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Category Archives: Museum Collections
The Cadet Nurse Corps
The U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps was created during World War II to help fill the home front nursing shortage in military and civilian hospitals, clinics, and public health services. In 1943 nursing schools around the country were invited to join … Continue reading
The Nebraska Scrap Plan
The Nebraska State Historical Society recently acquired a set of Omaha World-Herald reprints containing photos and stories about the 1942 scrap drive sponsored by the newspaper. Publisher of the World-Herald, Henry Doorly, came up with the idea of promoting a three-week … Continue reading
G.I. Josephine
The Nebraska State Historical Society recently received a wonderful donation from the American Red Cross. In addition to a scrapbook, photographs, and other documents, the Society received a skirt and field jacket covered in World War II badges and insignia, … Continue reading
A Prisoner’s Plea
The Society has a large collection of Nebraska-made/Nebraska-themed sheet music. While cataloging some a few weeks back I came across two pieces that piqued my interest–mainly because the composers were identified only by their prisoner numbers. A little research … Continue reading
Love Sugar? I’ve Got Just the Hospital for You
With that title I bet you thought this blog was going to be about the evils of sugar consumption. Nope, we’ll leave that to the countless “health” blogs. I’ve got something almost better than sugar ingestion–sugar sculpture. In the 1930s-1940s, for … Continue reading
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Tagged artifact, collections, Lincoln, outsider art, Postcard, weird nebraska
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Nebraskans Held Captive In North Korea
In January of 1968 the USS Pueblo, a navy vessel on an intelligence mission off the coast of North Korea, was attacked and captured by North Korean forces. One sailor was killed and the remaining eighty-two were taken captive and … Continue reading
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Tagged artifact, collections, military
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Two Civilian Conservation Corps Souvenirs
The Nebraska History Museum recently received a collection of materials that belonged to Frederick Sydow. Today, I thought I’d share with you two objects related to Sydow’s work with the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). These two souvenirs show that Sydow served … Continue reading
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Tagged Beatrice, Civilian Conservation Corps, Great Depression
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A Rest-Stop Sculpture Garden in Nebraska
A few weeks back I blogged about a needlework project undertaken in Nebraska by Home Extension clubs to commemorate the 1976 Bicentennial. Today I’m keeping with that theme and spotlighting a larger and more public commemorative project. If you’ve traveled I-80 … Continue reading
Ruth Etting: Nebraska’s “Glorifier” of Song
The Nebraska History Museum has a wonderful collection of Nebraska sheet music, including 25 pieces that were performed by Nebraska singer and actress, Ruth Etting. 1933 Sheet Music for “Gypsy Fiddles” with Ruth Etting on the Cover. 11055-2442 NSHS Permanent Collection … Continue reading
Nebraska’s Safe Haven Law
During the regular session in 2008 the Nebraska legislature passed LB157 commonly known as Nebraska’s “safe haven” law. Safe haven laws are usually intended to provide parents with a safe way to surrender a newborn they feel they … Continue reading