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Tag Archives: University of Nebraska
Nebraska’s Unlikely Landscapes
A rocky outcrop is covered with small round cacti. Wide dusty badlands look like a backdrop for a Wild West movie. High rocky bluffs make the landscape below look miniature. It may come as a surprise to many (even Nebraskans!) … Continue reading
Students and the Saloon
Although dating from the 1870s, the city of Lincoln’s preoccupation with the prohibition issue quickened in the first decade of the twentieth century. With the failure of efforts to add a prohibitory amendment to the state constitution in 1890, prohibitionists … Continue reading
Posted in Nebraska Timeline, Publications
Tagged Lincoln, Prohibition, Samuel Avery, University of Nebraska
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Todd Storz: Radio for a New Era
Todd Storz, owner of Omaha’s KOWH, saw music as opportunity. He showed the world how to harness music and make it profitable in a world more interested in visual stimulation than audio. Largely because of his invention and business efficiency, … Continue reading
Posted in Nebraska History, Publications, Uncategorized
Tagged KOWH, Nebraska, Omaha, radio, Todd Storz, University of Nebraska
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August Hagenow: Violinist – Conductor – Director
The Library/Archives division holds a small collection of materials related to noted musician, August Hagenow. Born in Germany in 1859, Hagenow studied the violin in Hamburg. His first tour of the United States came in 1878 with the Red Hussar … Continue reading
Posted in Library/Archives, Manuscript Collections
Tagged August Hagenow, Lincoln, music, University of Nebraska
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Woodbey for Regent!
At the Nebraska Prohibition Party’s statewide convention, held in July 1895 in Lincoln, Anna R. Woodbey of Douglas County was nominated for the University of Nebraska Board of Regents. Regents were then elected on partisan ballots in odd-numbered years. The … Continue reading
Game Day: Nebraska vs. Notre Dame, Part 2
Game Day at Memorial Stadium is a long Nebraska tradition—since 1923, in fact. The cover of the Summer 2010 issue of Nebraska History features the still-under-construction stadium. Though unfinished, the new stadium held a then-Nebraska record crowd of 43,000 as … Continue reading
Posted in Nebraska History, Photograph Collection, Publications
Tagged football, Lincoln, University of Nebraska
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1920s Game Day: NU vs. Notre Dame (Part 1)
Memorial Stadium hasn’t always been the home of Nebraska Cornhusker football. Between 1909 and 1922, the team played at Nebraska Field, which was more or less at the same location as present-day Memorial Stadium. The field ran east-west instead of … Continue reading