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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

Clara Conklin, Travel Papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG-12-21-10
Scope and Contents These papers relate to Clara Conklin's travels, career, and personal life. Only the early correspondence and one article relate to her academic career at the University of Nebraska. The correspondence from James H. Canfield relates to Conklin's appointment as an instructor in German and French languages. Most of the collection relates to European travel between 1896-1902. Passenger lists include those from the following cruise lines: American Line, 1906; Holland-America Line 1898; Red Star...
Dates: 1889-1938

Depth Report, College of Journalism and Mass Communications Records

 Collection
Identifier: RG-14-08-02
Scope and Contents The reports were written and published by students in creative editing and depth reporting classes in the College of Journalism, supervised by Journalism faculty. The content of the reports cover a wide variety of topics such as activism, buffalo, campus expansion, charity, death, elderly, Farm Aid, football, homecoming, homosexuality, the Oregon Trail, police, registration, welfare, among others. There are also reports on several countries, including Germany, Bolivia, Cuba, and France....
Dates: 1962 - 2014

Erwin H. Barbour, Museum Director Papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG-32-01-01
Scope and Contents The collection consists of correspondence and photographic materials. The materials in the photograph series relate to Barbour's research in paleontology and geology, his work as director of the State Museum, his civic involvement in Lincoln, Nebraska, and his personal life. The images of vertebrate and invertebrate fossils are primarily from Nebraska. They include scenes of excavations, fossil preparation, and museum displays in addition to photographs illustrating fossils from various...
Dates: 1889-2000; Majority of material found within 1889-1968

Fred Morrow Fling, History Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RG-12-14-12
Scope and Contents

The collection includes Fred Morrow Fling's correspondence from 1894-1922, materials related to his research on the French Revolution, his manuscript about Mirabeau, scrapbooks, and lecture notes.

Dates: 1926-1927

French Exile & Underground Newspapers, World War II Publications

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-0107
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of newspapers dealing with the occupation of France by the Nazi forces during World War II.  The collection also contains other publications, including a letter written in 1939.  The newspapers urge French citizens to support French troops in the fight against Germany.  Many of these newspapers were created by clandestine and revolutionary groups, both before the start of the war and during the war.

Dates: 1938-1944

Ivan Beede, Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0002
Scope and Contents The collection contains Ivan Beede's letters to his friend Kenneth Forward written from 1920-1931. In his letters he described life in Boston, its social scene and political campaigns, the newspaper world, and discussed contemporary writers, plays, and other events. Of special interest are his interviews of the Gish sisters, R. Duncan, and Pola Negri. Beede also mentioned several University of Nebraska professors like Frye, Gaffney, Gass, and Rice, among others, obviously responding to...
Dates: 1919-1949

J. Patras, World War I Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0283
Scope and Contents Photographs taken by J. Patras in France and surrounding areas during World War I. The photographs illustrate areas of France affected by the war, soldiers in camps and bunkers, cemeteries and burials, hospitals, churches and trenches.This collection contains black and white photographs of war scenes in France during World War I. The photographs are arranged according to the group name and number assigned to them by the creator. Group B contains images of Allied cemeteries and a...
Dates: 1916-1918

Rainbow Division Veterans Association (RDVA), Records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-0104
Scope and Contents The arrangement of the RDVA records is the result of a collaborative effort between the RDVA Archives and the Archives and Special Collections, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries.The records are divided into nine series: World War I, World War II, Dachau, National RDVA, RDVA Chapters, RDVA Memorial Foundation, RDVA Auxiliary, Individual Papers, and Audio/Visual. Within these series, the items are defined by type and include several formats, such as: awards, correspondence,...
Dates: 1914-1999

William McGeachin, WWI Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0490
Scope and Contents

The papers consist of six handwritten letters from William McGeachin to his mother while stationed in Europe during World War I. McGeachin wrote about traveling and seasickness, battles and fighting on the front lines, the weather, food, influenza, and the engineering classes he was taking. Included are some photocopies of articles about McGeachin.

Dates: 1918-1919