Sam Walker Collection
Content Description
The collection of Sam Walker includes posters, fliers, LPs, and ephemera documenting Omaha organizations, events, and people in the 20th and 21st centuries particularly related to activism, music, and culture. Topics covered include anti-Vietnam War protests, protests against the demolition of Jobbers Canyon, Omaha sheet music, Wounded Knee legal defense fund, Omaha music and performers, Al Smith, jazz vocalist Karrin Allyson, and the Omaha centennial celebration. The fourteen LPs in the collection were produced by Omaha church, high school, university, Boys Town, and other musical groups. The collection includes a sample ballot for the 1967 Omaha vote about whether to merge the Municipal University of Omaha with the University of Nebraska, which when passed created the University of Nebraska system.
Material September 25, 2018: The photographs taken by Sam Walker in circa 1969-1978 are primarily of the October 15, 1969 Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam protest in downtown Omaha with single photos of Omaha advocate for redeveloping downtown Leo Kraft, the Butternut Coffee building in the Old Market with “History Omaha” banners visible on a light pole, and Peter Hoagland, who would later be a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, attending an event for supporters in Elmwood Park. The original photos of the 1969 protest were returned to the donor after digitization. Also included in the accession was a program for the April 22-23, 1976 Conference on Historical Perspectives on American Criminal Justice sponsored by the UNO Department of Criminal Justice and UNO Department of History.
New material added October 22, 2019: A variety of ephemera including political campaign advertisements, Bunny Hop at the Music Box (1938), Banquet of Independent Grocers and Meat Dealers of Omaha (1941), sheet music for "The All American City Omaha" by J. Frank Terry (1958), and program for the conference Police and Use of Force in America (1980).
Dates
- circa 1928-2016
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research use. Access to the LP record albums is available only via digitized audio.
The Conditions Governing Access policy of UNO Libraries' Archives and Special Collections is available at https://www.unomaha.edu/criss-library/about-us/library-policies/archives-policies.php.
Conditions Governing Use
The Conditions Governing Use policy of UNO Libraries' Archives and Special Collections is available at https://www.unomaha.edu/criss-library/about-us/library-policies/archives-policies.php.
Extent
2 Cubic Feet (2 boxes (1 flat box for oversized items, 1 box for vinyl LPs)) : Posters; Fliers; LPs; Newspapers; Sheet music; Ephemera; Photographs; Programs; Fliers; Advertising blotters
4.18 Gigabytes (36 digital files)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Collection has not yet been arranged and described.
Custodial History
Sam Walker collected and created material from various sources.
New material added September 25, 2018: Photographs were shot by Sam Walker. Walker retrieved from his attic during routine cleaning/decluttering and loaned the photographs to the UNO Libraries Archives & Special Collections for digitization. Upon completion of the digitization, the photographs were returned to Walker. Copies of the digital images, along with some other items delivered by Walker, were added to the library's collection.
New material added October 22, 2019: One folder of miscellaneous ephemera.
- Demonstrations Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Music -- Nebraska -- Omaha Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Omaha (Neb.) -- History Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Omaha Music Archives Subject Source: Local sources
- Protest movements Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Wounded Knee (S.D.) -- History -- Indian occupation, 1973 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- advertising blotters Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- fliers (printed matter) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- fliers (printed matter) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- long-playing records [33 1/3 rpm] Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- newspapers Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- photographs Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- posters Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- programs (documents) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- sheet music Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Source
- Walker, Samuel, 1942- (Donor, Person)
- Title
- Sam Walker Collection
- Status
- Unprocessed
- Author
- Amy Schindler; Angela Kroeger
- Date
- 2018-07-25
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
- Edition statement
- 3rd edition
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
