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  In the Beginning: Kearney Catholic Basketball (The First Four Years)

  Ronald Franklin Larchick

  This memoir provides a factual and chronological summary of the Kearney Catholic Varsity Basketball program from 1961 to 1965. It examines the events, games, players, coaches, fans, successes, and setbacks associated with the Kearney Catholic Varsity Basketball teams during its first four years.

  Digital edition provided by and posted with the permission of the author.

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  A History of the Kearney Public Library & Information Center: the First Century 1890-1990

  Ron Norman

  History of the Kearney, Nebraska Public Library, written for its centennial in 1990.

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  A History of the Japanese in Nebraska

  Hiram Hisanori Kano

  A history of the Japanese in Nebraska, authored by Father Hiram Kano. It interweaves his personal story with the larger narrative of Japanese people in Nebraska. Most of the content covers c. 1900-1970. Book includes numerous appendices of value to genealogists or others seeking individual Japanese who lived in Nebraska.

  Introduction by Sheryll Patterson-Black

  Shared with the permission of Scottsbluff Public Library

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  Kearney State College 1905-1980: A History of the first seventy-five years

  Philip S. Holmgren

  History of Kearney State College, produced for the 75th anniversary of the institution.

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  The Rarer Game

  Don Welch

  Poems by Nebraska poet Don Welch.

  Contents

  • The Rarer Game: A Sequence of Poems about Birds and an Animal
  • Cardinal
  • The Dutchman
  • Walking a Pit South of Gothenburg
  • The Doe
  • Poet in Residence at a Country School
  • The Bloodroot
  • Singing a Bird's Song
  • The Chicken Poem
  • Upon Finally Winning Something Big at the Fair
  • North of the House
  • The Cranes
  • The Runner
  • The Last Wild Passenger Pigeon, 1899
  • How to Live in Buffalo County
  • The Lee of December
  • The Widow
  • The Duck Woman
  • The Once
  • Fishing, at Coot Shallows
  • Deer, at Night
  • The Ball
  • The Wild Asparagus Hunters
  • Blood-red Sumac
  • Wolves
  • My Mad Uncle's Mad Song for Christmas
  • The Quail
  • The Coyote
  • Digging to China
  • To Kloefkorn, From a Field South of Peterout's Barn
  • Mile Relay, 4th Leg
  • The Flanker
  • The Loon
  • The Ermine
  • The Oriole
  • The Dream of the Sloth
  • Like Paddlefish
  • Jamie Kinkennon's Falcon
  • The Small
  • The Influence of the Moon on Deer
  • The Shotgun
  • In the Indian Bar at Whitby
  • Nebraska

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  A Shape a Writer Can Contain

  Don Welch

  Detailed instruction on how to write an essay from Nebraska poet Don Welch

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  Candles for Christmas

  Bernice Halbert

  Self-published booklet containing a poem about Christmas, using candles as its main theme.

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  Erogenous Zone

  David Rice

  Content Warning: Poems are sexually explicit. All were written while the author was imprisoned and some reference prison.

  Erogenous Zone: sensual poetry was written by David Rice (Mondo). "David Rice has concentrated on the beauty of people relating to each other sexually and has also given us an erotic view of the interplay between the forces and elements of the universe." Erogenous Zone was one of a number of creative works Mondo produced. He published numerous short stories, poems, plays, and newspaper columns during his imprisonment.

  Mondo, a native of Omaha, Nebraska, was a member of the Omaha Black Panthers chapter. He was imprisoned in April 1971 for the alleged involvement in the bombing death of an Omaha policeman. The trial was deeply flawed, leading Amnesty International and two former Nebraska governors to call for a retrial or the release of Rice for time served. He died in prison in 2016.

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  A Study of Man's Environmental Impact on Shell Creek and Sand Gulch

  Gary Hassebrook

  Description of Shell Creek in 1972, including an investigation into the source of pollutants that have killed the first 15 miles of the creek.

