Scope and Contents The UNO Engineering Collection comprises an assortment of papers, files, binders, and booklets related to engineering education at the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) and its predecessor the Municipal University of Omaha (OU), gathered from different sources. These include records from the Omaha Engineering School Task Force (1995); binders of memos, letters, articles, reports, and newspaper clippings on the engineering building controversy (1994-1999); a proposal for establishing a...

Scope and Contents The UNO Engineering Merger-Related Materials Collection comprises paper files related to engineering education at the University of Nebraska at Omaha in the immediate aftermath of the Municipal University of Omaha's merger with the University of Nebraska System, covering the period from 1968 until 1972. The records include notes, reports, news clippings, recommendations, faculty comments, consultant information, historical background, and minutes and information from several committees,...

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The UNO Faculty Article Collection consists of two file cabinets containing published articles authored by faculty members of the University of Nebraska at Omaha and its predecessor the University of Omaha. The files are arranged by author. Specific publication details, including titles, topics, and dates, have not been recorded. This collection has not been inventoried or further described.

Scope and Contents The UNO Financial Records include ledgers and bound fiscal reports of the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) and its predecessors the University of Omaha and Municipal University of Omaha (OU), as well as the budget books and personnel rosters of the University of Nebraska System (NU), which cover the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO), University of Nebraska--Lincoln (UNL), University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC), University of Nebraska at Kearney (UNK), and University of...

Scope and Contents The Gateway Photographs Collection is mostly prints and digital images created by photographers for use by the student newspaper. A small number of negatives and contact sheets are also found in the collection. Subjects of photographs include theater productions, athletics, campus events, and people on campus from approximately the 1970s to the 2010s. Most of the black and white photographs are sorted by general topic or identifying information such as basketball or by the first letter of...

Scope and Contents The UNO Henningson Memorial Campanile Photograph Exhibit Collection comprises 52 photographs taken by Les Valentine, University Archivist, documenting the construction of the Henningson Memorial Campanile (commonly referred to as the bell tower) on the University of Nebraska at Omaha Dodge Street campus. The photographs were all taken from the roof of the University Library (now the Criss Library). The first photograph is dated 1987 and depicts the site prior to the start of...

Scope and Contents The UNO Student Programming Organization Records consist of materials produced by SPO from about 1997 until about 2005. Included are the Homecoming binders for 2003/2004 and 2004/2005, which contain proposals, promotional material, Gateway newspaper articles, award information, candidate information, prep-work, rules, club information, grievances, photographs, and floppy disks. Also included are binders filled with Gateway newspaper advertisements from 1997 through 2000, and a box...

Scope and Contents Staff may view an inventory of some items in the collection in the early 2000s in the staff view of this database. The UNO Media Collection includes audiovisual material related to the University of Nebraska at Omaha and its predecessor the University of Omaha, from circa 1950 to the present. Materials include both informal audio and video recordings of UNO events, UNO promotional/recruitment material, and formal radio and television programs produced by UNO Television, University...

Scope and Contents The UNO Newsletter Collection comprises the official newsletters sent to faculty and staff of the University of Nebraska at Omaha and its predecessor the Municipal University of Omaha, covering the period from 1948 until 2008.Print newsletters have been bound into volumes. Bound volumes include: That You May Know, published monthly from November 1948 until January 1965 Faculty Staff Bulletin, published weekly...

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The UNO Newspaper Clipping Collection consists of two file cabinets of clippings from various newspapers. Articles relate to the University of Omaha or its successor the University of Nebraska at Omaha. The files are arranged by topic. The exact range of dates covered is undetermined, but known to extend at least back into the 1920s and up into the early 1980s. This collection has not been inventoried or further described.

Scope and Contents The UNO Office of Academic Affairs Self Studies and Basic Institutional Data Reports comprise bound reports prepared for UNO's accreditation review with the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, which occurs once per decade. Available reports cover 1966/1967, 1969/1970, 1967/1977, 1986/1987, and 1996/1997. The report for 1969/1970, which breaks from the ten-year cycle, followed the University of Omaha's merger into the University of Nebraska system in 1968/1969. The self...

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The UNO Parking Collection comprises University of Nebraska at Omaha Campus Security parking rules, regulations, and campus maps (1963 to the present); reports, proposals, and studies relating to parking, garages, and traffic flow on campus (1970 to 1994); and newspaper clippings about campus parking from the Gateway and various Omaha-area newspapers (1937 to 1982, predominantly from 1970 to 1982).

Scope and Contents The UNO Personnel Records originated with the University of Nebraska at Omaha Human Resources Office and its predecessors (including the Office of Personnel Services) and cover the period from approximately 1939 until approximately 2001. The paper records include the faculty personnel books (bound volumes containing directories, typed lists, and handwritten notes, 1948-1971); faculty-staff personnel letters and academic-administrative employment memorandums (1967-1969); faculty and staff...

