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Timeline Tuesday: Smoking Banned on UNL Campus in 1907
Unidentified cowboy (vaquero) lighting a cigarette. Date unknown. RG4887.PH000006-000006
Tobacco has long been attacked by reformers and medical ...
Timeline Tuesday: Thanksgiving in Red Willow County
Thanksgiving in 1896 was celebrated on November 26, and editor F. M. Kimmell of the McCook Tribune took advantage of the holiday to reflect on Red Willow County's recent ...
Flashback Friday: Preacher’s Sermon Book and Diary Includes Webster, Dawes Counties
The NSHS Archives collections contain a preacher’s sermon book and diary dating from 1907-1947. The Rev. John B. Williams held numerous pastorates during this time ...
Marker Monday: Bruning Army Air Field
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Bruning Army Air Field, located northeast of here, was one of eleven army airfields in Nebraska during World War II. Construction began in ...
Marker Monday: Harvard Army Air Field
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Harvard Army Air Field, located two miles northeast, was one of eleven army air forces training fields in Nebraska during World War II. The ...
Nebraska’s 1908 World Series Connection
William Jennings Bryan campaigns in Lincoln on August 12, 1908. RG3198-41-10
Whether you’re happy the Cubs won the 2016 World Series or disgruntled your ...
Native American Heritage Month: Photo Collections
November is Native American Heritage Month and the pictures shown here are just a handful that we have in our collections. Our collections also include information about ...
Marker Monday: Clay Center
Our Historical Markers across Nebraska highlight fascinating moments and places in our state's past. Today, we're focusing on the city at the literal center of Clay ...
A Funny Post-Election Poem…and the Grisly Story Behind It
A bit of post-election humor has a dark backstory unrelated to politics. How did this piece of paper become part of History Nebraska's collections?
History ...
Celebrating Native American Heritage Month – Manuscript Collections
Young men and women of a graduate class at Genoa Indian School posed for a picture with their diplomas in hand. RG4422.1-24
Genoa Indian School, ...
Sod House Survey Finds “Bungalow-style” Soddies in Western Nebraska
David Murphy (Senior Research Architect) and Diane Laffin (Architectural Historian) stand in front of a six room sod house in Logan County, Nebraska, in Fall ...
New Economic Impact Study Cites $79.8 million impact and 1,033 jobs from Nebraska Historic Tax Credit Projects
Burlington Station in Omaha before and after renovation.
Tax credits for historic preservation projects are producing big pay-offs. A new economic impact ...
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