Scope and Contents The papers include Mabel Lee's vita, correspondence, newsletters, reports, two publications, a photo of Mabel Lee, two photos of the exterior and interior of Mabel Lee Hall from 1978, a booklet written by Mabel Lee titled "Seventy-five Years of Professional Preparation in Physical Education for Women at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln." Included are regulations on gym clothes, the story of beginnings of dance section of American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and...

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Margaret Holland created this scrapbook between 1923-1925 and it contains autographs, memorabilia, and photographs related to her experiences as a student at Edgar High School (Edgar, Nebraska) and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.  Most of the materials are from her senior year at Edgar High School.

Scope and Contents The Sandoz Collection is composed of manuscripts, correspondence, research files, notes, maps, and Sandoz's personal library. In addition to her own work the collection also contains books, articles and taped interviews about Sandoz. This collection is an important source for history and literature of Nebraska and the Great Plains region. It also documents the career of one of Nebraska's most successful and distinguished writers.A grant from the National Endowment for the...

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This collection consists of the papers of Marvel L. Baker and includes his own writings, articles on Baker, and photographs. Included in his writings is an autobiography, titled One Goosenest Wasp (Notes to his Grandchildren).

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The collection includes diaries and journals, correspondence, photographs, scrapbooks, and memorabilia related to the work, travels, and personal lives of Mary Rokahr and her sister, Elsie Rokahr.  The collection's teaching and extension materials relate primarily to home economics, women, and the University of Nebraska's teaching programs in Turkey and Yugoslavia.

Scope and Contents Scope and Content: The Mary Bywater Cross, Quilt Papers contains the personal papers of quilt historian, Mary Bywater Cross including correspondence, quilt exhibition catalogs and exhibit planning, American quilt history research, and historical and quilt conferences materials. Papers also include early Oregon Quilt Project documentation, Columbia-Willamette Quilt Study Group organization records, artist Marie Lyman’s scrapbooks and research, and Bywater Cross’ personal calendars and...

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The collection includes published patterns and handmade copies of patterns for quilts and applique. There are magazine and newspaper articles on quilt patterns, quilts, and quilt makers. Additional items include quilt show flyers and product catalogs, information on quilt shop classes, quilt shop newsletters, and items such as photographs.

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The Don Marquis collection contains materials collected by Max Kober, an avid Marquis fan. Included in the collection is correspondence with other Marquis readers, the Don Marquis Letter, a newsletter concerning Marquis' prose, and satire and poetry.

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Contains photographs collected by Bernard R. McCoy of Charles Starkweather and Caril Ann Fugate as they arrive or leave the courthouse during their trials in May and November of 1958. The majority of the photographs were taken by photographer F. O’Neill.

Scope and Contents Mercy Jane Bancroft kept diaries from 1859 until 1900. The diaries detail many aspects of daily life and significantly, the creation of a quilt, now housed at the International Quilt Study Center, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The materials also include a Devotional and Practical Polyglot Family Bible published in 1870 by the National Publishing Company and Jones Brothers and Co. The bible contains information on marriages, births, and deaths within the Bancroft/Blair family. Sixteen...

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Materials related to Mildred Weseen's attendance at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln include yearbook pages, programs, report cards and two graduation photographs. The remainder of the collection consists of teacher’s contracts from her early career, newspaper clippings, a photograph of her at retirement, and eulogies. Her scrapbook documents experiences at the University, including photographs of Ivy Day celebrations as well as outside activities.

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Twenty black and white photographs showing the University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus and men in the Army Specialized Training Program at UNL in the 1940s.

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The collection includes Mortar Board minutes; presidents' reports; secretary and treasurer records; photographs; scrapbooks; Mortar Board Quarterly; and alumni records.  Also included are materials related to activities such as Ivy Day; tours and conferences; balls; fundraisers, skits, conventions, elections, and convocations.

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The collection consists of one photographic print and 12 negatives showing N Club members, officers, activities, and the Spring Day Committee.

Scope and Contents These collected materials reference the Holocaust and Nazi Germany during World War II. The material includes copies of News in Brief, 1936-1939, an English-language Nazi political periodical and propaganda tool printed in Berlin and distributed in English-speaking countries. Articles promoted Nazi policies such as annexation of Austria, the repression of clergy in Germany, and economic issues. Miscellaneous Nazi publications are represented, including:  12 Uhr 4 September 1939,...

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The materials include administration and organizational records, meeting minutes, membership reports, financial reports, history, photographs, scrapbooks, and subject files of the association along with materials relating to major donors and leaders of the Nebraska Art Association.

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Photographs and audio visual materials created by the Nebraska Forest Service on the topics of trees, forestry extension and education, soil conservation, insects, tree disease, and lumber. Materials include print photographs, 35 mm slides, VHS tapes, CDs and DVDs, and reel to reel film.

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The collection includes Nebraska Grain Improvement Association constitution and by-laws, executive committee minutes, annual meeting minutes, annual reports, account ledgers, photographs, and issues of Grain Improvement Notes.

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Relating to programs the University of Nebraska conducted with Ataturk and Ankara universities in Turkey, the records include correspondence, subject files, minutes, reports, faculty information, and two photographs.

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The records include questionnaires relating to quilts and quiltmakers along with photographs and slides taken of selected quilts during research activity completed between 1987-1989.

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Materials in the collection include an incomplete set of annual bulletins from 1914 to 1931, debate study materials, photographs, and newspaper clippings.  Study materials compiled by members of the UNL Intercollegiate Debate Seminary for the annual statewide debate championship were published by the UNL Department of Extension.  The study materials evolve from simple bibliographies of suggested reading materials to comprehensive, separately published handbooks.

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The materials include by-laws, policies and procedures, correspondence, meeting minutes, newsletters, press releases, news articles, planning files for events, exhibit posters and publicity, photographs, slides, swatch books, a wide variety of quilt-related materials, and materials on textiles.

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The collection consists of 12 photo negatives showing activities of the Newman Club.