Poster for 2018 Veteran Writers Worskhop and Caleb Cage Reading
Poster for the 2018 Veteran Writers Workshop held at GBC on 30 and 21 January 2018, in conjunction with the 34th National Cowboy Poetry Gathering. Also features the poster for the book reading by Caleb Cage from "Desert Momentos: Stories of Iraq and Nevada" on 29 January 2018.
Great Basin College Veteran Resource Center
pdf file; 17 x 11 inches
English
2016 Annual Report to GBC Faculty Senate
Annual report of activities of the Virtual Humanities Center at Great Basin College (VHC) Ad-Hoc Committee to the Great Basin College Faculty Senate, submitted for the 13 May 2016 Faculty Senate meeting. The report covers activities undertaken during the 2015-2016 academic year, and a request for continued status as an ad hoc committee.
Scott A. Gavorsky
Virtual Humanities Center of Great Basin College
13 May 2016
All rights reserved. Use of any content only by express permission of Great Basin College © 2016
pdf; 4 pages
English
Review Report for the HUM 111 "Introduction to the Humanities" Gateway Course
Pilot Program Review of the HUM 111 "Introduction to the Humanities" Gateway Course offered online at GBC during Fall Semester 2014 and Spring Semester 2015. The development of a Gateway Course in the Humanities was one of the goals of the NEH Challenge Grant Proposal.
Virtual Humanities Center at Great Basin College
Virtual Humanities Center at Great Basin College
27 May 2015
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pdf; 7 pages
English
2015 Annual Report to GBC Faculty Senate
Annual report of activities of the NEH Humanities Grant Ad-Hoc Committee to the Great Basin College Faculty Senate, submitted 1 May 2015. The report covers activities undertaken during the 2014-2015 academic year, and a request for continued status as an ad hoc committee.
Scott A. Gavorsky
Virtual Humanities Center at Great Basin College
1 May 2015
All rights reserved. Use of any content only by express permission of Great Basin College © 2015
pdf; 3 pages
English
Bryce Kimber: Oral History Interview
Oral history interview with Elko Basque resident Bryce Kimber, conducted on 15 October 2015 by Dr. Gretchen Skivington.
<p>Bryce Kimber of Montello, NV ("Mr. Montello") is the son of Grouse Creek, UT homesteaders, W. C. "Bill" and Bertha Kimber. Born on the Kimber Ranch in 1929 he moved with his family to Montello, NV to attend school in 1939. He has lived in Montello all his life 1929 to present and was a most integral part of its history since he returned from service in Korea in 1948.</p>
<p>Topics he discusses include: the Montello Bar, & Montello Store (both which he owned), Pacific West States & Spring Creek subdivision projects (for which he contracted the road construction); the Gamble & Winecup Ranches (hay, fencing & livestock contractor); the SP Railroad and Montello history, UC Construction, the Montello Citizens' Committee and "buying" the town from SP; the Montello School (which burned down, rebuilt), people from Montello and the W.C. Kimber Diaries (1907-1972).</p>
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<p>Interview conducted on 15 October 2015 by Dr. Gretchen Skivington.</p>
Gretchen Skivington
Original Oral History Interview
Virtual Humanities Center at Great Basin College
15 October 2015
Scott A. Gavorsky [VHC]
Memorial Bizia Oral History Consent Form on File:
http://humanities.gbcnv.edu/omeka/items/show/XXX [administrator access only]
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Howard Hickson's Histories</span></p>
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<li><a title="Wilkins, Nevada" href="http://www.gbcnv.edu/hickson/Wilkins.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">"Wilkins, Nevada"</a></li>
<li><a title="Wagon Train Rest Stop" href="http://www.gbcnv.edu/hickson/HumboldtWells.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">"Wagon Train Rest Stop" </a></li>
<li><a title="Tobar, Nevada" href="http://www.gbcnv.edu/hickson/Tobar.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">"Tobar, Nevada"</a> </li>
<li><a title="Pocket Change Robbery" href="http://www.gbcnv.edu/hickson/AaronRoss.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">"Pocket Change Robbery"</a> </li>
<li><a title="Robbed Twice the Same Day" href="http://www.gbcnv.edu/hickson/CPRR.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">"Robbed Twice Same Day"</a> </li>
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streaming video [.mp4 file]
English; little Basque
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Key words:</strong> </span>Grouse Creek, Charles & William Kimber, Kimber Ranch, Grouse Creek LDS Church, sheep & hog raising, Kay/Merrill/Bryce Kimber, Montello Bar, Gamble & Winecup Ranches, Pacific West States Subdivision: road contracting, hay & fencing contracts, Slim Olsen's & Standard Oil bulk plants, Spring Creek road contracts, Montello Store, Southern Pacific Railroad leases, town of Montello, Montello Citizens' Committee, water rights, Montello School, W.C. "Bill" Kimber Diaries</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Names of People mentioned in/fom Montello:</strong> </span>William & Bertha Kimber, Barbara/Kay/Jack/Bryce/Merrill Kimber: Pete Ludwig, Norma Johnson, John Grandeen, Lucy Daz, Wallace Bettridge, Bill Hargrove, Pearsons, Allan Wilson, Bill Brooks, MW Johnson, Milo Craig, Ray Browning, Tolefson, Delaplian, Lee, John Ala, Mcfarlane & Holling, Gil Hernandez, Jim Thomas, Bill Addington, Jimmy Steward, Russell Wilkins, Joyce Palmer, Mary Jo Johns</p>