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A History Of The Kearney Public Library & Information Center: The First Century 1890-1990, Ron Norman

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History of the Kearney, Nebraska Public Library, written for its centennial in 1990.

A History Of The Japanese In Nebraska, Hiram Hisanori Kano

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A history of the Japanese in Nebraska, authored by Father Hiram Kano. It interweaves his personal story with the larger narrative of Japanese people in Nebraska. Most of the content covers c. 1900-1970. Book includes numerous appendices of value to genealogists or others seeking individual Japanese who lived in Nebraska.

Introduction by Sheryll Patterson-Black

Shared with the permission of Scottsbluff Public Library

The Rarer Game, Don Welch

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Poems by Nebraska poet Don Welch.

Contents

• The Rarer Game: A Sequence of Poems about Birds and an Animal
• Cardinal
• The Dutchman
• Walking a Pit South of Gothenburg
• The Doe
• Poet in Residence at a Country School
• The Bloodroot
• Singing a Bird's Song
• The Chicken Poem
• Upon Finally Winning Something Big at the Fair
• North of the House
• The Cranes
• The Runner
• The Last Wild Passenger Pigeon, 1899
• How to Live in Buffalo County
• The Lee of December
• The Widow
• The Duck Woman
• The Once
• Fishing, at Coot Shallows
• Deer, at Night
• The Ball
• The Wild Asparagus Hunters
• Blood-red Sumac …

A Shape A Writer Can Contain, Don Welch

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Detailed instruction on how to write an essay from Nebraska poet Don Welch

Candles For Christmas, Bernice Halbert

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Self-published booklet containing a poem about Christmas, using candles as its main theme.

Erogenous Zone, David Rice

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Content Warning: Poems are sexually explicit. All were written while the author was imprisoned and some reference prison.

Erogenous Zone: sensual poetry was written by David Rice (Mondo). "David Rice has concentrated on the beauty of people relating to each other sexually and has also given us an erotic view of the interplay between the forces and elements of the universe." Erogenous Zone was one of a number of creative works Mondo produced. He published numerous short stories, poems, plays, and newspaper columns during his imprisonment.

Mondo, a native of Omaha, Nebraska, was a member of the Omaha Black Panthers …

A Short History Of De Witt 1872-1972, Bonnie Runty, Rhonda Powers, Julie Bergmeier

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History of De Witt, Nebraska written by three Tri County Schools students for a local history organization. Includes images and maps. It covers early settlement to 1930. Discusses the history of the town, including labor, organizations (including the Klu Klux Klan), rural education, and more.

The Wild Bill-Mccanles Tragedy : An Actual Photographic Reproduction, Charles Dawson

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Part of the Pioneer Tales of the Oregon Trail and of Jefferson County series. Reproduction of a 1912 publication that recounted the story of Wild Bill Hickock and D.C. McCanles

Printing date of the reproduction approximate.

The Kearney Boom And Its Relation To The Economic Situation In Nebraska 1882-1892, Margaret Ellen Nielsen

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Education 694 seminar work.

From the paper:

"Kearney's development from frontier village to "Chicago of the West", took place within one of the economic cycles which play such an important part in American history. During the nineteenth century, these years of alternating prosperity and depression, occurred at intervals of about twenty years."

Bellevue, Larimer & Saint Mary, Their History, Location, Description And Advantages, Charles Chaucer Goss

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Original published 1859 by John Q. Goss.

Digitized from a 1957 reproduction

Early history of Bellevue, Nebraska, Larimer, Nebraska, and Saint Mary, Iowa.

Kearney Cotton Mill: A Bubble That Burst, Charles Jankins

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Paper drawing on primary sources and oral history interviews to tell the story of the Kearney, Nebraska cotton mill

Geography Field Trip To The Southeast And Cuba, Joyce Neth

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Journal of Joyce Neth, written on a geography field trip to the southeast United States and Cuba from July 30 to August 21, 1955. Trip was led by UNK History faculty member Philip Holmgren.

Part of the Holmgren Collection, UNK Archives & Special Collections

Pioneer Schools - Nebraska Folklore, Federal Writers' Project

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Compiled by the Federal Writers' Project in Nebraska

"This pamphlet, on pioneer schools in nebraska, does not attempt to tell the history of the early schools in the State, but is limited to relating some of the lore (customs, habits, stories) of the pioneer school."

Pioneer Tales - Nebraska Folklore, Federal Writers' Project

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Compiled by the Federal Writers' Project in Nebraska

"All of these hoaxes, tall-tales and experiences have been obtained from itnerviews with Nebraskans who pioneered in the State. They have never been printed and their editing has been kept to a minimum."

Common story topics include horse trading, threshing, cattle drives, and more.

Early Nebraska Cooking - Nebraska Folklore, Federal Writers' Project

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Produced by the Federal Writers' Project in Nebraska

"Early Nebraska cooking, because of its lack of variety, often became unappetizing for even the least fastidious settlers. Sowbelly (salt pork), corn meal and coffee were nearly always on the table for the main meals."

Dance Calls Series Three - Nebraska Folklore, Federal Writers' Project

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Produced by the Federal Writers' Project in Nebraska

Square dancing calls popular in nebraska in the late 1800s

Pioneer Religion - Nebraska Folklore, Federal Writers' Project

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Produced by the Federal Writers' Project in Nebraska

History of religion in Nebraska. Following a general introduction, sections cover places of worship, preaching, and rivalries.

