John Thomas Link, 1873-1936 [RG1220.AM]

NEBRASKA STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY MANUSCRIPT FINDING AID

RG1220.AM:  John Thomas Link, 1873-1936

Papers:  1920-1934
Lincoln, Lancaster County; and Seward, Seward County, Neb.:  Professor
Size:  9.0 cu.ft.

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

John Thomas Link was born in Chicago on November 23, 1873. He was associated with the conservation department of the University of Nebraska from 1923-1936. He did considerable writing and research on the origin of Nebraska names and even gave a series of radio talks on the subject. He is the author of Nebraska Names and Places. Dr. Link was also a member of the faculty of Concordia College, Seward, Nebraska from April of 1908 until his death. He was Secretary of the Education Board of the Missouri Synod, Lutheran Church of America and also served on their curriculum committee. John T. Link died on December 20, 1936 at his home in Seward. He was survived by four children.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

This collection is arranged in four series: 1) County Place-Names; 2) General Correspondence; 3) Other Nebraska Place-Names; and 4) Miscellany. The bulk of the materials relate to the efforts of John Link to collect information regarding the place names of Nebraska. The letter "L" indicates original correspondence as opposed to the information compiled by Link from the correspondence. County Place-Names include origins of county names, precinct and town names. Within the general correspondence is a series of letters between Link and Melvin Gilmore regarding Indian place names. Link's original filing system was retained in the processing of this collection.

DESCRIPTION

Series 1 - County Place-Names

Box 1
Folder

1. Adams
2. Adams
3. Adams
4. Antelope
5. Antelope
6. Antelope
7. Antelope L
8. Antelope L
9. Antelope L
10. Antelope L
11. Antelope L
12. Arthur
13. Arthur
14. Arthur
15. Arthur L
16. Arthur L
17. Arthur L
18. Arthur L
19. Arthur L
20. Banner
21. Banner
22. Banner
23. Banner L
24. Banner L
25. Blaine
26. Blaine L
27. Blaine L
28. Blaine L
29. Blaine L
30. Boone
31. Boone
32. Boone L
33. Boone L
34. Box Butte
35. Box Butte
36. Box Butte L
37. Box Butte L
38. Boyd
39. Boyd
40. Boyd
41. Boyd L
42. Boyd L
43. Boyd L
44. Boyd L
45. Boyd L
46. Brown
47. Brown
48. Brown
49. Brown
50. Brown
51. Brown L
52. Brown L
53. Brown L
54. Brown L
55. Buffalo
56. Buffalo
57. Buffalo
58. Buffalo
59. Buffalo
60. Buffalo L
61. Buffalo L
62. Buffalo L
63. Buffalo L
64. Buffalo L
65. Buffalo L
66. Buffalo L
67. Burt
68. Burt
69. Burt L
70. Burt L
71. Burt L
72. Butler
73. Butler
74. Butler
75. Butler L
76. Butler L
77. Butler L
78. Butler L
79. Cass
80. Cass
81. Cass
82. Cass
83. Cass L
84. Cass L
85. Cass L
86. Cass L
87. Cass L
88. Cedar
89. Cedar
90. Cedar
91. Cedar
92. Cedar L
93. Cedar L
94. Cedar L
95. Chase
96. Chase
97. Chase
98. Chase L
99. Chase L
100. Chase L
101. Chase L
102. Chase L

