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Category Archives: Library/Archives
NSHS on YouTube: Listen to Homesteading Songs
The Nebraska State Historical Society has made its first music videos! In the Spring 2013 issue of Nebraska History, Peru State College professor Dan Holtz writes about “The Folk Songs of Great Plains Homesteading.” But why just read about folk … Continue reading
Posted in Audiovisual, Education and fun, Nebraska History, Publications
Tagged folk songs, homestead, music, pioneer, Solomon Butcher
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…Talk About the Drought! President Roosevelt Visits Nebraska Panhandle
In an earlier post we we recalled the effects of the 1890s drought in Nebraska. Unfortunately, it would not be the last. In 1936, Nebraska farmers were facing similar hardship. The ongoing drought (or “drouth” as it was often spelled) … Continue reading
The Dangers of Jazz Dancing
Do you feel like the world is speeding up around you? Like society has gotten so crazy you can’t keep up? You’re not the first! An article in the Lincoln Sunday Journal and Star on August 12, 1934, talks about … Continue reading
When Conversation Runs Dry…
We are witnessing firsthand the distress a drought causes in an agricultural community. With record temperatures and minimal rainfall, there is little that farmers can do but watch their crops burn to a crisp. Combine that with the current national … Continue reading
Posted in Library/Archives, Nebraska History, Publications
Tagged crops, drought, farmers, investigative journalism, journalist, natural disaster, Nellie Bly
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At the Eleventh Hour, Trickery and Vilification!
Unfortunately, negative political ads are nothing new! As we near election day and political polarization reaches its peak, here is a full page ad from the August 12, 1934, Sunday Lincoln Journal and Star that may sound familiar. In the … Continue reading
Posted in Library/Archives
Tagged 1934, campaign, Democrat, drought, election, Nebraska governors, politics
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100th Anniversary of Religious Leader’s Visit to Nebraska
Sunday, September 23, 2012 marks the 100th anniversary of `Abdu’l-Bahá Abbas’ visit to Lincoln, Nebraska. The Bahá’í Faith was founded by Bahá’u’lláh in 19th-century Persia. `Abdu’l-Bahá Abbas (1844-1921), eldest son of Bahá’í founder Bahá’u’lláh, became the sole interpreter of his … Continue reading
Posted in Exhibits, Library/Archives, Manuscript Collections
Tagged 'Abdu'l-Bahá Abbas, Bahá'í Faith, Fairview, Lincoln, religion, William Jennings Bryan
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Doing Hard Time
A little over a year ago, I was asked if I would like to curate a small temporary photograph exhibit that would be featured in a newly created space on the third floor of the Nebraska History Museum. Exhibits Coordinator … Continue reading
NSHS Honors Waverly 4-H Club Member
Erica Peterson received a Nebraska State Historical Society Certificate of Achievement for her poster and scrapbook titled Discovering Nebraska One County at a Time at the 2012 Nebraska State Fair. Erica is a resident of Waverly in Lancaster County and prepared … Continue reading
Oh, the Irony
The designer of this 1930 advertising stationery didn’t know it yet, but the expression “Thriving Thirties” was not going to catch on. Printed by the Epsten Lithographing Co. of Omaha, the stationery could be printed as standard letterhead on one … Continue reading
The Release of the 1940 Census
“The 1940 Census release is the most significant record to be made available to genealogists since 2002 with the release of the 1930 Census. This Census is an economic snapshot of the Great Depression, and a fascinating look at the … Continue reading