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Content Description The Ephraim Marks and David Rice collection is composed of personal material about this white, gay, Omaha couple. The collection includes a scrapbook kept by David Rice showcasing some of his work as an interior designer in the 20th century in Omaha along with biographical information about Ephraim Marks and David Rice from the time around Rice’s death. A copy of an oral history interview David Rice did with the Nebraska Jewish Historical Society is also available. Also included are photos...

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. ...

Content Description Byrony Forbes interviewed Hank Umemoto and George Uchida on April 6, 2013, as part of the research for her UNO master’s thesis about romantic and sexual relationships of Japanese Americans incarcerated in concentration camps during World War II. In addition to sharing information about their experiences as teenagers at Manzanar, one of the concentration camps established by the U.S. government during World War II, Umemoto and Uchida shared information about their families before, during, and...

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The collection of material created by Harry Duncan is of undetermined origin and includes a partial transcription of an interview of Duncan, the partial text of a lecture given by Duncan, one folder of Duncan ephemera, news clippings, and other related material.

Content Description The LGBTQ+ Oral History Collection is the home for 52 oral history interviews conducted with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, nonbinary, and asexual individuals from various communities with a focus on those with a connection to Omaha, Nebraska. The interviews were consciously collected to be part of UNO’s Queer Omaha Archives. Interviews as of 2020 are all audio recordings and include community members and UNO faculty. Interviews to date have been conducted by UNO professor Jay...

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The collection of documentary films, unedited video interviews, and supporting documents for the Omaha Public Schools Making Invisible Histories Visible program for the 2017-2018 summer programs document music genres in Omaha. Topics include jazz, hip hop, funk, polka, women in indie music, Mexican American music, and music of new immigrants to the U.S. The 2019 projects were about some of Omaha's neighborhoods.

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In 1979-1980, Orville Menard recorded 28 oral history interviews, some with Prof. Harl Dahlstrom.

Scope and Contents Reflections in Time is a series of 125 interviews produced from 1979 to 2007 with former UNO staff, faculty, and administrators. Of the 125 interviews in this series, the first 73 programs (1979-1991) were hosted by UNO Professor of Communication Paul Borge and the final 52 (2000-2007) were hosted by UNO Dean of Arts & Sciences Jack Newton. No episodes were produced between 1991 and 2000.Episodes from 1979-1991 were produced by KYNE-TV, in cooperation with the UNO Alumni...

Content Description The Omaha television program Trout Tunes hosted by Mike Kronschnabel ran from 1991 to 1999 broadcasting interviews and performances of Omaha, Lincoln, regional, and national bands and musicians from the alternative rock, reggae, and blues genres. The show aired in Omaha, Lincoln, and Wichita. The recordings are on multiple magnetic videotape formats including VHS, U-matic, and other formats to be identified in a survey. The individual tapes contain a variety of identifying information...

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Video produced by the University of Nebraska Foundation in 2016 marking its 80th anniversary that included an interview with UNO Chancellor Emeritus Del Weber.

Content Description Collection of oral history interviews on the experiences of Latinx peoples in Omaha during the COVID-19 global pandemic. Interviews collected by Office of Latino and Latin American Studies (OLLAS) Director Cristián Doña-Reveco in partnership with University of Texas at Austin Voces Oral History Project. Most interviews were conducted by Director Doña-Reveco. Some interviews were conducted by Dr. Isabelle Beulaygue.22 of 23 interviews summarized in both English and Spanish. The...