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Convocations

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:

Charter Day, University Records

 Collection
Identifier: RG-00-14-00
Scope and Contents The records consist of programs and other materials related to University of Nebraska Charter Day Exercises. The invitations often include information on the speaker planned for the events along with their location on campus. These were Grant Memorial Hall, the Armory, or occasionally, a location in downtown Lincoln, such as the Lansing Opera House. Beginning in the 1940s articles clipped from the Nebraska Alumnus magazine about Charter Day are included with...
Dates: 1881-1955

Commencement Programs, University Records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RG-00-05-00
Scope and Contents The Commencement records include a wide variety of materials such as programs, addresses or speeches made at commencement, calendars, invitations, procession instructions, commencement orations, biographical material, photographs, newspaper clippings, and video recordings that document commencement activities at the University of Nebraska from 1872 to the present. All files are arranged chronologically by year.The bulk of the collection is comprised of programs published for...
Dates: 1873-2022

E.A. Burnett, Subject Correspondence, Chancellor Records

 Collection
Identifier: RG-05-11-04
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1927-1940

Honors Convocations, University Records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RG-00-13-00
Scope and Contents

The collection includes general information, minutes, programs, press releases, lists, and correspondence related to University of Nebraska Honors Convocations and other special Convocations (Centennial) arranged chronologically.

Dates: 1929-present

Loren C. Eiseley, Genealogy Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0139
Scope and Contents This collection features correspondence, articles by and about Eiseley, biographical and genealogical materials, including a scrapbook, information about the Loren C. Eiseley Memorial Convocation at the University of Nebraska - Lincoln in 1977, and selected photographs and negatives of Eiseley and his family.The majority of the collection consists of biographical and genealogical materials about Loren Eiseley and his family. The correspondence consists mainly of letters between...
Dates: 1889-1992; Majority of material found within 1921-1977

Memos, Policies, and Reports, Board of Regents Records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RG-01-01-01
Scope and Contents

The general files include petitions, letters, reports, bills, receipts, applications for scholarships and fellowships, bonds, contracts, memos, and rosters related to university operations and facilities.  Additional information available in SFA and container list.

Dates: 1870-1943, 1966-1984

Mortar Board, Student Life Records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RG-38-04-57
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1905-1982

R.G. Gustavson, Senate Correspondence, Chancellor Records

 Collection
Identifier: RG-05-13-05
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of correspondence with university Senate committees.

Dates: 1946-1953

Special Subjects, Records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RG-52-03-00
Scope and Contents

Alphabetized files concerning a wide variety of UNL campus topics.  Topics run from Abortion Debate to Young Democrats and many other topics in between.

Dates: -