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What We Found

Nebraska Telephone Directories

The History Nebraska library is the only library in the state that collects old phonebooks from towns, cities, or regions in Nebraska. The coverage is from the early ...

Nebraska Homestead Land Records

A database (1860-1954 Tract Books Index) has been compiled that allows researchers to locate references within the 163 land tract books that list the first owners of ...

Nebraska U.S. General Land Office Tract Books

By: Gerald E. Sherard429 South Moore St.Lakewood, CO 80226-2629(2001) Much of the land in Nebraska was obtained by homesteading under the Homestead Act of May 20, ...

Nebraska WWI Draft Registration Cards

A database (WWI Draft Registration Cards: 1917-1918 Nebraska Index) has been compiled that allows researchers to locate name references within the Draft Card Records. ...

Saving Memories

  Personal memories from the History Nebraska collections. We all want to preserve the memories we treasure. These can be of family, friends, special moments, or ...

Saving Memories: Hide Paintings & Ledger Art

  Hide Paintings Native American tribes of the Great Plains have long recorded heroic deeds and significant events by painting on hide or canvas. For the Lakota, ...

Saving Memories: Diaries & Journals

  Diaries & Journals The word diary is from the Latin diarium or "daily allowance." In Europe during the Renaissance, well-to-do young men kept travel ...

Saving Memories: Autograph Albums

  Autograph Albums Oh! sometime come with gentle eye,And o'er these pages kindly bend;Then memory will give a sighFor each beloved, departed friend!My name will ...

Saving Memories: Scrapbooks

  Scrapbooks While in the midst of school life you think its memories always will be fresh. Soon it will be over, the old associations gone, and the pleasant ...

Saving Memories: Photograph Albums

  Photograph Albums Early photographs were one-of-a-kind images, created as positive pictures for which no negative existed. With no negative from which to create ...

Saving Memories: Quilts

  Quilts "Well it must have been quite a surprise to you to get such a quilt. It looks as though some one else thought something of you as well as me, but you ...

Saving Memories: Home Movies

  Home Movies   Motion-Picture Portraits Are Life's ONLY Replica!      From a Victor Ciné Sales Corp advertisement, about 1925.   The home ...

Help Shape History

Become a Member

Being a member is the easiest way to be involved in our mission to preserve and share our state's rich history. Find out how!

Volunteer

Volunteers work with History Nebraska staff members to support our mission

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About History Nebraska
History Nebraska was founded in 1878 as the Nebraska State Historical Society by citizens who recognized Nebraska was going through great changes and they sought to record the stories of both indigenous and immigrant peoples. It was designated a state institution and began receiving funds from the legislature in 1883. Legislation in 1994 changed History Nebraska from a state institution to a state agency. The division is headed by Interim Director and CEO Jill Dolberg. They are assisted by an administrative staff responsible for financial and personnel functions, museum store services, security, and facilities maintenance for History Nebraska.
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Explore Nebraska
Discover the real places and people of our past at these History Nebraska sites.

Upcoming Events

View our new and upcoming events to see how you can get involved.

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The work we do to discover, preserve, and share Nebraska's history wouldn't be possible without the support of History Nebraska members.

Latest Hall of Fame Inductee

The Nebraska Hall of Fame was established in 1961 to officially recognize prominent Nebraskans.

Become a Member

The work we do to discover, preserve, and share Nebraska's history wouldn't be possible without the support of History Nebraska members.
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Nebraska Collections

History Nebraska's mission is to collect, preserve, and open our shared history to all Nebraskans.

Our YouTube Video Collection

Get a closer look at Nebraska's history through your own eyes, with our extensive video collections.

Additional Research Resources

History Nebraska Research and Reference Services help connect you to the material we collect and preserve.

Support History Nebraska
Make a cash donation to help us acquire, preserve, and interpret Nebraska’s history. Gifts to History Nebraska help leave a legacy and may help your taxes, too! Support the work of History Nebraska by donating to the History Nebraska Foundation today.

Volunteers are the heroes of History Nebraska. So much history, so little time! Your work helps us share access to Nebraska’s stories at our museums and sites, the reference room, and online.