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Farms

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Charles E. Bessey, Botany Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RG-12-07-10
Abstract

College of Arts and Sciences

Dates: 1865-1915

Dowty Family Papers

 Collection — Box MISC-14, Folder: MSS-0137
Identifier: MSS-0137
Content Description

The collection of Dowty family papers include letters, receipts from church and related to a farm, mortgage documents, and other material. Most of the letters are addressed to Falls City, Nebraska with others addressed to or from Missouri and Oregon. People sending or receiving letters include: Lydia Dowty (perhaps later Mrs. Lydia Peck), Mr. And Mrs. Allison Dowty, George Ferguson, Mary Dowty, and others.

Dates: circa 1900-1938

E.F. Schramm, State Museum Director Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RG-32-01-03
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...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1914-1962

Erwin H. Barbour, Museum Director Papers

 Record Group — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RG-32-01-01
Scope and Contents The collection consists of correspondence and photographic materials. The materials in the photograph series relate to Barbour's research in paleontology and geology, his work as director of the State Museum, his civic involvement in Lincoln, Nebraska, and his personal life. The images of vertebrate and invertebrate fossils are primarily from Nebraska. They include scenes of excavations, fossil preparation, and museum displays in addition to photographs illustrating fossils from various...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1887-1968

Women Involved in Farm Economics (WIFE), Records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-0032
Scope and Contents The Women Involved in Farm Economics (WIFE) records consist of the organization’s constitution and bylaws, Board of Directors meeting minutes, national convention promotional and planning materials, Officer’s papers and correspondence, membership directories, procedure manuals, legislative policy summaries and research, lobbying materials and trips, state associations and local chapter materials, and national “Wifeline” newsletters.Significant materials include a letter to WIFE...
Dates: 1967-2009