May 27, 2023

Lincoln Journal-Star: WanderNebraska kicks off second year with 150 sites across state

Lincoln Journal-Star: WanderNebraska kicks off second year with 150 sites across state. “This Memorial Day weekend, the Nebraska State Historical Society Foundation will launch its 2023 WanderNebraska Travel Adventure Program with an expanded list of more than 150 sites across the state…To make things easier, the foundation also launched a new website featuring information about all 150 sites, including hours of operation, upcoming events, a map for directions and more.”

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April 25, 2023

University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Graham archiving the prolific work of Nebraska’s Oz Black

University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Graham archiving the prolific work of Nebraska’s Oz Black. “Oswald Ragan ‘Oz’ Black studied art at the University of Nebraska from 1918 to 1923. He went on to document local news 365 days a year for nearly four decades, first at the Lincoln Star from 1921 to 1927, and then for the Nebraska State Journal from 1930 to 1940. Following his work in Nebraska, Black went to the Minneapolis Tribune, before moving to Denver, where he worked in public relations and as an instructor in cartooning and caricature at the University of Colorado Institute of Adult Learning.”

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February 6, 2022

University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Digital project focuses on Nebraska’s Holocaust stories

University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Digital project focuses on Nebraska’s Holocaust stories. “Beth Dotan has worked in the Holocaust education field for many years, including at the Ghetto Fighters House Museum in Israel and as the founding director of the Institute for Holocaust Education in Omaha. In pursuing her doctorate at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, she saw an opportunity to continue that work and focus specifically on Nebraska’s survivors and liberators.”

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July 6, 2021

NCompass Live: History Nebraska: Taking History Online (Nebraska Library Commission)

Nebraska Library Commission: NCompass Live: History Nebraska: Taking History Online. “As a strategic goal of our agency, History Nebraska is undertaking significant efforts to provide access to historical collections for Nebraskans, regardless of where they live. One such initiative is to digitize our newspaper collections through a partnership with Newspapers.com. We have also been scanning microfilmed probate records from county courthouses, select manuscript collections, and some county and community histories. For years, we have been digitizing our vast photograph collections, as well as our audio/visual collections. Tune in to learn how and when we plan to make these available to the public.”

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February 13, 2020

Grand Island Independent (Nebraska): Phase one of Hall County Newspaper Digitization Project completed

Grand Island Independent: Phase one of Hall County Newspaper Digitization Project completed. This is Grand Island, Nebraska. “The newspapers included in the first phase include: Platte Valley Independent (1870-1884); Grand Island Times (1873-1892); Grand Island Independent (1884-1900); Wood River Gazette (1884-1892); Doniphan Eagle (1892-1895); Staats-Anzeiger und Herald (1894-1918); Wood River Interests (1894-1919); and Wood River Sunbeam (1906-2003).”

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