African Americans in Nebraska—special issue of Nebraska History Online
Due to the great demand for the Fall/Winter 2010 issue of Nebraska History, we have posted the entire issue on our website.
If you’d rather read the articles on ...
Lincoln
What We Found
W. A. Fowler and The Typemusic Company
I recently ran across a few items in a manuscript collection relating to The Typemusic Company of Lincoln. Apparently Mr. W. A. Fowler invented and marketed a typewriter ...
Charles “Mutt” Davison receives the Silver Star
Charles “Mutt” Davison, a Lincoln resident and former University of Nebraska baseball and basketball player, was awarded the Silver Star on May 21, 1945 for heroic ...
Love Sugar? I’ve Got Just the Hospital for You
With that title I bet you thought this blog was going to be about the evils of sugar consumption. Nope, we’ll leave that to the countless “health” blogs. I’ve got ...
August Hagenow: Violinist – Conductor – Director
The Library/Archives division holds a small collection of materials related to noted musician, August Hagenow. Born in Germany in 1859, Hagenow studied the violin in ...
Lincoln’s Lindell Hotel
One of the most important buildings in an early Nebraska town was the hotel. It helped attract new settlers and housed not only travelers but residents who lived at ...
J. C. Penney’s Middle Name Really Was “Cash”
James Cash Penney wasn’t a Nebraskan, and he started his famous retail franchise in Wyoming, but he opened stores in more than fifty Nebraska towns. No merchant before ...
Pershing for President in 1920
A World War I poster featuring Gen. John J. Pershing. NSHS 13000-3565 (at left).
World War I did not produce a military hero who became President, but it did launch ...
Roller Skating Once a Popular Adult Pastime
From Bicycle Journal (September 1968). NSHS 9778-5 (at right).
A wave of popular enthusiasm followed the invention of the modern roller skate in 1863 by James L. ...
A Little Piece of Music History
The Library/Archives recently acquired a scrapbook relating to Donald Abbott of Beatrice and then Lincoln, Nebraska. Abbott was born in Illinois in 1912 and later moved ...
International Religious Leader Visits Nebraska
The Bahá’í Faith was founded by Bahá’u'lláh in 19th-century Persia. `Abdu’l-Bahá Abbas (1844-1921), eldest son of Bahá’í founder Bahá’u'lláh, became the ...
Hedwig Rosenberg’s Persian Lamb Coat
11588-263 (photograph at left).
The Nebraska History museum has a collection of clothing that spans almost 150 years. Some of these items have important stories to ...
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