Film Review: True Grit
Film Title: True Grit
Reviewer Name: Sam Lackey
Sam Lackey
Gail Rappa
3/5/21
Sam Lackey
Sam Lackey
PDF
English
Film Review
"A Passage through Time": Original Artwork for Elko Street-scape Project
The original concept art for "A Passage through Time," the Elko Street-scape public art project undertaken by the Nevada Department of Transportation in Elko in the spring and summer of 2015. The artwork was produced by John L'Etoile, Senior Landscape Architect of Nevada DOT
John L'Etoile
Virtual Humanities Center at Great Basin College
2015
Scott A. Gavorsky [VHC]
<a title="Video Interview with John L'Etoile" href="/omeka/items/show/115" target="_blank" rel="noopener">"Elko Street-scaping Project: Interview with Nevada DOT Architect John L'Etoile" - http://humanities.gbcnv.edu/omeka/items/show/115</a>
.pdf file
Vidual only
"Anacabe's Store: The First Fifty Years"
<p>The Elko General Merchandise Company, known locally as Anacabe's Store, has been an Elko institution for almost 80 years. Operating out of the same location on Idaho Street, the store is a testament both to the Anacabe family and the Basque traditions of multi-generational community.</p>
<p><a title="Anacabe's Store article pdf" href="/omeka/files/original/6decf42d58226cd9e5b799b7786113f0.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Read "Anacabe's Store: The First Fifty Years" as pdf</a></p>
Carol Hendershot
<em>Northeastern Nevada Historical Society Quarterly</em> 86.4 (Fall 1986): 104-117.
Northeastern Nevada Museum
Fall 1986
Gretchen Skivington [GBC]; Scott A. Gavorsky [VHC]
VHC Deposit Agreement on file:
http://humanities.gbcnv.edu/omeka/items/show/185
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pdf; 15 pages
English
"Basque Ranching Culture in the Great Basin"
<p>Mike Laughlin traces the history of the Basque ranching culture in the Great Basin area, from early work on the first cattle ranches in the 1870s through the heyday of sheep-herding to the celebration of this ranching tradition in the modern National Basque Festivals.</p>
<p><a title="Basque Ranching Culture article" href="/omeka/files/original/415b15df188cd660640d611f0dcfa8dc.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">View "Basque Ranching Culture" as pdf</a></p>
Mike Laughlin
<em>Northeastern Nevada Historical Society Quarterly</em> 2010, 3 & 4 (2010): 38-45
Northeastern Nevada Museum
2010
Gretchen Skivington [GBC]; Scott A. Gavorsky [VHC]
VHC Deposit Agreement on file:
http://humanities.gbcnv.edu/omeka/items/show/185
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pdf; 9 pages
English
1870 - 2010
"Basque Sheepherders"
<p>An history and analysis of the life of Basque sheepherders from the 1850s into the mid-20th century. Particular emphasis is placed on the experience of those in Elko County, Nevada, in the 20th century <span>as recounted in personal interviews with former Basque sheepherders in the Elko area. Interviewees included Jean-Baptiste Ardans, Anna Hachquet, Frank Lespade, and Loyd Sorenson.</span></p>
<p><a title="Basque Sheepherders article" href="/omeka/files/original/3430fad176d478b11bf46a817fcaa032.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">View "Basque Sheepherders" as pdf</a></p>
Elva Aylesworth
<em>Northeastern Nevada Historical Society Quarterly</em> 94.4 (Winter 1994): 200-208.