The Negroes Of Nebraska, Writers' Program, Work Projects Administration In The State Of Nebraska

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Statement on Harmful Material:

Materials in UNK Archives and Special Collections are historical in nature and reflect the society in which they were produced. As such, they may contain racial, gender, sexual, religious, and other language and imagery that are offensive by today's standards. The documents, images, publications, and other materials have been retained in order to fully represent the materials in their original format. If the offensive text is not in the original, but in a finding aid, catalog record, or other description created by library employees, please contact Archives and Special Collections to bring this to our attention. …

Pioneer Recollections - Nebraska Folklore, Federal Writers' Project

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Produced by the Federal Writers' Project in Nebraska

"These reminiscences of life in Nebraska during the 1870s and 1880s have been obtained through personal interviews with pioneers by members of the Nebraska Writers' Project."

Includes several stories about pranks, information on pioneer remedies and medicine, as well as tales of a more historical nature.

Statement on Harmful Material: Materials in UNK Archives and Special Collections are historical in nature and reflect the society in which they were produced. As such, they may contain racial, gender, sexual, religious, and other language and imagery that are offensive by today's standards. The documents, …

Dance Calls Series 2 - Nebraska Folklore, Federal Writers' Project

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Produced by the Federal Writers' Project in Nebraska

Explanation of the history of dances in Nebraska pioneer days - complete with discussion of "flea cracking" - as well as a selection of dance calls

More Santee-Sioux Indian Legends - Nebraska Folklore, Federal Writers' Project

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Produced by the Federal Writers' Project in Nebraska.

Seven Santee-Sioux legends from the files of the Word Carrier.

Statement on Harmful Material: Materials in UNK Archives and Special Collections are historical in nature and reflect the society in which they were produced. As such, they may contain racial, gender, sexual, religious, and other language and imagery that are offensive by today's standards. The documents, images, publications, and other materials have been retained in order to fully represent the materials in their original format. If the offensive text is not in the original, but in a finding aid, catalog record, or …

Pioneer Dance Calls - Nebraska Folklore, Federal Writers' Project

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Compiled by the Federal Writers' Project in Nebraska

Explanation of the history of dances in Nebraska pioneer days as well as a selection of dance calls

Santee Sioux Indian Legends - Nebraska Folklore, Federal Writers' Project

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Eight Santee-Sioux legends collected from the files of the Word Carrier, a paper published by the Santee Normal Training School.

Statement on Harmful Material: Materials in UNK Archives and Special Collections are historical in nature and reflect the society in which they were produced. As such, they may contain racial, gender, sexual, religious, and other language and imagery that are offensive by today's standards. The documents, images, publications, and other materials have been retained in order to fully represent the materials in their original format. If the offensive text is not in the original, but in a finding aid, catalog …

More Farmers' Alliance Songs Of The 1890'S - Nebraska Folklore, Federal Writers' Project

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Compiled by the Federal Writers' Project in Nebraska

The present song collection continues the recital of farmers' greivances against the railroads and the banking and political interests allied with them. Most songs have been gleaned from the files of the Farmers' Alliance.

Reminiscences Of Dad Streeter - Nebraska Folklore, Federal Writers' Project

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Compiled by the Federal Writers' Project in Nebraska

These reminiscences of George W. Streeter, who prefers to be known as Dad Streeter, relate experiences and events in which he participated while living in Nebraska during the 1880's. He lived the life of a roving cowboy.

In addition to his stories of the range, his accounts of bull-whacking, mule skinning and stage-draiving, the pranking of tenderfeet and missionaries, his meetings with Cattle Kate, Calamity Jane and Buffalo Bill, the hazards of prairie fires and blizzards, frontier justice and encounters with Indians, are a valuable contribution to the folklore of the West.

Farmers' Alliance Songs Of The 1890'S - Nebraska Folklore, Federal Writers' Project

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Compiled by the Federal Writers' Project in Nebraska

These Farmers' Alliance songs have been gleaned from the files of the Farmers' Alliance - the official organ of the Nebraska State Alliance. This weekly paper, published in the 1890's, was later known by a variety of titles. It was always liberal and strongly populistic in its views.

Nebraska Cattle Brands, Federal Writers' Project

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Compiled by the Federal Writers' Project in Nebraska

"Nebraska cattlemen have more than 13,000 brands registered with the Division of Live Stock Brands in the Secretary of State's OFfice.

All the brands are a part of the folklore of the state, since their designs were originated by the stockmen themselves...Regardless of whether the brand design was made into a romantic flourish of the setting sun, or into a simple initial, it became a trademark and thing of pride for its owner. So all these cattle brands, apart from their practical worth in the stock business, have an aura of romance …

Ballads - Nebraska Folklore, Federal Writers' Project

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Compiled by the Federal Writers' Project in Nebraska

"The ballads in this collection were sung in pioneer Nebraska. They have come from the people themselves, having been repeated by word of mouth from generation to generation...It is only from spontaneous folk singing that the ballads can be given color, atmosphere, and new themes, so many of which have been suggested within the past few years by such epic Nebraska events as the drouth, three-cent hogs, ten-cent corn, farm foreclosures and the Farm Holiday Movement."

Songs About Nebraska - Nebraska Folklore, Federal Writers' Project

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Compiled by the Federal Writers' Project in Nebraska

"The songs collected in this pamphlet are those that are sung the most or are best known by the people of the state. For each song we include a brief history and we have included the melody for those not sung to familiar airs. In each case permission to use the words and music has been granted us by the proper proprietor of the song or the holder of the copyright."

Place Name Stories - Nebraska Folklore, Federal Writers' Project

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Compiled by the Federal Writers' Project in Nebraska.

"The following pages are devoted to those Nebraska place names that reveal interesting stories concerning their origin. In some instances the story of a locale's naming, as in the case of Weeping Water, derives from a folk legend. This, however, makes the story all the more interesting; since it is the tale, not the fact, in which we are interested in this pamphlet. Consequently all the hundreds of Nebraska places that have been named in honor of early settlers, railroad officials, or towns in other states have been omitted."