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,...

Content Description The papers of Mildred Brodt document her life from young adulthood in rural Nebraska, serving in the Women's Army Corps in Papua New Guinea during World War II, working as one of the first women civilians with the Occupational Forces in Tokyo, Japan, and her careers and life after returning to the United States. Robust correspondence is available from her time working abroad and in Washington, D.C. as well as with her future husband Warren Brodt. Mildred also traveled domestically and...

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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.

Scope and Contents The Milo Bail, University of Omaha President, 1948-1965, OU Board of Regents Selection Process Records, 1947-1948, comprise a bound volume labeled "Operation N.P." (for "New President") and an assortment of loose papers and photographs. The bound volume contains original records, including information about the Board of Regents, meeting minutes, notes, telegrams, memoranda, correspondence, biographical information of candidates, photographs, schedules, call lists,...

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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.

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...

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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 The Nancy Belck Investiture Records are comprised of materials related to Nancy Belck's installation as Chancellor of the University of Nebraska at Omaha on April 17, 1998. The collection includes certificates of greetings and congratulations presented to Belck by representatives of other universities, a signed copy of the Southeastern Oklahoma State University Since 1909 book, records of the Investiture Committee, invitations, programs, publicity information, photographs, negatives,...

Content Description The diary of Nancy Pettit McLaughlin documents her daily life after her marriage in Shiloh, Ohio. The entries reveal the activities of McLaughlin's daily life including what appears to be marital problems as she refers to "separating" from her husband in at least one instance. She also references her sister Amelia applying for a divorce. The diary's entries are regular for January-June 1898 and then cease until entries resume in 1903. The ledger also includes pages of expense at the back of...

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,...

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...

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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.

Scope and Contents The records of Nebraska Shakespeare includes material from its founding in 1986 to before its closure in 2022 documenting the history of the organization, its administration, and its productions. The collection includes production binders (1987-2007), programs, posters, publicity material, reviews, photographs, slides, meeting minutes, bylaws, schedules, fiscal information, inventory information, staff information, correspondence, planning documents, board of directors records, press...

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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 Neil Kenneth and Dorothy (Wulff) Chapman Papers includes two photographs and Wulff's certificate from the University of Omaha Kindergarten-Primary Department. All three items are undated.

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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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Collection includes a variety of awards and certificates gathered by Nora Hillyer; Proceedings of the 2008 Library Assessment Conference in Seattle (2008); a folder containing RPT (reappointment, promotion, and tenure) materials.

Content Description The Norma Howe papers contain letters written to Miss Norma Louise Howe attending school in Urbana, Illinois (presumably at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) from correspondents in Illinois and Iowa from June 1949 through January 1950. Correspondents include her mother and at least one friend covering typical topics including updates on family members’ health and jobs, entertainments, and news of other friends and family. The collection also includes a small number of photographs,...