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