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Collection of UNO football memorabilia and related materials, collected by T. Patrick Ryan, UNO football player (class of 1973). The collection includes UNO Football Media Guides (1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, and 1972); selected game programs (1968, 1969, 1970, and 1972); two 1968 national football magazines; 1968 & 1969 UNO football team photographs; a UNO football duffel bag; and a football commemorating the 2000 UNO North Central Conference Championship.

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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.

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The collection of Thomas A. Rowland, OU class of 1950, includes his freshman beanie, three small red "Omaha U" pennants, a 1949 OU recreuitman booklet, a photograph, and news clippings.

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The Tom and Medora Harper Tangerine Bowl collection includes programs, tickets, news clippings, a scrapbook, and t-shirt related to football at Omaha University and specifically the Tangerine Bowl. Tom Harper was a member of the class of 1956.

Scope and Contents This collection includes organizational records from the University of Nebraska at Omaha and its predecessors, the Municipal University of Omaha and the University of Omaha, dating from the institution's founding in 1908 to the present. Records originated from many colleges, schools, departments, offices, committees, faculty and staff organizations, student organizations, and alumni. Materials include publications, event programs, conference materials, publicity material, meeting minutes,...

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One scrapbook about the University of Omaha men's basketball team from the 1956-1957 season. The scrapbook includes news clippings and photos from the basketball media guide or programs. Loose in the scrapbook are programs from several games, schedules, and other ephemera.

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The University of Omaha loyalty and oath and pledge was required by state statute beginning in 1951 before being overturned in a 1967 ruling. Also included is research and discussion about the oath from 2012.

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Scrapbook documenting engagements and weddings of members of OU sororities from 1939-1949. Scrapbook has been disassembled and rehoused.

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In Fall 1910, University of Omaha students protested the proposed merger of OU with Bellevue College with a petition signed by over 35 students.

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One large red scrapbook documenting activities of the OU Student Union Board and student life at the university through photographs, postcards, reproductions, news clippings, brochures, and other material.

Scope and Contents The UNO Academic Planning Council Program Review Compendiums are spiral-bound volumes annually prepared by the Academic Planning Council (APC). UNO academic units are reviewed on a seven-year cycle, and six to eight academic units are reviewed during each fiscal year. Available compendiums span the period from 1980/1981 through 1991/1992. Compendiums gather primary documents relating to each UNO academic unit reviewed during the fiscal year, including unit self-studies, on-campus audit...

Scope and Contents The UNO Alumni Association Records are the records of the Alumni Association of the University of Nebraska at Omaha and its predecessor the University of Omaha. The collection includes an alumni directory (2007); Alumni Association Board of Directors meeting minutes (paper and microfilm, 1915-1987); financial records (1976-2006); the Board of Directors binder from Alumni Association President Ellen Gast (1972); resource guide; correspondence; drafts; news articles; notes about alumni...

Scope and Contents The UNO Annual Reports collection comprises the printed monthly and annual reports of the University of Nebraska at Omaha and its predecessor the Municipal University of Omaha, covering the period from 1929 through 1995. The collection includes the First Annual Report of President E. W. Emery to the Board of Trustees of the University of Omaha (1929); Reports of the President, Municipal University of Omaha (1936-1949); University of Omaha Annual Reports (1947/1948-1966/1967); University...

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This collection includes architectural drawings of UNO buildings, including Arts and Sciences Hall, Weber Fine Arts, Thompson Alumni Center, College of Business Administration (Roskens Hall), Durham Science Center, and Henningson Memorial Campanile. The drawings were created by students enrolled in the UNL College of Architecture, circa 1992-1996.

Scope and Contents The UNO Art Collection includes works of art created at, commissioned by, or collected by the University of Nebraska at Omaha and its predecessor the University of Omaha, from circa 1908 to the early 2000s. It includes painted portraits of university presidents, chancellors, officers, and others; artwork of university buildings, including conceptual art related to building construction; artwork formerly used as decorations in various campus buildings; caricatures; and more. Some paintings...

Scope and Contents The UNO Artifact Collection includes objects related to the University of Nebraska at Omaha and its predecessor the University of Omaha, from circa 1908 to the present. The collection includes a diverse array of OU and UNO branded items, t-shirts, hats, sweaters, blankets, scrapbooks, proclamations, trophies, award plaques, flags, pennants, pins, pens, seat cushions, coffee mugs, toys, ephemera, memorabilia, and other objects.The bulk of this collection has not yet...

Scope and Contents The UNO Athletics Collection is comprised of an array of documents and other materials related to the intercollegiate athletics program at the University of Nebraska at Omaha and its predecessor the Municipal University of Omaha. The records include media guides, game programs, scrapbooks, artifacts and memorabilia, selected trophies and awards, marketing and publicity material, and administrative records from circa 1924 to the present. Included are materials related to specific sports,...

