Recreation

Photocopies of drawings and sketches related to dating, dancing, movies, relaxing, and playing sports.

The collection consists of a signed manuscript “Tent Chautauqua: 1904-128” by Gladys Grantham Benthack and a few clippings on Chautauquas in Nebraska during the early 1900s.  Among the manuscript’s topics are the history of Chautauqua, the experience of attending and working in a Chautauqua, and the operation of a Chautauqua circuit.

The records of UNO Campus Recreation documents adult program's, children's programs, student programming, and emergency planning by this campus unit. The material includes fliers, newsletters, correspondence, and other documents. A variety of activities are documented including swimming and diving, aerobics, dance, golf, skiing, employee fitness, wheelchair basketball, gymnastics, summer camps, and other physical fitness activities.