Oliver Pollak Papers

The Oliver Pollak Papers comprise the research materials of Oliver Pollak, professor of history at the University of Nebraska at Omaha from 1974 through 2012.

The series Fifty Years of Teaching History at the University of Omaha, 1908-1957, comprises Oliver Pollak's research notes for the article "Fifty Years of Teaching History at the University of Omaha, 1908-1957," published in Journal of the West, volume 42, issue 3, Summer 2003. This series includes handwritten notes, photocopied articles with handwritten annotations, correspondence, OU faculty records, and a copy of the journal issue with the finished article. Research materials are arranged alphabetically by name of the faculty member who taught history at OU during the first fifty years of the institution's existence. Postmarks on envelopes containing research notes suggest that Pollak began research for this article in or before 1994. This series has not been arranged or described.

The series Nebraska Carnegie Libraries Research Materials comprises Oliver Pollak's research notes for his book A state of readers: Nebraska's Carnegie Libraries, published by J&L Lee Co., 2005. This series includes handwritten notes, photocopied articles with handwritten annotations, correspondence, and other materials. This series has been partially arranged, including some bibliography resources sorted by author, some materials sorted by research venue (including the Nebraska Library Commission and the Omaha Public Library), and some materials organized by the name of the library being researched. Arrangement and description of this series was not completed, and approximately half of the collection has not been sorted.

The series University of Nebraska at Omaha, Arcadia Publishing comprise materials generated during writing of University of Nebraska at Omaha (2007) by Oliver B. Pollak and Les Valentine, a title in the Arcadia Publishing Campus History Series. The collection includes correspondence, newspaper articles, written notes, and rough draft photocopies. These materials predominantly date to circa 2006-2007.

The series Oliver B. Pollak Research Collection comprises materials generated by Professor Pollak during his historical research and through his association with the Missouri Valley History Conference. Also included are materials from the Winchell Lecture Series sponsored by the UNO Department of History. These materials predominantly date to circa 1998-2015.