Scope and Contents The UNO Bachelor of General Studies Degree Records are comprised of files related to the Bachelors of General Studies degree program in the College of Continuing Studies at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, covering the time period from about 1950 until about 2005 (with the bulk of the material from the latter half of that period). Materials include agreements with other area colleges and universities, marketing plans, committee and task force information, correspondence, course...

Scope and Contents The UNO Budget Information Collection contains records gathered from a variety of sources, related to the budget of the University of Nebraska at Omaha and its predecessor the Municipal University of Omaha, dating from about 1933/1934 until about 2010/2011. Records cover the operating budget and other organizational budgets, including correspondence, committees and task forces, budget guidelines, allocations, reallocations, recommendations, requests, summaries, approvals, Faculty Senate...

Scope and Contents The UNO Campus Planning Records are comprised of records from various University of Nebraska at Omaha offices, the University of Nebraska Board of Regents, contractors, private citizens, and other concerned parties, dealing with the planning of UNO campus expansions. Expansions encompass the Dodge Street Campus westward expansion, Ak-Sar-Ben (Pacific Street Campus) and Center Street Campus land acquisition, and several unfulfilled attempts to secure a location in downtown Omaha, covering...

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Proclamations from city, county, and state government in honor of the University of Nebraska at Omaha's centennial in 2008.

Scope and Contents The UNO College Business Management Short Course, later known as the College Business Management Institute, was a week-long summer workshop in administration, budget preparation, personnel management, purchasing, and other business aspects for operating colleges and small universities. The short course was first established at the University of Omaha in 1950. The University of Omaha (OU, until 1968) and the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO, after 1968) served as the headquarters for...

Scope and Contents The UNO Engineering/IST Collection comprises paper files relating to the 1995 creation of the College of Information Science and Technology at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, covering the period from 1993 through 1996. These papers include notes and correspondence from John M. Newton, Associate Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs; land proposals; proposed UNO/NRDA Agreement; news reports and articles; College of IS&T annual reports, studies, and dean's search information; news...

Scope and Contents The UNO College of Information Science and Technology Groundbreaking Ceremony Collection comprises the event program, script of UNO Chancellor Nancy Belck's speech, information folder, news articles, publicity information, and VHS videorecording of the September 10, 1997, groundbreaking ceremony for the Omaha Institute of Information Science, Technology, and Engineering, later known as the Peter Kiewit Institute, at the former site of Ak-Sar-Ben, later known as the "Pacific...

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Scrapbook documents counseling and guidance program, faculty, staff, students, and alumni at the University of Nebraska at Omaha through photographs, news clippings, brochures, and other material. A strong focus is faculty, staff, and students in the College of Education. Scrapbook cover is printed with "University of Omaha 1908" and Arts & Sciences Hall.

Scope and Contents The UNO Course Catalogs and Class Schedules Collection consists of course catalogs and class schedules from the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) and its predecessor the Municipal University of Omaha (OU). Undergraduate and graduate course catalogs cover the period from 1911 until 2012. Spring, fall, summer, and evening class schedules cover the period from 1910 until 2001, with some gaps in coverage, particularly with pre-1968 materials.New material added 2018-02-28:...

Scope and Contents The UNO Directories collection consists of student and employee directories from the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) and its predecessor the Municipal University of Omaha (OU). Student directories cover the period from about 1929/1930 through 1975/1976. Faculty and staff directories cover the period from about 1956 to the present. The collection also includes samples of UNO-branded personal directories (blank address books with monthly planners) for 1980/81 through 1982/83, as well...

Scope and Contents The UNO Doctoral Programs Collection is comprised of files related to the foundation of doctoral programs at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. The files include proposals, planning process documents by colleges and schools, correspondence, public input and UNO responses, press releases, newspaper clippings, Board of Regents involvement, UNO Graduate Council involvement, and miscellaneous information. Doctoral programs covered include for Business Administration (1987-1989), Information...

Scope and Contents The UNO Educational Administration and Supervision Ed.D. Program Records are comprised of files related to the Educational Administration and Supervision doctoral program in the College of Education at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, covering the period from about 1982 until about 1994. Materials include proposals, annual reports, budget information, committee information, meeting minutes, correspondence, summaries, background information, goals, handbooks, materials concerning...

Scope and Contents The UNO Educational Office Personnel Association Records comprises the organizational files of the University of Nebraska at Omaha Chapter of the Educational Office Personnel Association (EOPA, sometimes rendered as the Educational Office Professionals Association) from the chapter's founding in 1974 until its dissolution in 2000. The records include newsletters, correspondence, announcements, membership information, bylaws, budget information, meeting minutes, agendas, reports, forms,...