Nebraska -- Politics and government

Scope and Contents The reports were written and published by students in creative editing and depth reporting classes in the College of Journalism, supervised by Journalism faculty. The content of the reports cover a wide variety of topics such as activism, buffalo, campus expansion, charity, death, elderly, Farm Aid, football, homecoming, homosexuality, the Oregon Trail, police, registration, welfare, among others. There are also reports on several countries, including Germany, Bolivia, Cuba, and France....

Scope and Contents The Luebke papers pertain to his career as a teacher, Nebraska historian, and published author. The collection covers the period from 1957 to 1994, with the bulk of the documents relating to his time at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, from 1968 to 1994. The papers consist of a wide variety of correspondence, various lectures, along with seminar and presentation materials. Research for articles, essays, and books includes extensive documentation for his published book, Nebraska: An...

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Between 1973 and 1982, George Round conducted oral history interviews with about 300 individuals connected to the development of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, agriculture, and the state of Nebraska. The oral histories cover the time period from 1910 to 1973. The oral history records include cassette tapes, reel-to-reel tapes, and selected interview transcripts. The materials are arranged alphabetically.

Scope and Contents The materials consist of a 10-page diatribe written by J. Sterling Morton against politician William Jennings Bryan and Bryan’s support of the economic policy of free silver in 1896, as well as a one page typed letter from Morton dated April 6, 1896, marked "personal" to Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Charles S. Hamlin, attacking him and United States Senator John Sherman on the administration's official stance on "what caused the panic of 1896." A drop in silver reserves and concerns...

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This collection consists of a single letter, dated January 1935, addressed to "My dear Bishop" and signed by Aileen G. Cochran, wife of Governor Robert Leroy Cochran of Nebraska. It is considered noteable because the subject matter primarily consists of references to the Temperance movement.

Content Description The papers of Nebraska State Senator Thomas S. Fitzgerald primarily document his time in office from 1975-1980. The collection material includes photographs, documents, ephemera, and other material primarily about matters related to Nebraska Unicameral business. The material was received primarily organized in binders or scrapbooks. As a state senator, Fitzgerald worked with state and county officials on acquiring a county-held building and was the major sponsor of the legislation which made...

Scope and Contents William Jennings Bryan, Collected Materials contains correspondence and photographs written by or about William Jennings Bryan from 1904-1915. William Jennings Bryan letter with envelope, 1904, June 9, to Hon. Henry O. Kent of Lancaster, New Hampshire, regarding political platforms in New Hampshire and Nebraska. Letter, William Jennings Bryan to daughter Ruth [?], circa 1905, Nov. 3 One handwritten letter from Bryan written to his daughter Ruth [?] on Nov. 3, [1905?],...