  Discussion of town dumping at Sand Gulch and the damage that is causing.

  Student paper

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  A Short History of De Witt 1872-1972

  Bonnie Runty, Rhonda Powers, and Julie Bergmeier

  History of De Witt, Nebraska written by three Tri County Schools students for a local history organization. Includes images and maps. It covers early settlement to 1930. Discusses the history of the town, including labor, organizations (including the Klu Klux Klan), rural education, and more.

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  The Wild Bill-McCanles tragedy : An actual photographic reproduction

  Charles Dawson

  Part of the Pioneer Tales of the Oregon Trail and of Jefferson County series. Reproduction of a 1912 publication that recounted the story of Wild Bill Hickock and D.C. McCanles

  Printing date of the reproduction approximate.

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  In Time of Emergency: A Citizen's Handbook on Nuclear Attack, Natural Disasters

  United States of America Department of Defense Office of Civil Defense

  Handbook with practical advice for dealing with nuclear attack, floods & hurricanes, tornadoes, winter storms, and earthquakes, with the bulk of the book focusing on nuclear attack.

  From the handbook:

  "This handbook contains basic general information on both nuclear attack and major natural disasters. This general guidance supplements the specific instructions issued by local governments."

  U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, 1968-0-297-579

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  The Kearney Boom and Its Relation to the Economic Situation in Nebraska 1882-1892

  Margaret Ellen Nielsen

  Education 694 seminar work.

  From the paper:

  "Kearney's development from frontier village to "Chicago of the West", took place within one of the economic cycles which play such an important part in American history. During the nineteenth century, these years of alternating prosperity and depression, occurred at intervals of about twenty years."

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  Bellevue, Larimer & Saint Mary, Their History, Location, Description and Advantages

  Charles Chaucer Goss

  Original published 1859 by John Q. Goss.

  Digitized from a 1957 reproduction

  Early history of Bellevue, Nebraska, Larimer, Nebraska, and Saint Mary, Iowa.

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  Kearney Cotton Mill: A Bubble that Burst

  Charles Jankins

  Paper drawing on primary sources and oral history interviews to tell the story of the Kearney, Nebraska cotton mill

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  Geography Field Trip to the Southeast and Cuba

  Joyce Neth

  Journal of Joyce Neth, written on a geography field trip to the southeast United States and Cuba from July 30 to August 21, 1955. Trip was led by UNK History faculty member Philip Holmgren.

  Part of the Holmgren Collection, UNK Archives & Special Collections

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  Dance Calls Series Three - Nebraska Folklore

  Federal Writers' Project

  Produced by the Federal Writers' Project in Nebraska

  Square dancing calls popular in nebraska in the late 1800s

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  Early Nebraska Cooking - Nebraska Folklore

  Federal Writers' Project

  Produced by the Federal Writers' Project in Nebraska

  "Early Nebraska cooking, because of its lack of variety, often became unappetizing for even the least fastidious settlers. Sowbelly (salt pork), corn meal and coffee were nearly always on the table for the main meals."

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  Pioneer Recollections - Nebraska Folklore

  Federal Writers' Project

  Produced by the Federal Writers' Project in Nebraska

  "These reminiscences of life in Nebraska during the 1870s and 1880s have been obtained through personal interviews with pioneers by members of the Nebraska Writers' Project."

  Includes several stories about pranks, information on pioneer remedies and medicine, as well as tales of a more historical nature.

  Statement on Harmful Material: Materials in UNK Archives and Special Collections are historical in nature and reflect the society in which they were produced. As such, they may contain racial, gender, sexual, religious, and other language and imagery that are offensive by today's standards. The documents, images, publications, and other materials have been retained in order to fully represent the materials in their original format. If the offensive text is not in the original, but in a finding aid, catalog record, or other description created by library employees, please contact Archives and Special Collections to bring this to our attention. Archives & Special Collections is guided by the core values of the Society of American Archivists. If you have questions about this statement or about Archives and Special Collections’ work, we welcome your feedback. Please contact us at archives@unk.edu or 308-865-8593.

