UNK Archives
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Official account for the University of Nebraska at Kearney Archives and Special Collections. All things #archives, especially #HistEd
We're welcoming students to campus today, some for the first time, others returning. While a few things have changed in the last 15 years, we bet these dorm check-in scenes from Mantor Hall in 2011 looks familiar to those moving in today. #FlashbackFriday #ResidenceLife #archives #dorms
Tucked into one of the first floor cases, an unconventional candlestick made from an eagle's foot. Collected in Norway by Henry Balfour and donated to the Museum in 1932.
We herd that it’s Cow Appreciation Day... So we thought we'd share this delightful recipe book containing cures for cows from Ascott dated 1778-1813 Not sure how much the cows would have appreciated the Mercurial Ointment however, despite the inclusion of brandy...
This year, we tested recipes from 1950s Home Ec classes, including Pineapple Cookies from 1951 and Athens Nut Pie from 1955. They got positive reviews. The cookies were tasty (not enough pineapple), but no one understood why the pie was called a pie when it's actually a cake! #ArchiveFoodandDrink
Different items need different sized boxes. This is one of our larger boxes, perfect for clothing. We have cheerleading uniforms, interleaved with acid-free tissue, in this one. #ArchiveStorage #Archive30
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
On 15 April, British troops liberated Bergen-Belsen Our archive holds a wealth of information regarding the camp including photos from the liberation, testimonies given to the Library by survivors, and document collections relating to its afterlife as a DP camp Search now 🔗 www.whlcollections.org
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The Stephen Lawhead Collection was one of our biggest projects to date, involving cataloging 100s of books and processing many boxes of archives. Final count: 22 archival boxes and over 100 books. Thanks to the Lawheads for the donation and to our great staff for their work. #SomethingBig #Archive30
We work with community groups to care for their archives. For the Daughters of the American Revolution time capsule we digitized everything and provide online hosting. Most of the items date from the 1920s, while some were added in the 60s tinyurl.com/mr34cj2 #CommunityArchives #Archive30 #Nebraska
![American Legion role [sic] of Buffalo County Nebraska Post #52, May 1926](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:iljwiuzpqce4ic4grfegjokx/bafkreiexymbcbnw52rkbbcuufer3z3syrgniycwmyjt6cyl24wrk3w35a4)
From the Processing Archivist: To augment the “Americans and the Holocaust” exhibit I processed collections related to Nebraskans in WW II, including one based on a digital student project titled “Retracing Old Lines”. These letters came in mostly processed! #CataloguingCollections #Archive30
We love these tennis pictures. They show off tennis's wide popularity - it was for everyone. For those with keen eyes, you can also see one of the Admin Building wings under construction. Group photo: date unknown, likely 1910s or 1920s Pairs photo: early 1910s #SportArchives #Archive30 #tennis
The Archives is full of the past (and, we'd argue, the seeds of the future). E. Ruth Pyrtle's 1922 State Superintendent of Instruction campaign materials share her past, from teaching to travel, and her vision for future. Equal ed for all sounds good to us! #ArchivePast #Archive30 #Nebraska #HistEd
Interested in Federal Indian Day Schools records? Check out our new booklet: Documents of a Colonial System: Day Schools Records at Library and Archives Canada: www.canada.ca/en/library-a...
On 7 April 1933, the Nazis passed a law banning Jews from the Civil Service. As a result, Jewish teachers, professors, judges and other civil servants lost their jobs A translated copy of the law can be found in our digitised collection of documents from the Nuremberg Trials buff.ly/RT9FORH
Sometimes #ArchiveAnimals pop up in unexpected places. We were recently listing some Women’s Institute records when we came across this surprising entry in a scrapbook! #Archive30
We have lots of cute animal pictures in the Archives. This is....not that. We are "lucky" enough to have a late 80s/early 90s Louie the Loper costume. Our brave archivist deigned to put on the definitely not haunted head from the antelope mascot costume #ArchiveAnimals #Archive30 #Mascots #Archives
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
A centerpiece of campus until the 1970s was the Administration Building (1905). Wings were added; a 1911 letter shows a $50k appropriation for the north wing, while the 1917 pic shows off results. The building was condemned in 1968. Demolition was completed in 1984. #ArchiveBuildings #Archive30
👋Hi everyone! It's time for #Archive30 again. We're the University of Nebraska at Kearney Archives & Special Collections. We specialize in #Nebraska, history of education, and fun stuff that supports campus teaching and learning. Pics are before & after our recent renovation. #YourArchive
Say "meow" to this labor union cat, possibly owned by then @uaw.org President Walter P. Reuther. From the archives at the @reutherlibrary.bsky.social.
