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

Special Collections

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

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

Special Collections

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

Special Collections

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

Special Collections

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

Special Collections

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

Special Collections

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.

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 …

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

Special Collections

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

Special Collections

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