Nathan Tye, PhD
@hobohistory.bsky.social
Historian at the University of Nebraska-Kearney. Studies hobos, transient labor, and literary history.
ICYMI, Dr Michael Carter, an Honorary Fellow of the @ihr.bsky.social, featured on BBC Radio Sussex and on BBC News Online this week discussing recent findings about the legacy of French culture after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. Read more on the BBC: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Newly unveiled prayer book shows religious life after Battle of Hastings
The manuscript has information about monks praying for those who died in the battle in 1066.
bbc.co.uk
We are sad to hear about the passing of the great Italian historian Carlo Ginzburg, whose work revolutionized the field of history by focusing on uncovering the minds of ordinary people. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/17/b...
Medieval King Arthur manuscript could fetch £2m at auction
Medieval King Arthur manuscript could fetch £2m at auction
Book containing early versions of the Merlin and Grail legends has remained in private hands for 700 years
theguardian.com
RURAL HEALTH: The latest $95 million structure to open on a rural health education complex in Kearney is expected to double the number of health care students on the campus, to about 625. From Cindy Gonzalez: buff.ly/ByPeWyH
NU officials celebrate opening of medical school, expanded rural health teaching complex in Kearney • Nebraska Examiner
Officials from the University of Nebraska system celebrated the opening of an expanded rural health teaching complex in Kearney.
nebraskaexaminer.com
My latest at @hyperallergic.com looks at the new Homer papyrus on mummified remains from Oxyrhynchus—& what the press got wrong initially. Thanks to Celsiana Warwick, @robertamazza.bsky.social, @sentantiq.bsky.social & Leah Mascia (+ @christinajriggs.bsky.social & edits by @valentinadl.bsky.social).
Archaeologists Discover Mummy Buried With Lines From Homer’s Iliad
Found in Egypt, the papyrus confirms that Homer was everywhere in the ancient Mediterranean.
hyperallergic.com
Lost copy of seventh-century poem in Old English discovered at Rome library
Lost copy of seventh-century poem in Old English discovered at Rome library
Dublin scholars find 1,200-year-old manuscript of Caedmon’s Hymn composed by Northumbrian cattle herder A lost copy of a poem composed in the seventh century by a Northumbrian cattle herder – the earliest surviving poem in the English language – has been discovered in Rome. Scholars from Trinity College Dublin (TCD) uncovered the manuscript that contains Caedmon’s Hymn at the National Central Library of Rome. Continue reading...
theguardian.com
We can't do much in-house but sometimes works come to us with previous conservation work. One of our newest items, Nathanel Low's Almanack (1784) has mending on its first page. While it stabilized the page, it also obscured some of the text #ArchiveConservation #Archive30 #Archives #RevolutionaryWar
April 29 in DC — Politics and Prose hosts author Garrett Peck to talk about his new book, The Bright Edges of the World: Willa Cather and Her Archbishop, which explores how Cather’s travels to the Southwest inspired her writing. tinyurl.com/35dyyhfn #willacather @politicsprose.bsky.social
We love the small items in our collection, among them this 1" button from the @unkearney.bsky.social normal school era, features the Administration Building. #SomethingSmall #Archive30 #archives
We’re breaking out the cat images again to get your attention. This cat seems pretty relaxed, but if your research is making you feel anything but relaxed, Ask A Librarian. We can help with finding sources, navigating databases, citing materials, and getting started. library.unk.edu/ask/
Previously unreleased photos show astronaut Neil Armstrong in the aftermath of a space mission that almost took his life.
Newly discovered photos show astronaut Neil Armstrong after the Gemini 8 emergency
Previously unreleased photos show astronaut Neil Armstrong in the aftermath of a space mission that almost took his life.
bit.ly
On this day in 1976, police arrested David Bowie and Iggy Pop in Rochester, Mass., on marijuana charges. Bowie was later released on $2000 bail. For more on drug histories, see Matthew Lassiter’s 2015 blog piece “The Suburban Imperatives of America’s War on Drugs." https://tinyurl.com/yaa7t6u2
I love everything about this! The conviction that a major figure was not struck by a bolt of lightning but worked to understand the system he would ultimately critique and help dismantle. The scholarly sleuthing rare books — all of it. 😎🤓 www.science.org/content/arti...
Galileo’s handwritten notes found in ancient astronomy text
Discovery sheds new light on how famed astronomer came to lead a scientific revolution
science.org
Join us this evening at 6pm at the Kearney Public Library for a showing of Most Honorable Son, with discussion afterwards with several experts. We're working on tech, so no promises, but you might be able to view the panel discussion (~7pm CT) at unk.zoom.us/j/9900282001... #AATH #archives #events
I will be sharing some of my latest research on the history of shelterbelts and conservation in the Great Plains on Februrary 11 (12pm) at Kearney Public Library. And, I'll bring some items to showcase too! Everyone is welcome. Hope to see you.
Looking forward to @spurlockmuseum.bsky.social’s next exhibition: Unfinished Revolutions: Living Stories of American Rights, be sure to check it out next time you’re in Champaign-Urbana!
Dale Mize@dalemize.bsky.social · 7mo agoMy next exhibit project is coming to @spurlockmuseum.bsky.social soon! Be sure to check it out while it’s up: www.spurlock.illinois.edu/exhibits/pro...
Curses upon ye! How does a book owner stop thieves from stealing their books? Well, in the medieval period, one popular method to discourage thievery was book curses. These curses often threatened that excommunication or anathema (a formal curse from the church) would befall the thief.
![Close-up image of a page with a handwritten book curse that reads: "Do not steal this book, my honest friend for fear the gallos [sic] might be your end..."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:aep3ged4qhaofticmpozgx7m/bafkreieoovzw5r5yqsyn7yqlnploq6szf2lgnbtdxfpzlm4fcygvg74zcu)
138 years ago today, the Blizzard of 1888, also called the Schoolhouse Blizzard, hit #Nebraska. A fast-moving storm dropped temps from abt 30F to -40F, with high winds and powdery snow. It stranded many. Teacher Minnie Freeman's story was turned into song: openspaces.unk.edu/spec-coll/10/ #archives
Song of the Great Blizzard : "Thirteen were saved" : or, Nebraska's fearless maid
Song based on the story of Miss Minnie Freeman, a teacher who saved 13 children during the Schoolhouse Blizzard of 1888. From the introduction: Miss Minnie Freeman, the plucky little school teacher at...
openspaces.unk.edu
Don't miss this amazing exhibit that chronicles such an important piece of local history! It comes down this Sunday!
On the Great Plains, festive clothes need to be warm. We love these pics of people in their fancy, warm best. They're from a primarily-1920s photo album from a Nebraska teacher who worked in Wyoming and western Nebraska. #FestiveClothes #ArchiveAdventCalendar #fashion #archives
It's time to celebrate a little-known writer called... Willa Cather! 🎉 (Born on this day in 1873!) Read much about Cather with: - Melissa Homestead's "Willa Cather in the Denver Times in 1915 and New Evidence of the Origins of The Professor's House": muse.jhu.edu/pub/17/artic... (1/3)
