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Book Arts: Fusing Words and Visual Imagination

Celebrate the Book Arts with UNR’s Libraries this summer! The Knowledge Center’s summer special exhibits will feature Book Arts collections:
“Experiments in Navigation”–Whittemore Gallery (Outside @One on the first floor)
Book Arts Exhibit–Special Collections Exhibit Room (third floor)
Both exhibits will run June 22 - September 16.  “Experiments in Navigation” is available for viewing during all Knowledge Center [...]

Will James Exhibit in Special Collections

…Will James, cowboy, cattle rustler, and beloved author and artist of the American West came West in 1907 at the age of fifteen. James showed artistic talent from an early age, and gained a reputation for his sketches of life on the range long before publishing his first work. It was while in [...]

New University History Resource

The University Archives has recently made available a new online resource for research and reference into the University of Nevada, Reno. The Board of Regents Reports 1877-1966 provide many details of the development of academic programs and administration of the university.

Special Collections and University Archives

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