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Guide To The Davidson Family Papers, Mary Davidson Wagner

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The Davidson Family papers include photographs taken and correspondence written during Ethel Helena Davidson's time as an American Expeditionary Force nurse in France during World War I and Frederick Arthur Davidson's time in the United States Army between the 1920s and 1950s. Also includes a scrapbook of Ethel's war experience and army records for each of them.

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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

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.

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

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.

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

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The History Of Fort Kearney, Lyle Edwin Mantor

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History of Fort Kearny and its role in the colonization of the west. Also contains information on the use of the land after the fort closed and the early days of the area's conversion to a historic site. Contains additional reference material such as lists of the commanding officers at Fort Kearny and discussion of available primary sources related to the fort.

Days Of Yore: Early History Of Brown County, Nebraska, Lillian L. Jones

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History of Brown County, Nebraska. Detailed coverage begins in 1857, and includes settler colonialist interpretation of the relationship between the Sioux, the U.S. government, and colonists.

Written drawing on primary sources collected from early residents by the author. Also contains quotes from interviews with early white settlers. Includes individual sections on Ainsworth, Meadville, Long Pine, and drought in the 1890s.

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Memories Of The Old West, Thaddeus J. Foley

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Booklet of stories about personal experiences in Nebraska and Nebraska place names, compiled at the request of J.T. Link.

Publication date approximate.

More information on Foley available at http://libraries.ne.gov/northplatte/2021/thaddeus-foley-and-his-grand-victorian-house/

The History Of Fort Kearney, Lillian M. Willman

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Thesis Presented to the Faculty of The Graduate College of the University of Nebraska In Partial Fulfillment of Requirements For the Degree of Master of Arts Department of History

History of Fort Kearny, Nebraska. Traces the history of the fort, both the original at Table Creek and the later one on the Platte River. Also discusses some of the initial 1920s conversion of the fort into a historic site.

Early Days At Santee, Mary B. Riggs

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History of the first 13 years of the Santee Normal Training School, written by one of the founders of the school. The Riggs family lived with and interacted with members of several indigenous groups while setting up and operating the school; the book records the traditions and customs of this with whom the Riggs' interacted.

Contains numerous images and drawings. Drawings were made by Reuben Dorian, a Santee student.

The book was printed by students at the Santee Normal Training School.

Content Warning: Contains period typical racism, violence, mentions of disease.

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Chadron : A Chronological View Of The Early History Of The Old-Home-Town, H. D. Mead

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History of Chadron, Nebraska from 1885-1925, with the bulk of the time spent on 1885-1910.

A History Of Kearney, Nebraska, Ella L. Bessie

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History of Kearney, Nebraska written for the Kearney Woman's Club. Primarily personal reminiscences covering 1871-1884.

The Battle Of Massacre Canyon, J. W. Williamson

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Full title: The Battle of Massacre Canyon - The Unfortunate Ending of the Last Buffalo Hunt of the Pawnees; An Account of the Last Battle by Indians

Account of the last Pawnee buffalo hunt, which ended with a battle with the Sioux. The hunt departed from the Pawnee Agency at Genoa, Nebraska. The battle occurred northeast of Trenton, Nebraska.

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Pioneer Sketches Nebraska And Texas, W. Straley

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Chapters on white colonization of Nebraska and Texas, pulled together by W. Straley, editor of the Nuckolls County Herald in Nelson, Nebraska and the News-Review in Hico, Texas.

Contents

• Ox Team Days
• Trying Times in 1873
• Early Days in Nuckolls County
• Recollections of Pioneer Life
• Some First Things
• Reminisences of 1873-4
• Death of James Parkerson, Aged 118 Years
• The Famous Dove Creek Fight
• Murder of Ann Whitney and Amanda Howard's Bravery
• The Beautiful Steer
• Interesting Events of Early Days
• First Wagon Though Town of Indian Gap
• First Election Held in Bosque County
• Early Schools of Dublin, Texas
• Death of Prof. …

Letter From Robert Henri To Horace Traubel, June 1913, Robert Henri

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Letter from Robert Henri to Horace Traubel

Part of the Robert Henri Correspondence Collection

Letter From Robert Henri To Art Young, Robert Henri

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Undated letter from Robert Henri to Art Young.

Part of the Robert Henri Correspondence Collection

Letter From Robert Henri To Horace Traubel, June 1909, Robert Henri

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Letter from artist Robert Henri to Horace Traubel

Part of the Robert Henri Correspondence Collection

Letter From William C. Booth To Thomas Fenton Taylor, William C. Booth

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Letter from William C. Booth to Thomas Fenton Taylor describing his relationship with Walter Whitman, Sr., and his son, Walt Whitman, the poet.

The letter is pasted into the front of Taylor’s copy of John Burroughs, Whitman: A Study. Volume Ten of the Riverby Edition of the Writings of John Burroughs (Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1905). The Burroughs set was presented to Taylor by the publisher on March 8, 1906 per the bookplate in the first volume.

Held in a private collection; access to the original available upon request.

Concert Exercise On Our Indian Work At Santee Agency, Nebraska, S. I. Hanford

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Booklet with various poems and readings about indigenous peoples and mission work. Includes children's rhymes about life at Santee. All were meant to be recited as part of programs to raise money for the Santee Mission.

Content Warning: Contains period typical racism and death of an infant.

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Civilization Among The Sioux Indians, Herbert Welsh

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Full title: Civilization Among the Sioux Indians. Report of a Visit to Some of the Sioux Reservations of South Dakota and Nebraska

Description by Herbert Welsh of his travels in South Dakota and Nebraska, focusing particularly on the conditions on reservations as well as interactions between various indigenous groups and the settler-colonial state. Welsh critiques the abuses of the Indian Administration, speculators, off-reservation boarding schools, and more. His proposed solution includes an end to the political spoils system in the Indian Administration, "the word 'no,' emphatically said and maintained, to the schemes of land grabbers and speculators", and the development …

Song Of The Great Blizzard : "Thirteen Were Saved" : Or, Nebraska's Fearless Maid, William Vincent

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Song based on the story of Miss Minnie Freeman, a teacher who saved 13 children during the Schoolhouse Blizzard of 1888.

From the introduction:

Miss Minnie Freeman, the plucky little school teacher at Mina Valley, whose heroism, care and presence of mind saved from death her thirteen little pupils during the terrible storm last week, was in this city to-day. When pressed, she told the following story: "The storm came on very suddenly and struck the school-house just about the time for closing. I knew from indications that it was going to be a regular 'blizzard,' and told the children …

Evidence Of The Character Of Government Surveys, In The State Of Nebraska, A. F. Wilgocki

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Series of correspondence between individuals and the Surveryor General of Nebraska and Iowa regarding poor land surveying and the impact that has on settler colonialism.

No Slavery In Nebraska. The Voice Of God Against National Crime, Joseph P. Thompson

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Antislavery sermon speaking against allowing slavery in Nebraska.

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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 …