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Heartland Gay Rodeo Association Records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS-0161
Content Description
The Heartland Gay Rodeo Association (HGRA) collection has been organized into nine series with materials ranging from 1993-2008. The HGRA was established in Papillion, Nebraska, in 1993 as a nonprofit chapter of the International Gay Rodeo Association (IGRA). The association was created to not only support IGRA sanctioned rodeos, but to also raise funds for area LGBTQIA+ and AIDS organizations. HGRA hosted its inaugural rodeo in 1997, an event that continued in the Omaha area for several...
Dates:
circa 1993-2008
Jean Heringman Willacy Papers
Collection — Box: 2020-025
Identifier: APAC-0016
Content Description
The papers of Jean Heringman Willacy document her interest and travel in Afghanistan beginning in 1967 along with her work supporting Afghan refugees after the Soviet invasion. The collection includes photographs, slides, and digital copies of slides donated to the Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University along with drawings by Afghan refugee children about their war experiences, a speech for Save the Children, postcards, pamphlets, booklets, reports, newsletters, correspondence, calendars...
Dates:
circa 1960-1998
Joe H. Baker Collection
Collection — Box: 1-2
Identifier: UNO-0181
Scope and Contents
The collection of Joe H. Baker documents his time as a University of Omaha student and president of the OU Alumni Association in 1950-1951. Included are yearbooks, scrapbooks, photographs, correspondence, a pen given to Baker at the conclusion of his term of service to the Alumni Association, and his freshman beanie cap bearing his class year 1943. Of note in the scrapbooks are newsletters of the Alumni Association, news clippings, programs, and similar material. A wooden sign reading "Keep...
Dates:
circa 1942-1951
Metropolitan Community Church of Omaha Records
Collection — Box: 1-6
Identifier: MSS-0098
Content Description
The Metropolitan Community Church of Omaha (MCC Omaha) was chartered in 1974 as the first church in Omaha with positive ministry activities to the LGBTQ+ community. The MCC Omaha Records are comprised of 2.5 cubic feet of documents and photographs from 1959 through 2017 with the bulk of items dated 1973 to 1975 and 1996 to 2003. Photographs of church events and other activities from 1987 through 2003 make up most of the collection. There is a gap in materials from 1975 through the mid-1990s,...
Dates:
1959 - 2017
Missouri Valley History Conference Records
Collection
Identifier: UNO-0011
Scope and Contents
The Missouri Valley History Conference (MVHC) is an annual history conference organized by the University of Nebraska at Omaha Department of History. The first conference took place in 1958. Materials include conference programs, announcements, correspondence, information about individual sessions, material from UNO history professor Oliver Pollak, and miscellaneous material. The collection is primarily paper with one CD-ROM from the 50th conference. The conference includes papers and panels...
Dates:
1958 - 2013
Nebraska AIDS Project (NAP) Records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS-0092
Content Description
The Nebraska AIDS Project (NAP) collection is primarily composed of photographs in print along with negatives and some digital images. The topics of the photographs include a variety of NAP activities including the annual AIDS Walk, Night of 1,000 Stars, volunteer appreciation events, other events, as well as NAP’s former building. Celebrities participating in events include Olympian Greg Louganis, actress Shirley MacLaine, and comedian Joan Rivers. Documents are primarily related to...
Dates:
circa 1992-2016
Omaha Chamber of Commerce Records
Collection — Box: 2018-040
Identifier: MSS-0013
Scope and Contents
The Omaha Chamber of Commerce Records cover business and industry in Omaha, Nebraska, spanning the period from 1912 until 1979. The records include meeting minutes from various committees and bureaus, the Chamber's newsletter (1912-1941 as Journal, 1941-1956 as News Bulletin, 1959-2004 as Profile), photographs, negatives, slides, newspaper clippings, correspondence, pamphlets, books and journals collected and used by the Chamber, and files with information about various businesses,...
Dates:
1912-2015
Omaha Symphony Guild Records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS-0029
Scope and Contents
The records of the Omaha Symphony Guild document events organized by the group as well as governance functions of the board of directors from circa 1990-2011 with gaps in the records. Organizational records include the secretary’s notebooks (2003-2006), treasurer’s notebooks and reports (1999-2005, Omaha Symphony Guild Advisor, as well as material created by other officers including the President, Executive Committee, Board of Directors, President-Elect, Vice President for Administration,...