Box 2
Folder

103. Cherry
104. Cherry
105. Cherry
106. Cherry
107. Cherry
108. Cherry
109. Cherry
110. Cherry
111. Cherry
112. Cherry
113. Cherry
114. Cherry
115. Cherry
116. Cherry
117. Cherry
118. Cherry
119. Cherry
120. Cherry
121. Cherry
122. Cherry
123. Cherry
124. Cherry
125. Cherry
126. Cherry
127. Cherry
128. Cherry
129. Cherry
130. Cherry
131. Cherry
132. Cherry
133. Cherry
134. Cherry
135. Cherry
136. Cherry L
137. Cherry L
138. Cherry L
139. Cherry L
140. Cherry L
141. Cherry L
142. Cherry L
143. Cherry L
144. Cherry L
145. Cherry L
146. Cherry L
147. Cherry L
148. Cherry L
149. Cherry L
150. Cherry L
151. Cherry L
152. Cherry L
153. Cherry L
154. Cheyenne
155. Cheyenne
156. Cheyenne
157. Cheyenne L
158. Cheyenne L
159. Cheyenne L
160. Clay
161. Clay
162. Clay
163. Clay L
164. Clay L
165. Clay L
166. Clay L
167. Clay L
168. Colfax
169. Colfax
170. Colfax
171. Colfax L
172. Colfax L
173. Cuming
174. Cuming
175. Cuming
176. Cuming
177. Cuming L
178. Cuming L
179. Cuming L
180. Custer
181. Custer
182. Custer
183. Custer
184. Custer
185. Custer
186. Custer
187. Custer
188. Custer
189. Custer
190. Custer
191. Custer L
192. Custer L
193. Custer L
194. Custer L
195. Custer L
196. Custer L
197. Custer L
198. Custer L
199. Custer L
200. Custer L
201. Custer L
202. Custer L
203. Custer L
204. Custer L
205. Custer L
206. Custer L
207. Dakota
208. Dakota
209. Dakota
210. Dakota L
211. Dakota L
212. Dawes
213. Dawes
214. Dawes
215. Dawes
216. Dawes
217. Dawes
218. Dawes L
219. Dawes L
220. Dawes L
221. Dawes L
222. Dawes L
223. Dawes L
224. Dawes L

Box 3
Folder

225. Dawson
226. Dawson
227. Dawson
228. Dawson
229. Dawson
230. Dawson
231. Dawson
232. Dawson
233. Dawson
234. Dawson
235. Dawson
236. Dawson
237. Dawson
238. Dawson
239. Dawson
240. Dawson
241. Dawson
242. Dawson L
243. Dawson L
244. Dawson L
245. Dawson L
246. Dawson L
247. Deuel
248. Deuel L
249. Deuel L
250. Deuel L
251. Dixon
252. Dixon
253. Dixon
254. Dixon
255. Dixon
256. Dixon
257. Dixon
258. Dixon L
259. Dixon L
260. Dixon L
261. Dixon L
262. Dixon L
263. Dixon L
264. Dodge
265. Dodge
266. Dodge
267. Dodge
268. Dodge
269. Dodge
270. Dodge
271. Dodge
272. Dodge
273. Dodge
274. Dodge
275. Dodge
276. Dodge
277. Dodge
278. Dodge
279. Dodge
280. Dodge L
281. Dodge L
282. Dodge L
283. Dodge L
284. Dodge L
285. Dodge L
286. Dodge L
287. Douglas
288. Douglas
289. Douglas
290. Douglas
291. Douglas L
292. Douglas L
293. Douglas L
294. Douglas L
295. Dundy
296. Dundy
297. Dundy
298. Dundy
299. Dundy
300. Dundy L
301. Dundy L
302. Dundy L
303. Dundy L
304. Dundy L
305. Dundy L
306. Fillmore
307. Fillmore
308. Fillmore L
309. Fillmore L
310. Fillmore L
311. Fillmore L
312. Fillmore L
313. Franklin
314. Franklin
315. Franklin
316. Franklin
317. Franklin L
318. Franklin L
319. Franklin L
320. Franklin L
321. Franklin L
322. Frontier
323. Frontier
324. Frontier
325. Frontier
326. Frontier L
327. Frontier L
328. Frontier L
329. Frontier L
330. Frontier L

