Flashback Friday: The Role of Women in the Episcopal Diocese of Nebraska
On a spring evening in April 1873, a large crowd gathered in Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, a small frame building near the southeast corner of Eighteenth Street and ...
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Timeline Tuesday: An 1880s Hair Hoax
Five young women style hair in a tent in this photo taken near Monroe, Nebraska around 1905. RG5762-16
It was the style during the 1880s and 1890s for ...
Marker Monday: Territorial Church, Dakota County
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Near here stands the first Lutheran church building constructed in Nebraska. It has occupied this site since 1860. The congregation was first ...
Marker Monday: Crook House
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On April 27, 1875, General George A. Crook assumed command of the Department of the Platte, which then included Iowa, Nebraska, Wyoming, Utah, ...
Native American Heritage: Artifact Collections
This is a look at our Native American artifacts and are just a handful of the collections that include information about the past and present influences of Native ...
Reader Rescue: Can you help us tell the story of our new “Donna Dolls”?
The NSHS recently received a donation of four "Donna Dolls," which were manufactured in Lincoln by a woman named Marguerite Polk Tapley. We know very little about them, ...
Lincoln’s 1963 Sky Park Manor had “thrilling tingle of excitement” and fallout shelter
By Kylie Kinley
This article first appeared in the January-February-March 2017 issue of Nebraska History News. Illustrations are from Sky Park's promotional ...
Native American Heritage Month: Artifacts from Archeology
November is Native American Heritage Month. To celebrate, we will highlight Native American artifacts in our collections every Wednesday during the month of November. ...
Flashback Friday: Q&A with Joe Starita, author of A Warrior of the People, biography of Susan La Flesche, America’s First Indian Doctor
UNL professor and author Joseph Starita’s new biography, A Warrior of the People: How Susan La Flesche Overcame Racial and Gender Inequality to Become ...
Real Nebraska Stories: Wings Over Nebraska
Wings Over Nebraska: Historic Aviation Photographs
Wings Over Nebraska by Vince Goeres is now available at Amazon Prime.
Did you know Charles ...
Real Nebraska Stories: Adventures in Telegraph Line Building
Now that all of our book titles are available at Amazon Prime, we’re highlighting a book a day to let you know about all the great Real Nebraska Stories that we offer. ...
Real Nebraska Stories: Nebraska’s Post Office Murals
Nebraska’s Post Office Murals Explores New Deal Legacy
Nebraska's Post Office Murals is now available at Amazon Prime.
Public art is among the most ...
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