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The record group contains issues of Accent newsletter, 1981-1989, and Sower's Scoop, 1975-1979. The newsletters contain information on topics such as student groups, events, scholarships, agricultural careers, and campus interviews by recruiting employers.

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This collection contains pamphlets, reports, manuals, and newspaper clippings concerning general information about the Agricultural Education program of the College of Agriculture (now Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources).

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The papers of Albert A. Reed consist primarily of correspondence, minutes, reports, and publications of the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools.

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The papers include correspondence, subject files, teaching materials, educational reports, publications, and biographical information, as well as correspondence and records related to the New School for Social Research.

Scope and Contents The materials in this record group include project proposals, budgets and funding, correspondence, project evaluations, project reports, and various resources used for aspects of the projects. There is correspondence, proposals, budgets, evaluations, reports, resources, and many other types of documents relating to the Nebraska Curriculum Institute on Native American Life Summer Workshops from 1977 to 1983. The records on projects include correspondence, proposals,...

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The collection consists of a short manuscript by Arthur E. Bestor that briefly describes the history of Chautauquas and their contributions to adult education.  The typed manuscript is dated August 14, 1929.

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The collection of women's physical education memorabilia includes athletic equipment, trophies, plaques, and athletic wear.  An additional inventory is available.

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The records consist of artifacts including clothing and accessories, varsity letters, patches, stickers, pins, trophies, and pennants.

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The majority of the materials deal with the internal workings of the Association of Women Students (AWS) and include correspondence, minutes of meetings, a constitution with revisions, and officer lists. AWS activities are documented through scrapbooks and photographs.

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The collection consists of survey reports from Nebraskan school districts and counties and includes information on school reorganization, enrollment projections, educational facilities, and more.

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The collection consists of Centennial Education Program brochures, course descriptions, photographs, clippings, and publications such as directories, guides, and newsletters.

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The collection includes correspondence, minutes, reports, projects, and documents containing policies and procedures of the Chancellor's Commission on the Status of Women.

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College of Arts and Sciences

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The collection consists of minutes of the Teachers College Course of Study Committee as well as information about programs and catalog changes, emergency certificates, and approved degrees.

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The files are arranged alphabetically.

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The correspondence is arranged alphabetically by subject and covers a wide range of topics related to university administration and activities.  Among the subjects are: university events such as honors day, charter day, convocations and commencements;  student financial aid and scholarships; military training and the War Department;  budgets and planning; campus buildings; faculty and staff; the Board of Regents; University Foundation; and educational associations.

Scope and Contents The papers of Edith Abbott contain professional and personal correspondence, lecture notes for courses taught at the University of Chicago School of Social Administration (SSA), articles, the draft of the unfinished biography of Grace Abbott, and biographical materials. The papers reflect Edith's interests centered on the status of women in industry and the establishment of high professional standards in social work education. The papers of Grace Abbott contain personal and professional...

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The collection consists of "Educational Monographs", no. 1-15 and "Contributions to Education", no. 16-41.  These publications from the University of Nebraska Teachers College relate to primary and secondary education and school administration.

Scope and Contents The materials in this collection relate primarily to Schramm's career in economic geology, his business investments, and his activities as a faculty member at the University of Nebraska. The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence, which relates to oil and mining in the United States and Latin America. Letters from Schramm's former students contain information on their work in the oil and mining industries as well as military service and personal lives. Also included are...

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The collection consists of University of Nebraska-Lincoln enrollment reports and statistics, 1871-1970, compiled by semester.  An anthropomorphic table, questionnaires, high school rankings of incoming freshman, and reports from Health, Education, and Welfare are included as well.

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Series 1: Minority Affairs Panhandle Project Series 2: Grants worked on by Ezra Kohn Series 3: Papers written by Ezra Kohn Series 4: Papers written under supervision of Ezra Kohn Series 5: Course work from Kohn’s classes Series 6: Papers collected by Kohn Series 7: Research used by Kohn Series 8: Social Work papers

Scope and Contents The collection consists of materials relating to faculty of the Physical Education for Women department of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Teachers College.  Included are correspondence, awards, articles and speeches, programs, notes, newspaper clippings, biographies, bibliographies, and photographs.  There are eight folders of papers and photographs related to Mabel Lee, and one folder each for the remaining faculty represented in the collection.  Staff handbooks and a guide for the...

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This collection contains materials collected by the School of Agriculture (now Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources) relating to the Nebraska Farmers Institutes including circulars from 1895 and 1898, and a First Report from 1906.

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The collection includes correspondence, notes, a bibliography of G. E. Howard's writings, a portfolio, scrapbooks, and papers relating to various seminars.  Most of the materials relate to history of the United States circa the colonial and Revolutionary War period and to legal history.  Some materials relate to ancient Roman and English history and to Howard's personal interests and activities.

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The collection is arranged alphabetically according to subject headings.

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The collection consists of a signed manuscript “Tent Chautauqua: 1904-128” by Gladys Grantham Benthack and a few clippings on Chautauquas in Nebraska during the early 1900s.  Among the manuscript’s topics are the history of Chautauqua, the experience of attending and working in a Chautauqua, and the operation of a Chautauqua circuit.

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The records consists of a Human Relations Activity Kit which includes a Human Relations Experiment Manual and materials for the activities such as blocks, squares, and pegs.

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The collection consists of independent study manuals for a variety of courses from elementary through adult continuing education.

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The collection consists of stereopticon slides showing images related to the history of education from ancient to modern cultures.  An additional inventory of slides is available.