Box 4
Folder

331. Furnas
332. Furnas
333. Furnas
334. Furnas
335. Furnas L
336. Furnas L
337. Furnas L
338. Furnas L
339. Furnas L
340. Furnas L
341. Furnas L
342. Gage
343. Gage
344. Gage
345. Gage
346. Gage
347. Gage L
348. Gage L
349. Gage L
350. Gage L
351. Gage L
352. Gage L
353. Gage L
354. Garden
355. Garden
356. Garden
357. Garden
358. Garden
359. Garden
360. Garden
361. Garden
362. Garden L
363. Garden L
364. Garden L
365. Garden L
366. Garden L
367. Garden L
368. Garden L
369. Garden L
370. Garfield
371. Garfield
372. Garfield L
373. Garfield L
374. Garfield L
375. Gosper
376. Gosper L
377. Grant
378. Grant
379. Grant
380. Grant
381. Grant
382. Grant L
383. Grant L
384. Grant L
385. Grant L
386. Grant L
387. Grant L
388. Greeley
389. Greeley
390. Greeley
391. Greeley L
392. Greeley L
393. Greeley L
394. Hall
395. Hall
396. Hall L
397. Hall L
398. Hall L
399. Hall L
400. Hamilton
401. Hamilton
402. Hamilton L
403. Hamilton L
404. Hamilton L
405. Hamilton L
406. Hamilton L
407. Harlan
408. Harlan
409. Harlan
410. Harlan
411. Harlan
412. Harlan L
413. Harlan L
414. Harlan L
415. Hayes
416. Hayes
417. Hayes
418. Hayes
419. Hayes L
420. Hayes L
421. Hayes L
422. Hayes L
423. Hayes L
424. Hitchcock
425. Hitchcock L
426. Hitchcock L
427. Hitchcock L
428. Hitchcock L
429. Holt
430. Holt
431. Holt
432. Holt
433. Holt
434. Holt
435. Holt
436. Holt L
437. Holt L
438. Holt L
439. Holt L
440. Holt L
441. Holt L
442. Holt L
443. Holt L
444. Holt L
445. Holt L
446. Holt L

Box 5
Folder

447. Hooker
448. Hooker
449. Hooker L
450. Hooker L
451. Hooker L
452. Hooker L
453. Howard
454. Howard
455. Howard
456. Howard L
457. Howard L
458. Howard L
459. Howard L
460. Howard L
461. Howard L
462. Jefferson
463. Jefferson
464. Jefferson
465. Jefferson
466. Jefferson L
467. Jefferson L
468. Jefferson L
469. Jefferson L
470. Johnson
471. Johnson
472. Johnson
473. Johnson
474. Johnson L
475. Johnson L
476. Johnson L
477. Kearney
478. Kearney
479. Kearney
480. Kearney L
481. Kearney L
482. Kearney L
483. Kearney L
484. Kearney L
485. Keith
486. Keith
487. Keith
488. Keith
489. Keith
490. Keith
491. Keith
492. Keith L
493. Keith L
494. Keith L
495. Keith L
496. Keith L
497. Keya Paha
498. Keya Paha
499. Keya Paha
500. Keya Paha
501. Keya Paha L
502. Keya Paha L
503. Keya Paha L
504. Keya Paha L
505. Keya Paha L
506. Keya Paha L
507. Keya Paha L
508. Kimball
509. Kimball
510. Kimball L
511. Knox
512. Knox
513. Knox
514. Knox
515. Knox
516. Knox L
517. Knox L
518. Knox L
519. Knox L
520. Knox L
521. Knox L
522. Lancaster
523. Lancaster
524. Lancaster
525. Lancaster
526. Lancaster
527. Lancaster
528. Lancaster
529. Lancaster
530. Lancaster
531. Lancaster L
532. Lancaster L
533. Lancaster L
534. Lancaster L
535. Lancaster L
536. Lincoln
537. Lincoln
538. Lincoln
539. Lincoln
540. Lincoln
541. Lincoln
542. Lincoln
543. Lincoln
544. Logan
545. Logan
546. Logan L
547. Logan L
548. Logan L
549. Loup
550. Loup
551. Loup
552. Loup L
553. Loup L
554. Loup L
555. McPherson
556. McPherson
557. McPherson
558. McPherson L
559. McPherson L
560. McPherson L
561. McPherson L
562. McPherson L

