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MS. Manuscript

 Record Group
Identifier: MS
Manuscript and Special Collections that are associated with a person, organization, or project.

Found in 503 Collections and/or Records:

A. Piana, Letter

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0248
Scope and Contents

One letter to Dudley Leavitt discussing the national broadcasting schedule and a list of associated stations of the National Broadcasting Company.

Dates: 1935

Abraham Lincoln, Collected Materials

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-0005
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of publications and clippings related to Abraham Lincoln. Some news clippings and magazines reference the ambrotype, a type of photo, of Lincoln that is included in the Archives & Special Collections. Many of the clippings include a published copy of the Lincoln Ambrotype owned by the University Libraries.

Dates: -

Adolph J. Kratochvil, Czech Heritage Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0255
Scope and Contents

The collection includes a memory book of Adolph Josef Kratochvil maintained by him after his arrival to the United States from Pisek, Bohemia in 1883. The text is in Czech.

Dates: 1883-1889

Adolph Kacer, Czech Heritage Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0278
Scope and Contents The collection consists of correspondence, newspaper clippings and information about the project "What heart connects, the ocean will not disconnect." Materials include short commemorative biographical articles about Josef A. Kucera and Emil Folda, and Kucera's death certificate. Also included are Czech newspaper articles probably from Denni Hlasatel and book dedication pages that were sent to the United States from Czech people between 1946-1947 as...
Dates: 1938-1976

Adrian Wilson

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0218

Alice Tuttle Clark, Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0130
Scope and Contents The collection consists of correspondence, printed materials, and scrapbooks, 1879-1928.  The correspondence primarily concerns family activities and includes undated prose describing a drive from California to New York.Materials relating to the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, mostly from 1883-1885, are found in the correspondence and scrapbooks.  They include programs from the Palladian Literary Society, Philodicean Society, University Union, Charter Day, and the music...
Dates: 1879-1928

American Quilt Study Group, Quilt Research Files

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-0112
Scope and Contents The American Quilt Study Group (AQSG) Records include administrative correspondence, the "Blanket Statement" newsletters, and documents created through administrative and general membership activities. The subject and research files document a wide variety of topics related to quilt studies and textiles. The files were initially developed through the efforts of Sally Garoutte, Joyce Gross, and through the activities and administration of AQSG. The subject files were developed through the...
Dates: 1872-2002

Amy Almy, Short Stories

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0166
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of portions of The Nebraska Farmer magazines containing Amy Bruner Almy’s short stories, "Out Wild Turkey Way," from November 24, 1934, and "Christmas In-Between," from December 22, 1934.

Dates: 1934

Anatole G. Mazour, Russian History Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-0082
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of the personal papers of Anatole Mazour and includes correspondence, manuscripts, articles and reprints, journals and magazines, souvenir programs, travel information, newspaper clippings, photographs, and oversized materials.  The majority of the materials relate to Mazour's research on Russian history and culture.

Dates: 1936-1979

Andy Adams, Letters

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0165
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of four letters from Andy Adams addressed to “Dear Bob” dating from 1925, 1926, 1928, and 1934; a telegram; and newspaper clippings from the 1920s-1940 discussing Adams’ career. In the letters Adams writes about his published novels, a manuscript he is working on, and rejections from publishers.

Dates: 1925-1934

Anna Brown, Sewing Notebook

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0470
Scope and Contents

The notebook contains handwritten instructions for different sewing techniques such as overcasting, French seams, sewing on buttons, feather stitching, patches, joining and cutting lace, and others. Each section is accompanied by a hand-sewn fabric example.

Dates: 1904

Anna Wheeler Harris, Manuscript

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0184
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of a typed reminiscence, "Lord Tennyson as I Knew Him," told by Mrs. Anna Wheeler Harris, 1917. The three-page manuscript describes Harris’s impression of Alfred Tennyson and some of her experiences working as a governess to his children. Also included is a half page of biographical information about Anna Wheeler Harris and her immediate family.

Dates: 1917, 1976

Anne of Brittany Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0001
Scope and Contents The collection consists typescript and bound catalogs of the Anne of Brittany book collection created by H. Winnett Orr during his lifetime. Orr collected books relating to Anne, her life, her husbands, her reign as Queen of Brittany and as a Queen of France, the history of France during her lifetime, notable individuals alive during her reign, and general histories of France and its people. In addition, Orr created scrapbooks of his trip to Brittany in 1929 and of items assocated with his...
Dates: 1918-1955; Majority of material found within 1944-1951

Annie Laurie Smith, Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-0303
Scope and Contents This collection features correspondence, diaries and journals, photographs, newspaper clippings, personal papers, and mementos created by and about Annie Laurie Smith and her family.  The majority of the collection is correspondence to and from Annie Laurie Smith and her immediate family.  The collection contains letters, postcards, telegrams, greeting cards, and many of the letters included newspaper clippings.  This collection of correspondence is interesting not only because of the broad...
Dates: 1825-1996; Majority of material found within 1935-1990

Annie Prey Jorgensen, Student Life Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0042
Scope and Contents The collection contains original, photocopied, and transcribed correspondence and manuscripts, along with Jorgensen's class notes and biographical materials. Most of the collection consists of papers and articles written by Jorgensen during her years at the University of Nebraska. Many of the manuscripts include handwritten edits in red pencil, which were done by Professor Herbert Bates, an English instructor at the University of Nebraska. Willa Cather, youth editor for ...
Dates: 1876-1935, undated

Anson Uriel Hancock, Manuscripts

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0154
Scope and Contents

The papers include photocopies of materials from the 1870s-1890s including a few works of Anson Uriel Hancock, a small biography, obituaries of Hancock and his wife, records of their children, short stories, and reviews.

