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Cheerful--Courageous-- Confident: The Gift of an Idea to the University of Omaha Class of 1947, by Rowland Haynes, President is a printed commemorative copy of Rowland Haynes commencement speech to the 1947 OU graduating class, signed with a greeting by Rowland Haynes. The theme is cheerful courage through faith in God.

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The Del Weber Speeches cover the period from 1977 until 1998, when Delbert D. Weber was Chancellor of the University of Nebraska at Omaha. The speeches consist of handwritten and typed notes and scripts. An unformatted list of speeches in the staff view includes speech title, organization or location, and title.

Content Description Script for the State of the University Address, titled "Guardians of her Destiny," delivered by Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold to the University of Nebraska at Omaha on September 25, 2017. Six loose leaf sheets plus a cover page, three-hole punched, with corrections and pauses for breath marked with purple ink. The transcript of his speech is available on the university website (https://www.unomaha.edu/news/2017/09/state-of-the-university-address-transcript.php), but differs slightly from the...

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This speech was found inserted in John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress (PR 3330. A1 1813), which has a bookplate “The library of J. B. Sharp” and the name, Joseph Sharp,” With the place “Wheeling, Va.” And the date “Dec. 13, 1857” in the same hand.

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The Nancy Belck Speeches cover the period from 1997 until 2006, when Nancy Belck was Chancellor of the University of Nebraska at Omaha. The speeches consist of typed notes and scripts.

Scope and Contents The Ronald W. Roskens Speeches cover the period from 1960 until 1992, including Roskens' time as Vice President for Administration and Executive Vice President and Professor of Educational Administration at Kent State University (1959-1972), Chancellor of the University of Nebraska at Omaha (1972-1977), President of the University of Nebraska System (Central Administration in Lincoln, Nebraska) (1977-1989), and Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development...

Scope and Contents The UNO College of Information Science and Technology Groundbreaking Ceremony Collection comprises the event program, script of UNO Chancellor Nancy Belck's speech, information folder, news articles, publicity information, and VHS videorecording of the September 10, 1997, groundbreaking ceremony for the Omaha Institute of Information Science, Technology, and Engineering, later known as the Peter Kiewit Institute, at the former site of Ak-Sar-Ben, later known as the "Pacific...