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  Pioneer Religion - Nebraska Folklore

  Federal Writers' Project

  Produced by the Federal Writers' Project in Nebraska

  History of religion in Nebraska. Following a general introduction, sections cover places of worship, preaching, and rivalries.

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  Pioneer Schools - Nebraska Folklore

  Federal Writers' Project

  Compiled by the Federal Writers' Project in Nebraska

  "This pamphlet, on pioneer schools in nebraska, does not attempt to tell the history of the early schools in the State, but is limited to relating some of the lore (customs, habits, stories) of the pioneer school."

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  Pioneer Tales - Nebraska Folklore

  Federal Writers' Project

  Compiled by the Federal Writers' Project in Nebraska

  "All of these hoaxes, tall-tales and experiences have been obtained from itnerviews with Nebraskans who pioneered in the State. They have never been printed and their editing has been kept to a minimum."

  Common story topics include horse trading, threshing, cattle drives, and more.

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  The First Five Years of the Regional Agricultural Council for the Southern Great Plains States

  Office of Land Use Coordination

  From the document:

  At the October, 1940, meeting of the Southern Great Plains Regional Agricultural Council, the retiring chairmnn, F. A. Anderson, asked the Coordinator to prepare a history of the Council since its inception in 1935. This history accordingly constitutes a review of the activities of the Council during the five years from the first meeting in Pueblo, Colorado, December 12-13, 1935, through the 28th meeting, and the last one of the 1940 calendar year, held in Waco, Texas, October 17-18, 1940.

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  The Negroes of Nebraska

  Writers' Program, Work Projects Administration in the State of Nebraska

  Statement on Harmful Material:

  Materials in UNK Archives and Special Collections are historical in nature and reflect the society in which they were produced. As such, they may contain racial, gender, sexual, religious, and other language and imagery that are offensive by today's standards. The documents, images, publications, and other materials have been retained in order to fully represent the materials in their original format. If the offensive text is not in the original, but in a finding aid, catalog record, or other description created by library employees, please contact Archives and Special Collections to bring this to our attention. Archives & Special Collections is guided by the core values of the Society of American Archivists. If you have questions about this statement or about Archives and Special Collections’ work, we welcome your feedback. Please contact us at archives@unk.edu or 308-865-8593.

  Preface:

  The Negroes of Nebraska, though a book arbitrarily limited as to length, nevertheless is an attempt to highlight the entire picture of Negro life in this State. It represents the efforts of several persons. If the book has achieved its intended purpose it has done so because these persons have consulted every available source in collecting and verifying the material from which it was written.

  The State's Negro citizens comprise, numerically, a minority group, and much of the colorful side of their story, in the absence of written records, is irretrievably lost. Yet much more that would have been lost has found permanence in this account, through the diligent research of two Negro employees of the Nebraska Writers' Project, Fred D. Dixon and Albert J. Burks. The fact remains that there are gaps in the story, and because of incomplete records inaccuracies may appear in the text. If such are noted the editors will appreciate having these brought to their attention.

  The editors wish to acknowledge their gratitude for valuable aid and criticism to the University. of Nebraska, the Nebraska State Historical Society, and to Raymond R. Brown and Millard F. Wood, Executive Secretaries respectively of the Urban Leagues of Omaha and Lincoln. Drawings are by Paul Gibson, Omaha Negro artist.

  Sponsored by The Omaha Urban League Community Center. Written and compiled by workers of the Writers' Program, Work Projects Administration in the state of Nebraska. Drawings by Paul Gibson.

  OCLC Number: 123134673

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  Dance Calls Series 2 - Nebraska Folklore

  Federal Writers' Project

  Produced by the Federal Writers' Project in Nebraska

  Explanation of the history of dances in Nebraska pioneer days - complete with discussion of "flea cracking" - as well as a selection of dance calls