Scope and Contents The UNO Department of Sociology Collection is comprised of publications of the University of Nebraska at Omaha Department of Sociology (in its various forms) covering the period from about 1923 until about 1981. The collection includes Municipal University of Omaha Bureau of Social Research publications (authored by OU sociology professors) (circa 1932 to circa 1944); University of Omaha Department of Sociology bulletins and surveys on social issues in Omaha (1923-1957); typescript...

Scope and Contents The UNO Directories collection consists of student and employee directories from the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) and its predecessor the Municipal University of Omaha (OU). Student directories cover the period from about 1929/1930 through 1975/1976. Faculty and staff directories cover the period from about 1956 to the present. The collection also includes samples of UNO-branded personal directories (blank address books with monthly planners) for 1980/81 through 1982/83, as well...

Scope and Contents The UNO Doctoral Programs Collection is comprised of files related to the foundation of doctoral programs at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. The files include proposals, planning process documents by colleges and schools, correspondence, public input and UNO responses, press releases, newspaper clippings, Board of Regents involvement, UNO Graduate Council involvement, and miscellaneous information. Doctoral programs covered include for Business Administration (1987-1989), Information...

Scope and Contents The UNO Educational Administration and Supervision Ed.D. Program Records are comprised of files related to the Educational Administration and Supervision doctoral program in the College of Education at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, covering the period from about 1982 until about 1994. Materials include proposals, annual reports, budget information, committee information, meeting minutes, correspondence, summaries, background information, goals, handbooks, materials concerning...

Scope and Contents The UNO Educational Office Personnel Association Records comprises the organizational files of the University of Nebraska at Omaha Chapter of the Educational Office Personnel Association (EOPA, sometimes rendered as the Educational Office Professionals Association) from the chapter's founding in 1974 until its dissolution in 2000. The records include newsletters, correspondence, announcements, membership information, bylaws, budget information, meeting minutes, agendas, reports, forms,...

Scope and Contents The UNO Engineering Collection comprises an assortment of papers, files, binders, and booklets related to engineering education at the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) and its predecessor the Municipal University of Omaha (OU), gathered from different sources. These include records from the Omaha Engineering School Task Force (1995); binders of memos, letters, articles, reports, and newspaper clippings on the engineering building controversy (1994-1999); a proposal for establishing a...

Scope and Contents The UNO Engineering Merger-Related Materials Collection comprises paper files related to engineering education at the University of Nebraska at Omaha in the immediate aftermath of the Municipal University of Omaha's merger with the University of Nebraska System, covering the period from 1968 until 1972. The records include notes, reports, news clippings, recommendations, faculty comments, consultant information, historical background, and minutes and information from several committees,...

Scope and Contents The records of the University of Nebraska at Omaha Faculty Senate (1967-2021) include minutes, agendas, publications, committee handbooks, faculty salary reports, annual reports, attendance records, bylaws, budget information, correspondence, grievances, policies, topics for consideration, election information, resolutions, retreat information, schedules, membership information, and other miscellaneous information. Also included are the records of myriad Faculty Senate committees and...

Scope and Contents The UNO Financial Records include ledgers and bound fiscal reports of the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) and its predecessors the University of Omaha and Municipal University of Omaha (OU), as well as the budget books and personnel rosters of the University of Nebraska System (NU), which cover the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO), University of Nebraska--Lincoln (UNL), University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC), University of Nebraska at Kearney (UNK), and University of...

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The UNO Gender and Sexuality Resource Center Ephemera Collection includes material produced as well as collected by the UNO Gender and Sexuality Resource Center. Please see component records for description.

Scope and Contents The UNO Greek Societies Collection comprises the binders of the Panhellenic Council of the University of Nebraska at Omaha, from 1995 until 2006. The binders include the rush chair's manual (1996), fall sorority rush records (1997-1998), fall sorority recruitment records (2000-2001, 2004-2006), Greek week records (1995, 1997-2001), Greek Ideals: A Foundation for the Future document (2002), and the Greek Ideals Implementation Committee training manual (2006). Rush or recruitment binders...

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The records of the UNO Honors Program include meeting minutes, fliers, correspondence, photographs, and slides of the Honors Student Association as well as documents, slides, and videos of presentations by students and others associated with the UNO Honors Program.

Scope and Contents The UNO Integrated Library System Selection Records cover the selection and implementation of the Innovative Interfaces, Inc. (III) integrated library system (ILS) software used by the University of Nebraska System. The University of Nebraska at Omaha and University of Nebraska--Lincoln libraries were at the time using the Library Information Retrieval System (L.I.R.S.), an Automated Library Information System (ALIS) from DataPhase Systems Inc. The planning process to select a new ILS...

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...

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The UNO Learning Center collection includes publications created by and used by the Learning Center at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, including annual reports (1981/1982-1993/1994, incomplete), "Your Class Act" (2000 program), and LD-CASE (Learning Disabilities-Community Advocacy, Support, Employment) Peer Workshop Training Manual (circa 1992/1993?).