Northeastern Nevada Museum
Winter 1994
Gretchen Skivington [GBC]; Scott A. Gavorsky [VHC]
VHC Deposit Agreement on file:
http://humanities.gbcnv.edu/omeka/items/show/185
[administrator access only]
pdf; 10 pages
English
1850 - 1950
"Basque Tree Carvings"
<p>A summary of Basque tree-carvings in the northeastern Nevada area, based on Richard Lane's investigations in 1969-1970 for his dissertation research. Lane was a graduate student in the Department of Anthropology at Yale University at the time. The article contains a number of photographs of typical types of Basque tree carvings.</p>
<p><a title="Basque Tree Carvings article" href="/omeka/files/original/8eca8cf80d54382b581f8fb7739d4f1e.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">View article as pdf</a></p>
Richard Lane
<p>Original Publication: <em>Northeastern Nevada Historical Society Quarterly</em>, 1.2 (Winter 1971)</p>
<p>Reprint: <em>Northeastern Nevada Historical Society Quarterly</em>, 2001.2 (2001): 64-74.</p>
Northeastern Nevada Museum
1971; 2001
Gretchen Skivington [GBC]; Scott A. Gavorsky [VHC]
VHC Deposit Agreement on file:
http://humanities.gbcnv.edu/omeka/items/show/185
[administrator access only]
Richard Lane, "The Cultural Ecology of Sheep Nomadism: Northeastern Nevada 1870-1972" (Ph.D. dissertation, Department of Anthropology, Yale University, 1974)
English
"Civilian Conservation Corps, Elko County: 1933-1942"
<p>An history of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) operations in Elko County during the Great Depression. Diana L. Neff, a Northeastern Nevada Community College student at the time, tracked the development of CCC camps from the original reforestation camp at Lamoille in the Ruby Mountains to the later camps at Tuscarora, Gold Creek, Angel Lake, and the Hubbard Ranch, and the related camp at Cherry Creek in White Pine County.</p>
<p><a title="Elko County CCC article" href="/omeka/files/original/e86d1991a745914887a0fc04c8182284.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">View article as pdf</a></p>
Diana L. Neff
<em>Northeastern Nevada Historical Society Quarterly</em>, 84.1 (Winter 1984): 16-24
Northeastern Nevada Museum
Winter 1984
Scott A. Gavorsky [VHC]
VHC Deposit Agreement on file:
http://humanities.gbcnv.edu/omeka/items/show/185
[administrator access only]
pdf/a1-b; 9 pages
1933-1942
"Discussions for Critical Thinking" - In-Service Handout
The handout distributed to participants at the VHC In-Service "Discussions for Critical Thinking," 21 January 2016.
The handout distributed to participants at the VHC In-Service "Discussions for Critical Thinking," 21 January 2016. The handout was intended to be a guide for the workshop discussions and includes three sample discussions from GBC faculty presenters.
Scott A. Gavorsky
GBC Virtual Humanities Center
21 January 2016
Joshua Webster; Kathy Schwandt;
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pdf file
English
"Discussions for Critical Thinking" - Spring 2016 Faculty In-Service
Spring 2016 Faculty In-Service on using discussions to promote critical thinking skills, particularly for online classes.
<p>On 21 January 2016, the VHC hosted a faculty in-service on strategies to use discussions to promote critical thinking, particularly in online classes. The workshop was presented by GBC faculty members Scott A. Gavorsky, Kathy Schwandt, and Joshua Webster.</p>
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GBC Virtual Humanities Center
<a title="Humanities Toolkit exhibit on Discussions" href="/omeka/exhibits/show/humanities-toolkit/discussions" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Humanities Toolkit - Discussions</a>
GBC Virtual Humanities Center
21 January 2016
Scott A. Gavorsky, Kathy Schwandt, Joshua Webster [VHC presenters]; Brenda Wilkie [GBC IAV facilitator]
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streaming video [mp4]
English
"Elko's Overland Hotel: A Family, a Culture . . . and a Memory"
<p>A history of the Overland Hotel in Elko, Nevada, USA, under original owners Domingo (Dan) and Gregoria Sabala from 1908 until 1938. The second largest of the Basque-owned hotels in town, the Overland served as a hostel for new Basque immigrants and one of the centers of the Elko Basque community.</p>
<p><a title="Elko's Overland Hotel article" href="/omeka/files/original/cb3be7c3bae97957c68f710ebe5e7699.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">View "Elko's Overland Hotel" as pdf</a></p>
Gretchen Holbert [Skivington]
<em>Northeastern Nevada Historical Society Quarterly</em> 5.3 (Winter 1975): 13-20.
Northeastern Nevada Museum
Winter 1975
Scott A. Gavorsky [VHC]
VHC Deposit Agreement on file:
http://humanities.gbcnv.edu/omeka/items/show/185
[administrator access only]
pdf; 10 pages
English
1907-1957