Education

Scope and Contents This is a three-volume set of information about the Holocaust Education Fund created by Sam and Frances Fried for the purpose of providing education courses at the college and university level, with the aim of fostering understanding, compassion, and mutual respect toward the end of preventing mass atrocities like the Holocaust and other acts of genocide throughout the world. The Fund has financed courses at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, University of...

Scope and Contents The first volume covers the period circa 1966-2006 and contains information on the Frances and Sam Fried Holocaust and Genocide Education Fund, including printouts from the Fund website, correspondence, meeting agendas, meeting minutes, news clippings, press releases, legal documents, speech transcripts, strategic planning documents, financial reports, fundraising forms and fliers, reports, event programs, course syllabi, student papers on the lessons of the Holocaust, thank you notes from...

Scope and Contents The second volume covers the period circa 2006-2009 and contains course materials, syllabi, student assignments, poems about the Holocaust written by students, thank you notes from students, news articles, correspondence, financial records, meeting minutes, fundraising brochures, photographs, and reports. Most of the documents are original and a few are reproductions.Included are records of the National Holocaust Endowment Fund, the Heartland Holocaust Educational Fund, and...

Scope and Contents The third volume covers the period circa 2010-2013 and contains news articles, press releases, event programs, speech transcripts, meeting minutes, correspondence, organizational records, financial records, photographs, student papers about the Holocaust, a teacher's guide to the Holocaust, and other educational materials. Most of the documents are original and a few are reproductions.Included are organizational records of the Heartland Holocaust Educational Fund and the Sam and...

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The papers of Albert A. Reed consist primarily of correspondence, minutes, reports, and publications of the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools.

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The papers include correspondence, subject files, teaching materials, educational reports, publications, and biographical information, as well as correspondence and records related to the New School for Social Research.

Scope and Contents The materials in this record group include project proposals, budgets and funding, correspondence, project evaluations, project reports, and various resources used for aspects of the projects. There is correspondence, proposals, budgets, evaluations, reports, resources, and many other types of documents relating to the Nebraska Curriculum Institute on Native American Life Summer Workshops from 1977 to 1983. The records on projects include correspondence, proposals,...

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The collection consists of a short manuscript by Arthur E. Bestor that briefly describes the history of Chautauquas and their contributions to adult education.  The typed manuscript is dated August 14, 1929.

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The records consist of artifacts including clothing and accessories, varsity letters, patches, stickers, pins, trophies, and pennants.

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The collection consists of survey reports from Nebraskan school districts and counties and includes information on school reorganization, enrollment projections, educational facilities, and more.

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The collection consists of Centennial Education Program brochures, course descriptions, photographs, clippings, and publications such as directories, guides, and newsletters.

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College of Arts and Sciences

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The collection consists of minutes of the Teachers College Course of Study Committee as well as information about programs and catalog changes, emergency certificates, and approved degrees.

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The files are arranged alphabetically.

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The collection consists of "Educational Monographs", no. 1-15 and "Contributions to Education", no. 16-41.  These publications from the University of Nebraska Teachers College relate to primary and secondary education and school administration.

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...

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One photograph of a classroom, the "corner in Principal's room, 6th Street school" including E.H. Morgan, 4th grade.

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The collection includes correspondence, notes, a bibliography of G. E. Howard's writings, a portfolio, scrapbooks, and papers relating to various seminars.  Most of the materials relate to history of the United States circa the colonial and Revolutionary War period and to legal history.  Some materials relate to ancient Roman and English history and to Howard's personal interests and activities.

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The collection is arranged alphabetically according to subject headings.

Scope and Contents Archival material from the Great Plains Black History Museum (GPBHM) consists of over 200 document boxes of letters, photographs, clippings, artifacts, and other collection material. An archivist for the GPBHM inventoried the material and identified potential series for the collection, including Local Histories, Black Institutions, Family Papers, Rare Books, Musical Scores, Bertha Calloway’s Research Collection, Photographs, Artifacts, and Unknown or Miscellaneous documents. ...

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The records consists of a Human Relations Activity Kit which includes a Human Relations Experiment Manual and materials for the activities such as blocks, squares, and pegs.

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The collection consists of independent study manuals for a variety of courses from elementary through adult continuing education.

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The collection consists of stereopticon slides showing images related to the history of education from ancient to modern cultures.  An additional inventory of slides is available.

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The collection consists of James Horner's correspondence and typescripts, publications, and articles about agricultural education.

Scope and Contents The Julia A. Power, Student Life Papers includes Power’s published and unpublished manuscripts, diplomas and teaching certificates, correspondence, and news clippings related to the Rose Mary Crawshay Prize for English Literature she was awarded in 1941. Also included are studio photographs of Power, a handwritten description of her home farm, and a 1909-1916 photo album. A significant part of the collection is Power’s unpublished memoir, ...

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The records consists of programs and abstracts from the Women in Educational Leadership Conference.

Scope and Contents The papers consist of publications by Mary Helen Richards and other educators at the Richards Institute of Education and Research, teaching materials including syllabi, curriculum guides, music sheets, charts, and audio cassettes. Materials focused on Mary Helen Richards include VHS tapes with transcriptions, autobiographical notes, correspondence, newsletters, photographs, certificates, a plaque and correspondence related to Richards' induction into the Music Educators Hall of Fame,...

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The collection consists of bulletins, minutes, receipt stub books, bank deposit books, and correspondence.

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The collection includes biographical information, scrapbooks, manuscripts and publications written by Werner, his thesis and dissertation, and syllabi and record books from the education classes he taught.  An additional inventory is available.

Scope and Contents The records consist of materials related to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Committee on Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Concerns including correspondence, reports, minutes and agenda, curriculum, and photos. The records also consist of correspondence related to the Gay/Lesbian Student Association and Gay/Lesbian Resource Center, end of year reports, publicity, handouts, and campaign strategy from the Women's Center, educational publications and training manuals related to women's...