UNO Student Government Records
Scope and Contents
The UNO Student Government Records comprise the files, binders, and audio cassettes of the University of Nebraska at Omaha Student Government (UNO-SG). The collection includes materials that have not yet been arranged and described, including audio cassettes, minutes, budget information, bylaws, plans, committee information, agency information, reports, election information, and other miscellaneous information, from 1968/1969 through at least 1988/1989. The collection also includes the binders of the Student Senate, which contain the printed agendas, minutes, resolutions, and letters of statement of the Student Senate, covering the period from 1968/1969 through 2008/2009. Some of the records include handwritten annotations.
Dates
- 1968-2014
Creator
- University of Nebraska at Omaha. Student Government (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research use. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the Nebraska Public Records Statutes (Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 84-712 through 84-712.09), and other relevant regulations. Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of Nebraska Omaha assumes no responsibility.
Conditions Governing Use
The researcher assumes full responsibility for conforming with the laws of copyright. Whenever possible, Archives & Special Collections will provide information about copyright owners and related information. Securing permission to publish or use material is the responsibility of the researcher. Note that unless specifically transferred to the University of Nebraska at Omaha, any applicable copyrights may be held by another individual or entity. Further information about copyright policy is available at http://libguides.unomaha.edu/library_policies.
Extent
17.67 Cubic Feet (13 record cartons, 2 document boxes, 25 binders)
Language of Materials
English
English
Custodial History
Accession records are incomplete or absent. The materials were apparently transferred to University Archives by various officers of Student Government prior to 2014. Notes on boxes indicate some may have been transferred to the archives in 1993 and 1995/1996.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
University of Nebraska at Omaha. Student Government
Accruals
New materials are transferred to the Criss Library on an irregular schedule.
Processing Information
Collection has not yet been further arranged and described.
- Student government Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- University of Nebraska at Omaha -- Students
- University of Nebraska at Omaha. Student Government -- Records and correspondence
- audiocassettes Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- records (documents) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Title
- UNO Student Government Records
- Status
- Unprocessed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the University of Nebraska at Omaha Archives & Special Collections Repository
Archives & Special Collections
Dr. C.C. and Mabel L. Criss Library
6001 Dodge St.
Omaha Nebraska 68182-0237 United States
402-554-6046
unoasc@unomaha.edu