Dates: undated

Ardis & Robert James, Quilt Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0468
Scope and Contents The papers include correspondence, publications, articles, quilt research, slides, news clippings, materials related to symposiums and seminars attended, materials related to the creation and opening of the International Quilt Study Center (IQSC), materials related to the James Foundation, exhibit and event files, quilt appraisals, interviews, information packets from the IQSC, IQSC advisory board files, photos, materials related to trips to Japan, James Collection inventories and photos,...
Dates: 1770s-1870s, 1930-2013; 1980-2013

Arene W. Burgess, Quilt Kit Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0442
Scope and Contents The papers include correspondence related to quilt exhibits and kits, china, and historic preservation. They include a set of magazines titled "Pieces of Time," created by the Iowa Illinois Quilt Study Group, and "An Education Auxiliary of the Kalona Quilt and Textile Museum," Kalona Historical Village, Kalona, Iowa. These include articles by Arene Burgess in April 2007, August 2008, August 2009, August 2011, April 2012, April, 2013, and April 2014. Photos of Burgess' quilts appear in the...
Dates: 1973-2015

Arthur E. Bestor, Manuscript

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0170
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of a short manuscript by Arthur E. Bestor that briefly describes the history of Chautauquas and their contributions to adult education.  The typed manuscript is dated August 14, 1929.

Dates: 1929, Aug. 14

Arthur Lobdell, Military Records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-0329
Scope and Contents

Arthur T. Lobdel, Military Records contains correspondence, military records, maps, photographs, diaries, newspaper articles, and other records that document Lobdel’s experiences during World War I.

Dates: 1916-1919

Arthur Sass, Visual Recording

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0370
Scope and Contents

Includes an 8mm film and DVD of Arthur Sass operating threshing machine at Ak-sar-ben Centennial Celebration of Nebraska.

Dates: circa 1954

Arthur Smith, World War II Records

 Collection — Folder 001 (from box 2, folder 9): [Barcode: R0242010726]
Identifier: MS-0056
Scope and Contents The existing collection of Smith’s papers deals mainly with his years as a medical officer for the United States Navy (1944-1946). Correspondence, photographs, maps and official naval orders and documents detail Smith's years of service in World War II. Of special interest are the detailed notes he inscribed on his photos and maps of the military base in Okinawa, Japan. His correspondence to family is detailed, providing excellent descriptions of military life and the business of a medical...
Dates: 1940-1970

Autographs, Collected Materials

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-0004
Scope and Contents

The Autograph Collection includes the signature or autographs of people of note, including Theodore Roosevelt, 26th president of the United States, Julia Ward Howe, writer of the Battle hymn of the Republic, Thomas Henry Huxley, British biologist and Darwin colleague, Robert Peel, British politician and founder of modern police forces, and Pearl S. Buck, Pulitzer-Prize winning writer.

Dates: 1773-1943

Barbara Brackman, Quilt Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0408
Scope and Contents The papers consist of quilt materials collected by Barbara Brackman including publications, fabric swatches, patterns and designs, news clippings and articles, newspapers, magazines, scrapbooks and notebooks, photographs and slides, posters and publicity for exhibits, and catalogs. Also included are research notes and correspondence about a range of topics including Civil War and Union quilts, enslaved and abolitionist quilters including Harriet Tubman, Ona Judge, Martha Ann Ricks, and...
Dates: 1790-2019; Majority of material found within 1970s-2008

Barbara Horak, Czech Heritage Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0277
Scope and Contents The collection consists of personal correspondence, newspaper clippings and one photograph. Newspaper clippings include an article about Barbara Horak at the occasion of her 100th birthday, describing her experiences with immigration to the United States, a calendar from 1901, a check from the Farmer State Bank from November 6, 1950, with the value of $1020.00, and a form requested by Joseph Svoboda, University of Nebraska–Lincoln Libraries, concerning the Czech Heritage Project. Also...
Dates: 1900-1975

Bates Family, Student Life Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0416
Scope and Contents Bates Family, Photographs collection contains class portraits of Carlos Bates, and his mother Sarah G. Bates, who attended the University of Nebraska in the early 1900s. Photograph also include early 1900s Princeton College campus scenes and class portraits of Flossy D. Erford, Harry Yates, Albert Furr, Susie Wallace, Nellie Stevenson, Albert M. Levy, Flora Grace Ernst, Edwin Guthrie, Alice Auld, G. Pagadian, Louise Brace, Esmeralda Field, Herbert Baird, Jessie Mosher, Harold Steiner, G.A....
Dates: 1903-1909

Benjamin A. Botkin Collection of Applied American Folklore

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-0066
Scope and Contents The Botkin collection includes two major components, Botkin's personal library and papers relating to his research and publications. The papers include personal and professional correspondence, manuscripts and drafts of Botkin's books, articles, and speeches. His field notes, notebooks, and card files supplement the research materials used for his work and publications. In addition, the collection contains tape recordings and phonograph records of material relating to folklore. There are...
Dates: 1919-1975

Bennet and Allen Families, Photo Album

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0388
Scope and Contents

The photo album contains black and white photograph prints relating to the Bennett and Allen families, with additional extended family possibly represented. The majority are individual or group portraits. With the exception of Palto Alto, no locations are listed and the date range includes the years 1913, 1942, 1951, and 1977, among others.

Dates: 1912-1977