Scope and Contents The Nebraska Quilt Project began in 1987 under the leadership of Patricia Cox Crews and Ronald C. Naugle. The two worked together to register over 3,000 quiltmakers and almost 5,000 quilts made in Nebraska or brought to the state by homesteaders or pioneers before the 1920s. The findings of the project were published in Nebraska Quilts and Quiltmakers, (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, c1991). The records include questionnaires relating to quilts and quiltmakers along with photographs...

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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.

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The collection consists of 17 photo negatives showing members and activities of the Newman Club.

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The collection consists of meeting minutes, registers, and photographic prints and negatives of the NU Meds student medical organization.

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The collection consists of five photo negatives showing NUCWA activities.

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The collection consists of nine photo negatives showing Orchesis members and activities.

Scope and Contents The collection consists of letters to his parents in Nelson, Nebraska, throughout the duration of his deployment (Sept. 1917 through May 1919), as well as letters from his brothers, Richard and Harold, to their parents. A set of postcards includes notes on the back of each card that provides additional description about the location on the front of the postcard, written by Goodrich. Other postcards are those Goodrich may have purchased while in Europe, many of which were placed in a photo...

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Outdoor Adventures Photographs includes slide carousels of trips to Escalante, Grant Teto, Yucatan, and Mexico and scrapbooks of trips to Alaska, Minnesota, and New Mexico. Also included are photo prints of activities and events such as challenge courses, Outdoor Adventure facilities, driver’s training, winter backpacking, and indoor and outdoor rock climbing.

Scope and Contents The majority of the Palladian records document the internal workings of the society. There is correspondence, meeting minutes, fiscal records, programs, reports, newsletters, and humor publications. Additional items, such as photographs and scrapbooks were kept and donated by society members. The records include information on several alumni banquets and anniversary celebrations. The records are listed within series, including those of the active society, along with those for the Links, the...

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Patricia Freeman, Zoology papers contains research data, photographs, illustrations, correspondence, notes, and other materials relating to evolution, experimental and behavioral data on the morphology, function, and jaw mechanics of the teeth and jaws of bats.

Scope and Contents The photographs are those taken by Day or of Day while conducting alpine field research in Colorado. Locations identified on the photos include Barr Trail, Bottomless Pit, and Pikes Peak. Individuals listed in the captions on the photographs are Day, Edith Clements, Frederic Clements, Marie Kruekow, Paul Leman, Emmit Martin, George Meredith, Malcolm Parker, John Sperry, Lloyd Weaver, Dr. Long, and Dr. Philips from South Africa, among others. The correspondence from 1936-1938 include...

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Publications by Paul Schach comprise the bulk of the collection.  Also included are a few biographical materials and news clippings about Schach and a photograph of him.

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The records include collected documents and artifacts from the Quilt America! conference from 1990-2002. Materials include correspondence, meeting minutes, newspaper clippings, programs, floor plans, registration forms, reports, photographs, and artifacts, arranged chronologically by conference date.

Scope and Contents The collection consists of materials related to Penny McMorris's work in the field of quilt studies as a dealer and scholar. The collection contains files related to the television shows she hosted, "Quilting," "Quilting II," and "The Great American Quilt." There are also extensive files of correspondence between McMorris and contemporary quilt artists whose work she helped to sell. Research files in the collection relate to two of McMorris's books ...

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The collection includes Peter C. Magrath's publications and photographs.

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Peterson Construction Company, Photo Album contains exterior photographs of houses in Lincoln, Martell, Hickman, and Roca, Nebraska constructed by the Peterson Construction Company of Lincoln, Nebraska around the 1930s.

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The collection consists of news clippings, programs, and photographs related to the membership and activities of Phi Beta Kappa.

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Contains dance cards and invitations (1890s), news clippings, and photographs of Phi Delta Theta Fraternity members and events.

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Contains news clippings, newsletters, dance cards and invitations, and photographs of Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity.

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The collection consists of photographic prints and negatives, membership lists, and correspondence about reunions.  The photographs include images of  Phi Kappa student members and images of alumni at reunions.