Scope and Contents This collection includes photographs 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. Photographs originated from many OU or UNO colleges, schools, departments, offices, committees, campus organizations, faculty, staff, students, and alumni. Materials include black and white and color photographs of various sizes, some mounted or framed; slides; and...

Scope and Contents The UNO Physical Plant records are concerned with the buildings of the University of Nebraska at Omaha and its predecessor the University of Omaha. The records include both current buildings and buildings which no longer exist or are no longer UNO property, and cover the period from approximately 1908 to the present, although the vast majority of records cover the period from the 1970s to the present. The records comprise plans and program statements, physical plant information by...

Scope and Contents The UNO Poster Collection includes posters, fliers, and banners from the University of Nebraska at Omaha. The bulk of the collection is a series of posters and fliers which were displayed on bulletin boards on campus. These are predominantly advertisements for on-campus events or for UNO-sponsored off-campus events. The collection also includes a series of paper, cloth, and vinyl banners which were created for and displayed at various campus events. The exact date range of the collection...

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The UNO Procedures Collection consists of a small number of procedural manuals originating from various departments within the University of Nebraska at Omaha. The manuals date from about 1977 through about 2004.

Scope and Contents Records of a 1987 proposal to construct a fine arts complex for the University of Nebraska at Omaha. Includes schematic drawings, photographs of the proposed sites, documents, and correspondence about a proposed fine arts complex on the south edge of UNO campus for the use of university and community arts organizations. The proposed complex would have been on land in Elmwood Park, which donated to the city of Omaha by Ben Cowdery and Mrs. W. Dale Clark. Use of that land was controversial,...

Scope and Contents The UNO Publicity Pamphlets are glossy recruitment brochures and profiles of the University of Nebraska at Omaha and its predecessor the Municipal University of Omaha. The pamphlets are targeted toward prospective students and include information about the university, academic programs, admission requirements, tuition, financial aid, scholarships, etc. The earliest available brochure is from 1945/1946 and the most recent is from 2016/2017. The collection does not include pamphlets for all...

Scope and Contents The UNO Residence Life Collection includes materials related to student housing at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, including University Village, Maverick Village, Scott Village, and Scott Residence Hall. The collection includes Scott Campus "ResLife" books (2006/2007, 2009/2010, 2011/2012), brochures for all UNO housing facilities, UNO housing student profile 2009-2010 (including demographic information), map and floor plans for Scott Village II, a list of all student occupants of...

Scope and Contents The UNO Retrospective Photograph Exhibit comprises 28 matted photographs depicting the University of Nebraska at Omaha campus as it appeared in 1987 compared with earlier decades. The exhibit was created by Mike Sherer, associate professor of photojournalism in the Department of Communication (1986-7 employee directory), working closely Les Valentine, University Archivist. Valentine selected from University Archives thirty photographs dating back into the 1930s, and Sherer studied the...

Scope and Contents The UNO Stationery Collection comprises stenographic and stationery samples from the University of Nebraska at Omaha and its predecessor the Municipal University of Omaha. The collection includes printed samples of newsletters, event programs, tickets, brochures, flyers, cards (post cards, report cards, and more), ledger sheets, invoices, folders, envelopes, memo sheets, letterhead, and other miscellaneous printed items and stationery, dating from 1945 through 1949. These samples represent a...

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...

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The UNO Student Handbooks collection consists of official student handbooks issued by the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) and its predecessor the Municipal University of Omaha (OU). Available handbooks span the period from 1929/1930 through 1995/1996.

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The University of Nebraska at Omaha published "UNO What's Up?" an online newletter for UNO students. "UNO What's Up?" was published from February 12, 2001 until March 19, 2008. The print archive of "UNO What's Up?" covers the entire publication run.

Scope and Contents The Walter and Anna McKee Halsey Collection comprises correspondence of Reverend Walter N. Halsey, his wife Anna Mary McKee Halsey, and their descendants, along with photographs, artifacts, and ephemera. Most of the letters were written by Anna McKee Halsey. Anna McKee's correspondence with her parents and siblings about her experiences as a missionary in New Mexico covers the time period 1884-1885. In 1908, sponsored by the Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Omaha, Dr. Walter Halsey...

Scope and Contents The William E. Sealock Collection comprises materials related to William Sealock's term as the first president of the Municipal University of Omaha, 1931-1935. The collection contains primarily news clippings, many of which relate to Sealock's conflict with the Board of Regents, which resulted in his dismissal and subsequent suicide. The collection also includes a small amount of correspondence and a 1941 research paper by Warren Whitted on the Sealock-Regents conflict titled, "Human...

Scope and Contents The World Affairs Institute Series comprises the print and audio records of the World Affairs Institute, a lecture series organized by the Municipal University of Omaha and its successor the University of Nebraska at Omaha. The institute ran from academic year 1947/1948 through 1971/1972. It was originally directed by William E. Daugherty, a professor of government at the University of Omaha. The institute featured a series of lectures on foreign affairs and policy issues. Speakers came...