Marguerette R. Burke [RG3502.AM]

HISTORY NEBRASKA MANUSCRIPT FINDING AID



RG3502.AM:  Marguerette R. Burke, 1885-1978



Papers:  1861-1965

Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska:  Teacher

Size:  1.5 cu.ft.; 2 boxes & oversize



BACKGROUND NOTE



Marguerette R. Burke, daughter of George and Rose (Rickly) Burke, was born on September 10, 1885.  The family was living in Douglas County, Nebraska in 1900.  Marguerette attended the University of Nebraska in Lincoln, receiving a B.A. from the College of Literature, Science & Arts in June of 1909.  She was teaching in the Lincoln public schools in 1910, and then by 1914 she was teaching in Omaha.  She spent the rest of her career teaching in Omaha.  Marguerette Burke died on April 20, 1978 and is buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Omaha, Nebraska.



SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE



This collection consists of papers compiled by Marguerette Burke.  The first half of the collection consists mostly of biographical or genealogical information on various Burke, Rickly and associated family members.  The second half of the collection consists mostly of subject files compiled by Burke.  Included are files on the Omaha Stockyards, Omaha Central High School, Columbus Cemetery Association, Elkhorn River flooding, etc.  One folder contains a manuscript draft for Burke’s Nebraska History article, “Henry James Hudson and the Genoa Settlement.”  The materials in the collection date from 1861 to 1963.



Note:  See the photo component for related images.  See Nebraska History for Marguerette Burke’s article, “Henry James Hudson and the Genoa Settlement.”



INVENTORY



Box 1

Folder




    1. Correspondence, 1930-1963

    1. Becher Family, pt. 1 (see also oversize)

    1. Becher Family, pt. 2

    1. Ludwig Burk

    1. John Burke

    1. Courtney E. Dale, pt. 1

    1. Courtney E. Dale, pt. 2

    1. Courtney E. Dale, pt. 3

    1. William Egbert Harvey

    1. Lucas-Rickly Family

    1. Rickly Family (see also oversize)

    1. Samuel S. Rickly

    1. Muriel L. Smith



Box 2

Folder




    1. Omaha Stockyards scrapbook (see oversize)

    1. Omaha Stockyards scrapbook, loose items

    1. Omaha Central High School scrapbook

    1. Constance M. Syford memorial scrapbook (see oversize)

    1. Columbus Cemetery Association

    1. Columbus, Nebraska articles

    1. Elkhorn River flood, Apr. 2, 1960

    1. Floods, Mar. 27, 1962

    1. First Presbyterian Church (Columbus, Nebraska)

    1. Henry James Hudson and the Genoa Settlement, draft article for Nebraska History

    1. Nebraska politics & government



 



Subject headings:



Bechler family

Burk, Ludwig

Burke, John, 1823-1872

Burke, Marguerette R., 1885-1978

Columbus Cemetery Association (Columbus, Nebraska)

Columbus (Nebraska) — History

Dale, Courtney E., 1877-1952

Elkhorn River (Nebraska)

First Presbyterian Church (Columbus, Nebraska)

Floods — Nebraska

Harvey, William Egbert, 1831-1879

Hudson, Henry James, 1822-1903

Lucas family

Omaha Central High School (Omaha, Nebraska)

Omaha Stockyards (Omaha, Nebraska)

Rickly family

Rickly, Samuel S., 1862-1926

Smith, Muriel L., 1897-1954

Syford, Constance M., 1887-1965



 



JEP/DDS/pmc      07-29-1971

JEP/DJJ/pmc       10-27-1971

KFK                     07-22-1996

kfk/dco                 04-24-2003

TMM                   10-09-2018

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