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Preserved, Restored, or Conserved
When an artwork or artifact has been damaged through use or time, several terms get used, often interchangeably. Is the object going to be “preserved”, “restored,” or ...
Nebraska National Guard Mexican Border Service Medals
Collecting and studying military insignia for years, Mark D. Hunt found an obscure bronze medal that led him to research Nebraska's involvement in the United States' ...
2021 History Nebraska Awards
History Nebraska is proud to announce the winners of the 2021 History Nebraska Awards.
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A Review of Black History Month
During the month of February, History Nebraska highlighted articles and blog posts that pertained to Black History Month and the state of Nebraska. Some of them were ...
German Prisoners of War in Grand Island
By Breanna Fanta, Editorial Assistant (2021)
Nebraska and other rural states faced a severe farm labor shortage during World War II. The draft shipped men off to war, ...
Drought, trains, and a chicken dinner: FDR’s 1936 campaign stop in Fremont
It was billed as a presidential tour of the drought-stricken areas of the Midwest, but President Franklin Roosevelt was in full campaign mode when his train stopped in ...
When Jell-O salad was a status symbol
We don’t have to explain that traditional Midwestern salads usually don’t include lettuce. “Salad” traditionally means some sort of fruit suspended in gelatin with ...
Ford Conservation Center: Stabilizing Shattering Silk
We knew we couldn’t halt the rapid degradation of the silk, but luckily there was a simple way to salvage what remained and prevent further loss of original ...
A Dugout Flood
Imagine yourself as a pioneer living in a hole in the ground. Now imagine that floodwater is rising toward the ceiling. Welcome to rural Boone County in 1873.
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Who is this man? The Black doorman at the Hotel Yancey, Part 2
We've learned the doorman’s name and his family’s story. William Patrick was the son of an enslaved man, and his parents were the first Black farmers in Hamilton County. ...
The Ford Conservation Center: Here to Help
It’s a new year and a good time to remind our blog readers of what we do at the Ford Center. The Ford Conservation Center is the conservation division of History ...
The Black doorman at Grand Island’s Hotel Yancey
A 1940 postcard tells multiple stories about Grand Island and mid-20th century America. The building itself remains a local landmark, while the postcard tells us about ...
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