implemented in coordination with the Extended Studies program at the University.... more