Box 6
Folder

563. Madison
564. Madison
565. Madison
566. Madison
567. Madison L
568. Madison L
569. Madison L
570. Madison L
571. Merrick
572. Merrick
573. Merrick
574. Merrick
575. Merrick L
576. Merrick L
577. Merrick L
578. Merrick L
579. Morrill
580. Morrill
581. Morrill
582. Morrill
583. Morrill L
584. Morrill L
585. Morrill L
586. Morrill L
587. Nance
588. Nance
589. Nance
590. Nance L
591. Nance L
592. Nance L
593. Nemaha
594. Nemaha
595. Nemaha
596. Nemaha L
597. Nemaha L
598. Nemaha L
599. Nemaha L
600. Nemaha L
601. Nuckolls
602. Nuckolls
603. Nuckolls
604. Nuckolls L
605. Nuckolls L
606. Nuckolls L
607. Nuckolls L
608. Nuckolls L
609. Nuckolls L
610. Nuckolls L
611. Otoe
612. Otoe
613. Otoe
614. Otoe
615. Otoe
616. Otoe
617. Otoe L
618. Otoe L
619. Otoe L
620. Otoe L
621. Otoe L
622. Otoe L
623. Otoe L
624. Otoe L
625. Otoe L
626. Pawnee
627. Pawnee
628. Pawnee
629. Pawnee
630. Pawnee
631. Pawnee L
632. Pawnee L
633. Pawnee L
634. Pawnee L
635. Pawnee L
636. Pawnee L
637. Perkins
638. Perkins L
639. Perkins L
640. Perkins L
641. Phelps
642. Phelps
643. Phelps
644. Phelps L
645. Phelps L
646. Phelps L
647. Phelps L
648. Pierce
649. Pierce L
650. Pierce L
651. Platte
652. Platte
653. Platte
654. Platte
655. Platte
656. Platte L
657. Platte L
658. Platte L
659. Platte L
660. Platte L
661. Polk
662. Polk L
663. Polk L
664. Red Willow
665. Red Willow
666. Red Willow
667. Red Willow
668. Red Willow L
669. Red Willow L
670. Red Willow L
671. Red Willow L
672. Red Willow L
673. Red Willow L
674. Red Willow L

Box 7
Folder

675. Richardson
676. Richardson
677. Richardson
678. Richardson
679. Richardson
680. Richardson
681. Richardson L
682. Richardson L
683. Richardson L
684. Richardson L
685. Richardson L
686. Richardson L
687. Rock
688. Rock
689. Rock
690. Rock
691. Rock
692. Rock L
693. Rock L
694. Rock L
695. Rock L
696. Rock L
697. Rock L
698. Rock L
699. Rock L
700. Rock L
701. Rock L
702. Rock L
703. Rock L
704. Saline
705. Saline
706. Saline
707. Saline
708. Saline
709. Saline L
710. Saline L
711. Saline L
712. Saline L
713. Saline L
714. Sarpy
715. Sarpy
716. Sarpy
717. Sarpy
718. Sarpy
719. Sarpy L
720. Sarpy L
721. Sarpy L
722. Sarpy L
723. Sarpy L
724. Saunders
725. Saunders
726. Saunders
727. Saunders
728. Saunders
729. Saunders L
730. Saunders L
731. Saunders L
732. Saunders L
733. Saunders L
734. Saunders L
735. Saunders L
736. Saunders L
737. Saunders L
738. Saunders L
739. Saunders L
740. Saunders L
741. Saunders L
742. Scotts Bluff
743. Scotts Bluff
744. Scotts Bluff
745. Scotts Bluff
746. Scotts Bluff
747. Scotts Bluff L
748. Scotts Bluff L
749. Scotts Bluff L
750. Seward
751. Seward
752. Seward
753. Seward
754. Seward L
755. Seward L
756. Seward L
757. Sheridan
758. Sheridan
759. Sheridan
760. Sheridan
761. Sheridan
762. Sheridan
763. Sheridan
764. Sheridan
765. Sheridan L
766. Sheridan L
767. Sheridan L
768. Sheridan L
769. Sheridan L
770. Sheridan L
771. Sheridan L
772. Sheridan L
773. Sheridan L
774. Sheridan L
775. Sheridan L
776. Sheridan L