Dates:
1950-2019; Majority of material found within 1990-2011
Omaha Theater Company Records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0010
Scope and Contents
The Omaha Theater Company Records contain materials from 1949 to the present, documenting the history of the organization, its administration, and its productions. The organization changed names during the covered period, starting as the Omaha Junior Theater in 1948, becoming the Emmy Gifford Children's Theater in 1977, and becoming the Omaha Theater Company for Young People in 1993, eventually shortening the name to the Omaha Theater Company. The group performed in the Center Theater...
Dates:
1949 - 2014
Steppenwolf Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS-0025
Scope and Contents
The Steppenwolf Collection spans the years 1938-1991, with the bulk of the material dating from 1960-1977. The collection features the papers of Philip Boatright, editor of Steppenwolf: A journal of poetry and opinion, and his associate, Jean Shannon. Steppenwolf an independent, literary journal, featured poetry from the late 1960’s through the mid 1970’s. The Collection contains correspondence, books, manuscripts, photographs, newsletters, postcards, catalogs, and sound recordings....
Dates:
1938-1991
Terry Sweeney and Pat Phalen Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0077
Content Description
The Terry Sweeney and Pat Phalen Papers document some of their interests and life together in Omaha, Nebraska in the late 20th and early 21st centuries, including participating in Marches on Washington, publishing The New Voice, Phalen’s reign as ICON Emperor, safe sex and HIV/AIDS education, workplace advocacy for LGBT+ employees at US West, the Omaha leather scene, and other activities. The collection includes newsletters, event programs, photographs, photo albums belonging to their friend...
Dates:
circa 1975-2022
UNO Alumni Association Records
Collection
Identifier: UNO-0048
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...
Dates:
1937-2009
UNO Athletics Collection
Collection
Identifier: UNO-0074
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,...
Dates:
1920 - 2020
UNO International Programs Records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UNO-0112
Scope and Contents
The UNO International Programs Records comprise the print files of the University of Nebraska at Omaha International Studies and Programs unit. The material appears to date mostly from 1970-1990. The collection includes correspondence, trip reports, project reports, project proposals, forms, grant information, committee records, study abroad information, scholarship information, foreign government documents, newsletters, photographs, slides, and negatives. This collection has not yet been...
Dates:
1970-2022
UNO Office of Multicultural Affairs Records
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: UNO-0273
Content Description
The collection of material from the UNO Office of Multicultural Affairs includes documents created by and about the Summer Scholars program for high school juniors, programs, newsletters, and other documents about the office.
Dates:
1983-2012
UNO TRIO Project Achieve Records
Collection — Box: 2019-065.1-2
Identifier: UNO-0259
Content Description
The records of UNO's TRIO Project Achieve include two folders of newsletters, brochures, and fliers that were previously part of the University Archives File Cabinet Collection and an accession of records transferred from the offices of Project Achieve in 2019. The 2019 material received from Project Achieve's employees includes guest books from Project Achieve Honors Luncheons, brochures, news clippings, photographs, folders with the Project Achieve logo, and other material. Most of the...
Dates:
1994-2019
UNO Women's Club Records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UNO-0003
Scope and Contents
Collection of materials created by or related to the University of Nebraska at Omaha Women's Club, from 1937 through the present. Includes meeting minutes, budget information, information on interest groups within the organization, information about scholarships offered by the organization, memorabilia from special events, press clippings, the organization's constitution and bylaws, membership information, directories, newsletters, photographs, and documents describing the organization's...
Dates:
1937-2017
UNO Women’s Resource Center Student Agency Records
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: UNO-0232
Content Description
The records of the UNO Women’s Resource Center student agency include administrative material created by the student agency as well as print and digital photographs (circa 1995-2014) and newsletters documenting the organization’s activities. A statement of purpose for the Women’s Resource from 1977 is the oldest document in the collection. The collection includes twelve signs created for the 2015 Homecoming drag show; one sign was deliberately ripped as part of that show's production.
Dates:
1977 - 2015
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