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Be a History Detective - Childrens Summer Workshops, Wednesdays in July, 2008. Sign Up NOW!

Nebraska Hall of Fame Request for Proposals to create a sculpted bust of Charles E. Bessey, the newest elected member.

NSHS Director/CEO Michael Smith Featured on Lincoln 5CityTV in April

 

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

Chautauqua in Scottsbluff in 1908, Omaha High School's Commencement Traditions Change, 1901, Horses Yield to Tractors debate in 1916, and Mother's Day in Nebraska in 1909.

Brown Bag Lecture Series Forum, "Robert Ramsay Livingston: Nebraska Pioneer Physician"
   Presenter: John Schleicher, Head of Special Collections/Assistant Professor, McGoogan Library of Medicine, UNMC, Omaha
   Schedule: 12 Noon, Thursday, May 15, 2008. Museum of Nebraska History, 15th & P Streets, Lincoln. Download a flyer advertisement, pdf.

Investigation Station Opened Saturday, March 1st.
Free Family Fun for All Ages
at the Museum of Nebraska History, 15th & P Streets, Lincoln, NE

Nebraska State Historical Society 2008 Research Grants,

  Call for Applications

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.

PRESERVATION at WORK for the NEBRASKA ECONOMY.
A new study examines the economic impact and benefits of historic preservation. (4M pdf)

New board members, officers, elected
to the Nebraska State Historical Society Board

See Memories Transformed: Personal Stories Reflected in Film
A film series presented by the Nebraska State Historical Society
Films will be shown, free of charge, at the Museum of Nebraska History,
15th & "P" Streets, Lincoln, at 1:30 p.m. each Sunday.

A New Educators' Resource Guide to the Museum of Nebraska History
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.

  2007 Annual Report now on-line
  (6 megabyte PDF)

 

NSHS Museum of Nebraska History has a docent drought and is looking for your help

Nebraska National Guard Exhibit opens November 9 at the Nebraska State Historical Society's Museum of Nebraska History
Advertisement (pdf)

Nebraska Studies website 
 Have a look at NEW WWII content.

Historic preservation makes sense, but does it make cents? New study tracks economic impacts for Nebraska.

Nebraska Hall of Fame Nominees for 2005 - 2009

Check the properties newly listed in 2007 in the National Register of Historic Places.
Counties with newly listed properties are: Box Butte, Cherry, Custer, Dawes, Douglas, Howard, Platte, and Sarpy.

 Duck Creek archeological dig photographs

CRAZY ABOUT QUILTS? QUESTIONS ABOUT QUILTS?
Visit the Nebraska State Historical Society's Museum of Nebraska History, 15th & P streets, Lincoln, Tuesday-Friday, 9-4:30; Saturday-Sunday, 1:00-4:30

Quilts A to Z! provides an enjoyable overview of quilting terms and techniques, a brief examination of the multitude of quilt patterns and their even more numerous names, and a revolving two-year exhibit of fabulous quilts from the collections of the Nebraska State Historical Society and the International Quilt Study Center. Come back often, because the quilts will change every six months. Quilts A to Z! is also an online exhibit.

See a Crazy Quilt recently acquired for the Museum Collections.

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

 Can You Help Us Identify these Objects?

Maps: 87+ Nebraska maps have been added to the website. [pdfs]

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).

Cased Nebraska Quarters, $5.00
Exceptionally popular cased sets are again available at the Nebraska State Historical Society Store. Check out the new stock for 2007.

Hit the Trail to History
High gas prices got you down? Thinking about canceling vacation? STOP!

The Nebraska State Historical Society's museums and historic sites are just down the road and we're inviting you to join us on a trip through Nebraska history .

Nebraska Statewide Cemetery Registry needs your help!

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

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

Download the new 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.

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