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Hastings Regional Center Cemetery Records are now available. Historic Native American Allotment Houses to be Surveyed in Boyd and Knox Counties in Nebraska. Public announcement made June 17, 2009 at the Santee Casino. Brown Bag Lecture Series Forum,  "The Greatest Gathering of Indians Ever Assembled" :  The 1875 Black Hills Council at Red Cloud Agency, Nebraska    Presenter: Jim Potter    Schedule: 12 Noon, Thursday, July 16, 2009. Museum of Nebraska History, 15th & P Streets, Lincoln.   Joslyn Castle (Omaha), Nicholas Street Historic District (Omaha), Burt County State Bank, and the North Platte United States Post Office and Federal Building have been placed on the National Register of Historic Places. (pdfs)

Our New Logo Even a historical society likes a new look now and then. After more than twenty years, we're retiring the blue "NSHS" logo in favor of an eye-catching design that better represents what we're all about. Created by graphic artist Amy Ebbeka of Lincoln, the new logo is simultaneously historic and modern. The script font evokes the handwritten word upon which so much of our history is based. The abstract Nebraska shape represents the idea of diverse and overlapping regions that form the whole of the state. The colors are inspired by our previous NSHS colors, our state flag and state flower (goldenrod), and the beige of Nebraska's endless grasslands. The logo was created with the support of the NSHS Foundation, whose staff, board, volunteers, and dollars helped make the project a reality. You'll see the new logo on our publications and on our signage at historic sites around the state. Soon it'll even be part of the Lincoln skyline atop the Museum of Nebraska History. It's part of a larger effort to spread the word about what the Society does and why it matters.

4 New Nebraska Timeline (Out of Old Nebraska) articles are now available on the website.

See you at Lincoln's beach!   

Coping with the Depression's heat.  

Soldier, farmer, congressman, almost governor.  

Aggressive Omaha editor/Indian agent. 

Kids' Classes for Summer 2009

Who?  Students in Grades 4 - 8
When? Tuesday and Thursday mornings, 9:30-12:00 noon
See flyer (pdf) for details
Register NOW! (pdf)

Hit the Trail to History
Take a low-cost trip to the past at NSHS museums and historic sites located all across the state. Just down the road you'll find a summer's worth of cool old stuff, fascinating facts, and FUN!

Recovered Views: African-American Portraits, 1912 - 1925
Janury 8 - September 1
Exhibition: Museum of Nebraska History, 15th & P streets, Lincoln

Nebraska Gone Crazy!
Crazy Quilts from Nebraska Museums is on exhibit through February 2010 at the Nebraska History Museum, 15th & P Streets, Lincoln.

Nebraska Gone Crazy! is now a Virtual Exhibit on this website!

Beginning January 17, 2009, the Library  is unavailable for research.
See the closing notice and watch for further updates.

 

   The Nebraska National Guard  Nebraska's Citizen-Soldiers in the Twenty-First Century is now a Web site exhibit.
Memorabilia and memories of Nebraska National Guard men and women who have served in Bosnia, Afghanistan, and Iraq, and in humanitarian missions at home.

 

  2008 Annual Report now on-line
  (6 megabyte PDF)

 

See a Vietnam Womens Memorial Quilt recently acquired for the Museum Collections.

Find NEW procedures and forms to aid you in transfering public records to the State Archives.

 

  Willa Cather Center Spring Conference and Call for Papers

  

Upcoming Events at the John G. Neihardt Center, Bancroft, NE

Wyuka Cemetery Interments, (Lincoln, Ne.) 1877 - Feb. 1881 "Those Who Slumber" (pdf)
These listings predate the Wyuka burial cards.

Help the Nebraska State Historical Society find examples of community buildings, structures, and sites that represent the New Deal in Nebraska. This year marks the 75th anniversary of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's programs developed in response to the Great Depression. See this PDF for more information and known examples.

Beef State, a co-production of the Nebraska State Historical Society and NET Television, is a new hour-long documentary on the history of the beef industry in Nebraska.

See historic photos, brief video stories, and a 3-minute preview of the tv show.

Solve History Mysteries at Investigation Station -- Open Now!
Free Family Fun for All Ages
at the Museum of Nebraska History, 15th & P Streets, Lincoln, NE

Access the  Nebraska Public Documents  web site, launched in October 2007. It includes reports from 1891 to 1929 and is a keyword searchable collection of digitized historic reports of Nebraska constitutional officers and state agencies.

Nebraska newspapers arranged by town name.
A new index in PDFs will help you find Nebraska newspapers on microfilm.

A New Educators' Resource Guide to the Nebraska History Museum
is now available on the website. (pdf)

Saving Nebraska' s Treasures
Video sneak peeks and workshop segments now available to help you preserve items of importance to you and your community.

Nebraska Studies website 
 Have a look at NEW WWII content.

 Duck Creek archeological dig photographs

Weird Nebraska: Strange Stories and Amazing Facts, now a website exhibit.

New Databases include a Nebraska History Index, Civil War Veterans, Gazatteers, Prisoner Records, Education Reports, names in County Atlases, Sherard's Nebraska Place Names, 1860 - 1954 Tract Book Index and WWI Draft Registration Cards
Also find Name Index to terminated Nebraska Land Entry Files (National Archives) and Nebraska . . . Our Towns (University of Nebraska).

Checkout our most recent issue of Nebraska Trailblazer!
Learn about the new Nebraska State Quarter, Chimney Rock, and how we identify ourselves.

Download the Valuation Incentive Program (VIP) Brochure,
a property tax incentive that assists in the preservation of Nebraska's historic buildings.




Check the Nebraska Historic Buildings Survey Reports
in PDF format, now online.
All counties for which reports have been done are now available.