@hobohistory.bsky.social
Historian at the University of Nebraska-Kearney. Studies hobos, transient labor, and literary history.
nowadays, the whale-fishery furnishes an asylum for many romantic, melancholy, and absent-minded young men
bank (1889), willa cather history center, up detail, webster street, red cloud, nebraska, 1988
bank (1889), willa cather history center, up detail, webster street, red cloud, nebraska, 1988
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📣 Curran Fellowships are now OPEN! Per our most recent newsletter, we've moved up our Curran awards to allow recipients time to plan summer travel. Applications due Oct. 15. As always, guidelines and more info are on our website!
rs4vp.org/awards/curra...
go on, go on
Song of the Great Blizzard 1888, "Thirteen Were Saved" or Nebraska's Fearless Maid. Song and Chorus by Wm. Vincent. Published by Lyon & Healy, Chicago. Includes an etching of a woman holding a child, followed by other children trudging through heavy snow
Sheet music Thirteen were saved; or Nebraska's Fearless Maid (An incident of the terrible blizzard throughout the Northwest in January, 1888)
Our most popular item is Song of the Great Blizzard: "Thirteen were saved": or, Nebraska's fearless maid. During an 1888 blizzard, teacher Minnie Freeman saved her 13 students by walking to the nearest house 3/4 mile away. Available: openspaces.unk.edu/spec-coll/10/ #PopularItem #Archive30 #archives
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Wire shelving with a jumble of oversized framed items
Bankers boxes on shelves with odd sized items on carts
Happy #Archive30 to all! We're the University of Nebraska at Kearney Archives & Special Collections; excuse the mess - we got new shelving. We're on the 2nd floor of the @unklibrary.bsky.social. We specialize in history of education, central & western NE, and UNK. Come visit! #YourArchive
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library closed tomorrow
Due to inclement weather the library will be closed tomorrow.
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New History Job Posted Today: Assistant Professor of History (Public History) | University of Nebraska at Kearney
18.12.2024 17:03 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1
NANCY BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER NANCY- - WHAT DOES SANTA LOOK LIKE ? OH, HE'S A BIG, JOLLY FAT MAN WITH ROSY, RED CHEEKS- - A NOSE LIKE A CHERRY, AND A PACK ON HIS BACK OH, SANTA - - -HERE'S MY CHRISTMAS LIST ?
Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
December 19,1953
A Canadian treasure, but it's important to remember its rooted in minor league American baseball, of course: tomhawthorn.blogspot.com/2010/12/chuc...
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one day for unk support your library
UNK Giving Day 2024 starts at noon! Support the Calvin T. Ryan Library to help us keep offering valuable resources, study spaces, and services to all Lopers. Join us November 13-14, from noon to noon, and show your support at givingday.unk.edu/organization....
#onedayforunk
Black and white pics of students in a library
Welcome, new followers! We're the University of Nebraska at Kearney Archives & Special Collections. Besides institutional history, we focus on
- central and western #Nebraska
- history of education #HistEd
We also have lots from Nebraskans abroad as well as Great Plains #HistSciMed
#archives