Scope and Contents Each year, the University of Nebraska at Omaha selects a Legendary Woman who is announced and honored at the annual luncheon of the UNO Chancellor's Commission on the Status of Women (CCSW). The requirements for UNO Legendary Woman honorees include that they must have ties to the University of Nebraska at Omaha or its predecessor the University of Omaha, have done something especially noteworthy for the university or the community, and be deceased. An exception to the last requirement was...

Scope and Contents The UNO Student Programming Organization Records consist of materials produced by SPO from about 1997 until about 2005. Included are the Homecoming binders for 2003/2004 and 2004/2005, which contain proposals, promotional material, Gateway newspaper articles, award information, candidate information, prep-work, rules, club information, grievances, photographs, and floppy disks. Also included are binders filled with Gateway newspaper advertisements from 1997 through 2000, and a box...

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The records of the UNO Medieval/Renaissance Studies minor include brochures, course offerings, events, faculty meeting minutes, and information about the student group. The Medieval/Renaissance Studies minor was officially approved in Spring 1999. A small amount of correspondence between faculty is also available along with the faculty by-laws approved in 2007.

Scope and Contents The UNO Native American Studies (NAS) Program Records cover the period from the program's founding in 1992 to the present and include records produced by the NAS Program and materials collected and used by the program. Records produced by the program include proposals, flyers, programs, brochures, course lists, syllabi, correspondence, meeting agendas, meeting minutes, faculty lists, recruitment information, awards, governance documents, and miscellaneous. Resources collected by the...

Scope and Contents The UNO Office Climate Committee Records (1989-1990) includes printed and photocopied correspondence, agendas, minutes, memos, the indoor air quality questionnaire, questionnaire data, survey respondents' comments, ventilation standards, articles and government studies about indoor air quality, and the findings and recommendations of the Office Climate Committee, a joint committee of University of Nebraska at Omaha Administration and the UNO branch of the American Association of...

Scope and Contents The UNO Office of Academic Affairs Self Studies and Basic Institutional Data Reports comprise bound reports prepared for UNO's accreditation review with the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, which occurs once per decade. Available reports cover 1966/1967, 1969/1970, 1967/1977, 1986/1987, and 1996/1997. The report for 1969/1970, which breaks from the ten-year cycle, followed the University of Omaha's merger into the University of Nebraska system in 1968/1969. The self...

Scope and Contents The UNO Office of Business and Finance Records are comprised of office files and loose papers from the University of Nebraska at Omaha Office of Business and Finance. This collection includes information on part-time faculty, landscape plans, information about recipients of honorary degrees, committee records, grievances, policies, guidelines, workshops, correspondence, surveys, meeting minutes, and other paper records. The time period covered by these records is not confirmed, but the...

Scope and Contents The UNO Office of Institutional Research Records primarily consist of reports created by the University of Nebraska at Omaha Office of Institutional Research (IR) and its organizational predecessors. Institutional Research print publications include the Management Information Series (on the characteristics of UNO students, full-time faculty, staff, degree-credit instruction, and faculty instruction load) (1975-1984); Audit Indicators/Academic Department Indicators (1980/1981-2010-2011);...

Content Description The records of the Office of Latino/Latin American Studies (OLLAS) at UNO document its operations and activities beginning from its founding in 2003. OLLAS staff meticulously documented the unit's activities and compiled fliers, posters, news coverage, documents, and material into binders for each academic year and special event (Cinemateca, Cumbre, etc.). The research work of OLLAS is represented in reports, grants, and related material. The collection does not contain student records, but...

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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.

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This collection includes records and publications created by or associated with the UNO Office of Communications. Materials include event programs, annuals reports and university, department, and academic program publicity brochures, correspondence, speeches, and media materials.

Scope and Contents The records of UNO's Student Affairs include photographs, UNO housing contracts, and material about student organizations including African Americans Organization, student government, and Student Programming Organization.New material added 2017-05-08: This collection includes folders on student housing, the university program and facilities fee, financial aid, student government, ID cards, student ambassadors, and academic advising. A small collection of UNO telephone...

Content Description The records of the Office of the Chancellor document its areas of interest and work across the University of Nebraska at Omaha. The collection includes routine office files for committees, events, awards, and projects as related to students, alumni, donors, faculty, staff, community members, and organizations. Topics with a significant amount of records include athletics, student housing, AAUP, Building Bright Futures, program reviews, and the creation of the College of Information, Science...

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The UNO Parking Collection comprises University of Nebraska at Omaha Campus Security parking rules, regulations, and campus maps (1963 to the present); reports, proposals, and studies relating to parking, garages, and traffic flow on campus (1970 to 1994); and newspaper clippings about campus parking from the Gateway and various Omaha-area newspapers (1937 to 1982, predominantly from 1970 to 1982).

Scope and Contents The UNO Personnel Records originated with the University of Nebraska at Omaha Human Resources Office and its predecessors (including the Office of Personnel Services) and cover the period from approximately 1939 until approximately 2001. The paper records include the faculty personnel books (bound volumes containing directories, typed lists, and handwritten notes, 1948-1971); faculty-staff personnel letters and academic-administrative employment memorandums (1967-1969); faculty and staff...