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5 Things Damaging Your Photographs
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October is Archives Month
Your family's heirloom photographs are special treasures. Taking ...
Memorial Stadium turns 100
By David L. Bristow, Editor
April 26, 2023
What’s the proper way to break ground for the new home of the Cornhuskers? With a team and a plow, of ...
Nebraska Hall of Fame Commission Selects Artist for Malcolm X Bust
10/10/23
The Nebraska Hall of Fame Commission and the Nebraska Arts Council have selected Nathan Murray of Lincoln to design and create the bust of Malcolm X, ...
Indigenous People Day and Columbus Day
In recent years, some states, cities, and localities have augmented or replaced traditional observances of Columbus Day (now a federal holiday observed annually on the ...
Nebraska and the resettlement of displaced persons after World War II, part 3
This is the third of a three-part series. The entire article appears in the Fall 2023 issue of Nebraska History Magazine. You can receive four issues a year of Nebraska ...
Nebraska and the resettlement of displaced persons after World War II, part 2
This is the second of a three-part series. The entire article appears in the Fall 2023 issue of Nebraska History Magazine. You can receive four issues a year of Nebraska ...
Lending a Helping Hand: Social Settlement of Omaha
Founded in 1908, the Social Settlement of Omaha was created to help immigrant families acclimate to American life. To participate in the settlement, at least one ...
Nebraska and the resettlement of displaced persons after World War II, part 1
This is the first of three-part series. The entire article appears in the Fall 2023 issue of Nebraska History Magazine. You can receive four issues a year of ...
The Massacre Canyon Oral History and Archeology Project
By Matt Reed, Pawnee Tribal Historic Preservation Officer, and Dave Williams, Nebraska State Archeologist
In the spring of 2021, discussions arose between the ...
Lest We Forget: The Lynching of Will Brown, Omaha’s 1919 Race Riot
A riot-crazed mob stormed the burning Douglas County Courthouse on September 28, 1919, and lynched an African American, Will Brown. The victim, accused of raping a white ...
Portraits of Omaha’s 1898 Indian Congress
The Paper Lab at the Gerald Ford Conservation Center recently completed the treatment of four photograph albums from the Omaha Public Library collection. They depict ...
The Huskers wore blue jerseys for Memorial Stadium’s first game
By David L. Bristow
The Nebraska Cornhuskers wore blue jerseys during the first football game ever played at Memorial Stadium on October 13, 1923. The ...
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