Valentine, Les

Person

Staff Only

Biography

Former Criss Library Archives and Special Collections employee. Les Valentine was employed by UNO from 1983 until his retirment in 2020. He was the University Archivist at the time of his retirement.

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Staff Advisory Council Campaign Buttons, 2016

File — Folder 2020-011

Identifier: 2020-011

Scope and Contents

Two buttons made by UNO Libraries staff to encourage votes for employee Beau Malnack for the Staff Advisory Council election. The buttons were a play on the 2016 U.S. Presidential campaign logo of Secretary Hillary Clinton and slogan of President Donald Trump. They read "Malnack Make SAC Great Again" and "Beau for SAC."

Dates: 2016

Found in: University of Nebraska at Omaha Archives & Special Collections / UNO-0132, UNO Artifact Collection / Organizations / Staff Advisory Council

Tangerine Bowl Celebration Collection

Collection — Box 1

Identifier: UNO-0200

Scope and Contents

Material from the celebration of the 1955 Tangerine Bowl Championship football on April 12, 2014, including photographs, news clippings, copies of the game film and audio, and other material.

Dates: Event: April 12, 2014

Found in: University of Nebraska at Omaha Archives & Special Collections / Tangerine Bowl Celebration Collection

UNO Henningson Memorial Campanile Photograph Exhibit Collection

Collection

Identifier: UNO-0148

Scope and Contents The UNO Henningson Memorial Campanile Photograph Exhibit Collection comprises 52 photographs taken by Les Valentine, University Archivist, documenting the construction of the Henningson Memorial Campanile (commonly referred to as the bell tower) on the University of Nebraska at Omaha Dodge Street campus. The photographs were all taken from the roof of the University Library (now the Criss Library). The first photograph is dated 1987 and depicts the site prior to the start of...

Dates: 1987-1989

Found in: University of Nebraska at Omaha Archives & Special Collections / UNO Henningson Memorial Campanile Photograph Exhibit Collection

UNO Legendary Woman Collection

Collection

Identifier: UNO-0158

Scope and Contents Each year, the University of Nebraska at Omaha selects a Legendary Woman who is announced and honored at the annual luncheon of the UNO Chancellor's Commission on the Status of Women (CCSW). The requirements for UNO Legendary Woman honorees include that they must have ties to the University of Nebraska at Omaha or its predecessor the University of Omaha, have done something especially noteworthy for the university or the community, and be deceased. An exception to the last requirement was...

Dates: 1920 - 2018

Found in: University of Nebraska at Omaha Archives & Special Collections / UNO Legendary Woman Collection

UNO Retrospective Photograph Exhibit Collection

Collection — Box 1-4

Identifier: UNO-0147

Scope and Contents The UNO Retrospective Photograph Exhibit comprises 28 matted photographs depicting the University of Nebraska at Omaha campus as it appeared in 1987 compared with earlier decades. The exhibit was created by Mike Sherer, associate professor of photojournalism in the Department of Communication (1986-7 employee directory), working closely Les Valentine, University Archivist. Valentine selected from University Archives thirty photographs dating back into the 1930s, and Sherer studied the...

Dates: 1937-1988

Found in: University of Nebraska at Omaha Archives & Special Collections / UNO Retrospective Photograph Exhibit Collection