Chebo Roitter Pavez interweaved 16 Holocaust survivors’ voices to chart the rise of Nazi ideology and the escalating persecution of Jewish communities across Europe. His layered writing-drawings foreground resilience and warn how fascism can re-emerge if unchallenged.
Our #Archive30 campaign is launching soon, and we’d love your help choosing one of our themes! Pick the theme you would like us to include by commenting below The options are: #ArchiveSustainability #ArchiveOutreach #ArchiveEngagement
Myron Swenk opines that Friday, Nov 13, 1931 was a "most lucky and fortunate day, for that was the day that it was my privilege to be with you and enjoy your hospitality." Hope y'all are having a Friday the 13th full of friends rather than misfortune. #FridayThe13th #FlashbackFriday #NOU #archives
The central Nebraska flyway migration is in full swing. What did the spring migration look like in 1930? Kearneyite Cyrus Black shared reports of flocks of whooping cranes 40 strong with Prof. Myron H. Swenk at UNL. #ThrowbackThursday #archives #cranes #Nebraska #NOU #ornithology #BirdSky
Kearney students were part of the national peace movement, arguing against war. From the 1936 peace convocation: "Donald Smith denounced the so-called "causes" for which wars are fought, saying that they are merely a blind for some hidden purpose" #TBThursday #archives #AATH #WWII
![Students Rally for Peace in Convocation Wednesday. The Antelope, April 24, 1936. Taking part in the national youth peace movement and doing their bit toward promoting permanent world peace, the students of the Kearney college attended a special convocation Wednesday, April 22. The prime objective of the program is to make the youth of the nation peace-minded in an effort to stamp out future wars.
"If youth will accept its responsbility, world peace will not be only an ideal but also a reality," said REverend Wayne Greene, one of the speakers. He also said that he believed that ultimately peace would come because the foundation on which our world is based is world peace.
Durfee Larson, social science instructor, speaking on the young man's idea that peace comes only with understanding, and therefor the way to friendly international relations is through educating the people of the nations so that they still realize their responsibility. he said, "When the individual has found peace within himself, he is then able to put it into his government. Then you have that which you desire, peace that comes with understanding."
Students speak. Donald Smith denounced the so-called "causes" for which wars are fought, saying that they are merely a blind for some hidden purpose. He believes if the youth of the country take a definite stand against war, these armed conflicts cannot exist. George Henigan, talked on the foreign conditions which seem to point toward war rather than peace, He reviewed the man [sic] conflicts which are going on between the nations now, showing that possible wars in the future are not absurbd but are at an ever present menace. Harod Watkins quoted statistics proving that war is entirely loss and reminded the student body that although the cry is for peace all the nations of the world are appropriating large amounts of money to build up armies and navies and are increasing rather than decreasing their armaments. The purpose of this peace movement which is…](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:iljwiuzpqce4ic4grfegjokx/bafkreiacqrjbnj4dtpdypznds55elf6lwpkl6v5z6dk7k6rceo4esfamlu)
![I intended to attend the meeting at Hastings but the death of my brother-in-law upset my plans. I've about come to the conclusion there is no use for me to want [to] do anything very much as something always happens. It always does when there is something I particularly want to do!](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:iljwiuzpqce4ic4grfegjokx/bafkreife6n5jdgxso7tasfijvmxc7ingo4rwtojewftx4jf3m6abkwjh4u)
