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American Memory Collections of Special Interest with
Nebraska connections:
- America from the Great Depression to World War
II, Photographs from the FSA-OWI, 1935-1945 (search
by Geographic Location Index)
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/fsowhome.html
- History of the American West, 1860-1920 (search
using the word “Nebraska”)
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award97/codhtml/hawphome.html
- Map Collections: 1500-2004 (Search by keyword -
Nebraska, Omaha - or by Geographic Location Index)
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/gmdhome.html
- The Northern Great Plains, 1880-1920: These two
collections from the Institute for Regional Studies
at North Dakota State University contain 900
photographs of rural and small town life at the turn
of the century. Highlights include images of sod
homes and the people who built them; images of farms
and the machinery that made them prosper; and images
of one-room schools and the children that were
educated in them.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award97/ndfahtml/ngphome.html
- Omaha Indian Music: Omaha Indian Music features
traditional Omaha music from the 1890s and 1980s.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/omhhtml/omhhome.html
- Prairie Settlement: Nebraska Photographs and
Family Letters, 1862 – 1912: This digital collection
integrates two collections from the holdings of the
Nebraska State Historical Society, the Solomon D.
Butcher photographs and the letters of the Uriah W.
Oblinger family. Together they illustrate the story
of settlement on the Great Plains. Approximately
3,000 glass plate negatives crafted by Butcher
record the process of settlement in Nebraska between
1886 and 1912. Butcher photographed actively in
central Nebraska including Custer, Buffalo, Dawson
and Cherry counties. The approximately 3,000 pages
of Oblinger family letters discuss land, work,
neighbors, crops, religious meetings, problems with
grasshoppers, financial problems, and the Easter
Blizzard of 1873.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/nbhihtml/pshome.html
- Taking the Long View: Panoramic Photographs,
1851-1991 (search by Geographic Locations)
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/panPlaces07.html
- Trails to Utah and the Pacific, Diaries and
Letters, 1846-1869 – This collection includes 49
diaries, in 59 volumes, of pioneers trekking
westward across America to Utah, Montana, and the
Pacific between 1847 and the meeting of the rails in
1869. In addition to the diaries, the collection
includes 43 maps, 82 photographs and illustrations,
and 7 published guides for immigrants.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award99/upbhtml/overhome.html
And More:
A selection of Nebraska related documents:
- Chicago to San Francisco via the Burlington
Route (1879
railroad map) -
- Kansas and Nebraska: the history, geographical
and physical characteristics, and political position
of those territories; an account of the emigrant aid
companies, and directions to emigrants (1854
book)
- A proclamation by the governor of Nebraska
Territory. In accordance with a custom which has
been practiced by most of the States and Territories
for many years ... I, Alvin Saunders ... do hereby
appoint and designate the last Thursday of the
present month of November, as a day of Thanksgiving
... Done at Omaha, this 8th day of November, A. D.
1864. Alvin Saunders, Governor of Nebraska. (proclamation)
- Bird's eye view of the city of Omaha, Nebraska (1868
map)
- Office of J. M. Pattee (1873
lottery rules)
- Nebraska, The Garden of the West. 50 Million
Acres Of Grain & Grazing Land (1869
broadside)
- The Horses Market, South Omaha (1914
panoramic photograph)
- State of Nebraska (Civil
War envelope)
- The right of Nebraska / by H. S. Newell. (1854
sheet music)
- Plains farms need trees : Trees prevent wind
erosion, save moisture ... protect crops, contribute
to human comfort and happiness (WPA
poster)
Lewis and Clark exhibit items of special interest:
- The prairie dog sickened at the sting of the
hornet or a diplomatic puppet exhibiting his
deceptions (1804
Akin cartoon)
- Col. Fremont planting the American standard on
the Rocky Mountains (1856
engraving)
- Across the continent, "Westward the Course of
Empire Takes Its Way" / J.M. Ives (1868
lithograph)
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