Box 8
Folder

777. Sherman
778. Sherman
779. Sherman
780. Sherman L
781. Sherman L
782. Sherman L
783. Sioux
784. Sioux
785. Sioux
786. Sioux
787. Sioux
788. Sioux L
789. Sioux L
790. Sioux L
791. Sioux L
792. Sioux L
793. Sioux L
794. Stanton
795. Stanton
796. Stanton L
797. Thayer
798. Thayer
799. Thayer
800. Thayer L
801. Thayer L
802. Thayer L
803. Thomas
804. Thomas
805. Thomas L
806. Thomas L
807. Thomas L
808. Thurston
809. Thurston
810. Thurston
811. Thurston L
812. Thurston L
813. Valley
814. Valley
815. Valley
816. Valley
817. Valley
818. Valley L
819. Valley L
820. Valley L
821. Valley L
822. Valley L
823. Valley L
824. Washington
825. Washington
826. Washington
827. Washington
828. Washington
829. Washington L
830. Washington L
831. Washington L
832. Washington L
833. Washington L
834. Wayne
835. Wayne L
836. Wayne L
837. Wayne L
838. Webster
839. Webster
840. Webster
841. Webster
842. Webster
843. Webster L
844. Webster L
845. Webster L
846. Webster L
847. Webster L
848. Webster L
849. Wheeler
850. Wheeler
851. Wheeler L
852. Wheeler L
853. Wheeler L
854. Wheeler L
855. Wheeler L
856. York
857. York
858. York L
859. York L
860. York L

Series 2 - General Correspondence

Box 8
Folder

1. Letters between Link and Melvin R. Gilmore
2. Letters between Link and Melvin R. Gilmore
3. Letters between Link and Melvin R. Gilmore
4. Letters between Link and Melvin R. Gilmore
5. Letters between Link and Melvin R. Gilmore
6. Letters between Link and Melvin R. Gilmore
7. Letters between Link and Melvin R. Gilmore
8. Letters between Link and Melvin R. Gilmore
9. Letters between Link and Melvin R. Gilmore
10. Letters regarding railroad station town names
11. Letters regarding railroad station town names
12. Letters regarding railroad station town names
13. Letters regarding railroad station town names
14. General Letters
15. General Letters
16. General Letters
17. General Letters
18. General Letters
19. General Letters
20. General Letters
21. General Letters
22. General Letters
23. General Letters
24. General Letters
25. General Letters
26. General Letters

Box 9
Folder

27. General Letters
28. General Letters
29. General Letters
30. General Letters
31. General Letters
32. General Letters
33. General Letters
34. General Letters
35. General Letters
36. General Letters

Series 3 - Other Nebraska Place-Names

Box 9
Folder

1. County Boundaries
2. County Boundaries
3. County Boundaries
4. County Boundaries
5. County Boundaries
6. County Boundaries
7. Former Boundaries
8. Place Names
9. Place Names
10. Major Streams
11. Major Streams
12. Major Streams
13. Major Streams L
14. Major Streams L
15. Major Streams L
16. Major Streams L
17. Major Streams L
18. Nebraska

Box 10
Folder

19. Nebraska L
20. Nebraska L
21. Parks, Recreation Grounds
22. Topographical Names
23. Topographical Names
24. Trails
25. Trails
26. Trails
27. Trails
28. Trails
29. Rivers, Forests

Series 4 - Miscellany

Box 10
Folder

1. Newspaper Clippings - Place-Names
2. Newspaper Clippings - Place-Names
3. Newspaper Clippings - Place-Names
4. Newspaper Clippings - Place-Names
5. Newspaper Clippings - Place-Names
6. Newspaper Clippings - Place-Names
7. Newspaper Clippings - Place-Names
8. Dissertation Abstract; Graduation Program
9. Talks and Papers

 

ADDED ENTRIES:

Link, John Thomas, 1873-1936
Names, Geographical -- Nebraska
Nebraska -- Local history

 

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