A Nebraska Guidebook
The Depression years of the 1930s were hard times for many Nebraskans. Yet it was also atime of hope and expanding horizons. Personal transportation, in the form of ...
Addison Sheldon
What We Found
Elections in Nebraska, 1886
Prohibition was a major issue for Nebraska voters in 1886. While railroads, currency, and tariff reform were debated, the real political interest on the state level was ...
Colonels in Nebraska
The April-June 1940 issue of Nebraska History included the following query: "Can you give me any information concerning the origin of the usage of the term 'Colonel' as ...
Solomon D. Butcher Photographs
The Solomon D. Butcher photograph collection comprises nearly 3,500 glass plate negatives crafted between 1886 and 1912. It was the photographer's intention to record ...
Nebraska History: Bringing you fascinating state stories for 95 years!
Nebraska History's original 1918 banner (above).
The first known print reference to what is now known as the Nebraska History magazine appeared in The Dakota County ...
Chadron’s First Kindergarten
First kindergarten at Chadron, 1893-94. NSHS RG3340-3-25
When Chadron’s first kindergarten was opened in the fall of 1893, the teacher, Miss Elizabeth “Bess” ...
A.E. Sheldon and the Nebraska State Historical Society
NSHS Superintendent Addison E. Sheldon and an Omaha tribal leader, probably in the 1930s. NSHS RG1289.PH16-7
Addison E. Sheldon, who led the Nebraska ...
NSHS Awards 2015
Last Friday was the Nebraska State Historical Society's 137th Annual Meeting and its annual award luncheon. We were thrilled to celebrate the year with a packed room ...
NSHS 2016 Awards Luncheon Results
Guests gather for the NSHS 2016 Annual Awards Luncheon.
Nebraska “history makers” gathered for the Nebraska State Historical Society awards luncheon ...
Sheldon’s World War II Posters
Addison E. Sheldon, pictured here supervising the work of Society employees, was superintendent of History Nebraska (then known as the Nebraska State Historical Society) ...
Women of the Great War: WWI Posters
By David L. Bristow, Editor
World War I was fought not only with weapons but also with pictures and words. After the United States declared war on Germany in April ...
A Nebraska Guidebook
The 1930s were hard times for many Nebraskans, but it was also a time of expanding horizons. Wider availability of cars meant more families could travel the state. To ...
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