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UNK Archives @unkarchives.bsky.social · 13h
Tomorrow's the last day to sign up for our archives basics and websites for collections workshops. You can do so at go.unk.edu/3xiy Hope y'all can join us this weekend. (these are only in-person; we hope to offer this online in the future)
Making Sense of Your Stuff. Work with UNK's archivists to organize and describe your stuff, whether it's family history treasures or something else. Sign-up. Kearney Public Library, October 17 10-11:30Easy Websites to Build Your Archive. Want to share your archives collections with your family or the public? Come learn about easy and free or low-cost website options. No existing web skills needed! Kearney Public Library, October 17, 1-2:30
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UNK Archives @unkarchives.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Hope your Monday goes as smoothly as this banana boat sails! Homecoming parade float from 1957. It's from the Donald Briggs Collection; you can see Briggs' editorial decision with the "crop here" mark. Pic would have gone in the yearbook or local paper #archives #Homecoming @unkearney.bsky.social
Black and white picture of an elaborate parade float shaped like a banana with sails. the boat says Go NSTC, Cal Banana Boat
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UNK Archives @unkarchives.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
We're throwing all the way back to 1860 for this week's #tbt. Helen Clark was part of a group traveling to Colorado, following the Platte River. She was Unimpressed by Kearney. Clark's diary was published by the Denver Public Library. #Nebraska #archives
Diary of Helen E. Clark; May 24, 1860. We arrived at Kearney city an hour before sundown, where the first sight we see is a drunken, half naked beast (called man) who is kicking, yelling & swearing and howling. Rather a poor looking advertisement for Kearney City to hang out. The city is about half as large as the fort, but it is far from having the order that is their striking feature. Edward goes off to a camp where sees women, he soon returns saying they are very slovenly
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UNK Archives @unkarchives.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
We love items with a strong perspective! A new addition, Notes from a New Afrikan P.O.W. Journal, features work by incarcerated people. This issue has an article written from a Nebraska prison, on organizing, both armed and not. The annotations are an interesting window on past owners. #archives
Notes from a New Afrikan P.O.W. Journal book 6. Black man holding a gunNotes from a New African P.O.W. Journal Book Six table of contents. who killed mcduffie? Poem by Hakim Al-Jamil. Against the Wind - A Response To: Organizational Connection of the Mass Front and the Armed Front. Iranian Excerpts: On the Necessity of Armed Struggle and Refutation of the Theory of "Survival" by Amir Parviz Pouyan. Armed Struggle: The Road to the Mobilization of the Masses by Bizhan Jazani. About this issue: Against the Wind was submitted by a B.L.A. member imprisoned in Nebraska and is printed here with permission. The "Iranian Excerpts" were submitted by a P.O.W. in Tennessee. Page of text various underlines and annotations. The text talks about revolutionary violence and imperialism. There is a line of Black people holding guns at the bottom of the page. The struggle is for Land and Socialism. N.A.P.O. Chicago, Illinois. Drawing of a speartip pointing towards a star.
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UNK Archives @unkarchives.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
With classes back in session, we hope everyone's settling into their rooms, learning lots, and finding time fun, like these past students. All shots are from our More Old Photos and People, No Dates folders. We'd guess 1950s for the ping pong, 70s/80s for the others. #archives #ThrowbackThursday
Students in casual clothes hanging out in a dorm roomSepia photograph of a man holding a paddle at a ping pong tableStudents at desks in a tiered lecture hall
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UNK Archives @unkarchives.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
We're welcoming students to campus today, some for the first time, others returning. While a few things have changed in the last 15 years, we bet these dorm check-in scenes from Mantor Hall in 2011 looks familiar to those moving in today. #FlashbackFriday #ResidenceLife #archives #dorms
Front doors of Mantor Hall with "Once Upon a Time" posted over the doors and signs instructing students to check inInterior of Mantor Hall with When You Wish Upon a Star written close to the ceiling. The pillars are wrapped in starsStudents in matching shirts staffing a check-in table while other students complete check-in activities
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UNK Archives @unkarchives.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
"I've about come to the conclusion there is no use for me to want [to] do anything very much as something always happens. It ALWAYS does when there is something I particularly want to do!" - Mrs. George Trine [Lida Forst Trine] in a letter to Myron H. Swenk, May 15, 1932 #mood #quotes #archives
I intended to attend the meeting at Hastings but the death of my brother-in-law upset my plans. I've about come to the conclusion there is no use for me to want [to] do anything very much as something always happens. It always does when there is something I particularly want to do!
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UNK Archives @unkarchives.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
This year, we tested recipes from 1950s Home Ec classes, including Pineapple Cookies from 1951 and Athens Nut Pie from 1955. They got positive reviews. The cookies were tasty (not enough pineapple), but no one understood why the pie was called a pie when it's actually a cake! #ArchiveFoodandDrink
Treats on display with a poster for #ArchiveFoodandDrink aboveCover of 1951 Candlelight Tea cookbookTitle page from 1955 International-themed recipe bookIngredients for making Pineapple Cookies, including canned pineapple, eggs, flour, and more
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UNK Archives @unkarchives.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Different items need different sized boxes. This is one of our larger boxes, perfect for clothing. We have cheerleading uniforms, interleaved with acid-free tissue, in this one. #ArchiveStorage #Archive30
Cream archival boxes on a wire shelfWhite skirt partially covered in tissue in a cream archival box
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UNK Archives @unkarchives.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
We can't do much in-house but sometimes works come to us with previous conservation work. One of our newest items, Nathanel Low's Almanack (1784) has mending on its first page. While it stabilized the page, it also obscured some of the text #ArchiveConservation #Archive30 #Archives #RevolutionaryWar
Blue bound volume, Nathanael Low's Almanack 1784 BostonAstronomical Diary or Almanack for the year of Christian Era, 1784 Being Bissextile of Leap Year, and the Eight of the Independence of America. Part of the right corner of the page was ripped away and has been stabilized with added paperOld book page with numersous spots and visible mending in the right corner, covering some text. Of the Eclipses for the Year 1784
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UNK Archives @unkarchives.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
The Stephen Lawhead Collection was one of our biggest projects to date, involving cataloging 100s of books and processing many boxes of archives. Final count: 22 archival boxes and over 100 books. Thanks to the Lawheads for the donation and to our great staff for their work. #SomethingBig #Archive30
Row of library books, all by stephen lawheadRow of library books, all by stephen lawhead. Books are in multiple languagesGrey archival boxes of various sizes, all labeled Stephen Lawhead collectionGrey bankers boxes labeled Stephen lawhead Collection
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UNK Archives @unkarchives.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
We work with community groups to care for their archives. For the Daughters of the American Revolution time capsule we digitized everything and provide online hosting. Most of the items date from the 1920s, while some were added in the 60s tinyurl.com/mr34cj2 #CommunityArchives #Archive30 #Nebraska
Old photo of Hendryx, in a Navy uniform. Anderson studiosAmerican Legion role [sic] of Buffalo County Nebraska Post #52, May 1926Carl Shreve, Kearney, Nebr. Sepia cabinet card photo of a young man in a military uniform
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UNK Archives @unkarchives.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
From the Processing Archivist: To augment the “Americans and the Holocaust” exhibit I processed collections related to Nebraskans in WW II, including one based on a digital student project titled “Retracing Old Lines”. These letters came in mostly processed! #CataloguingCollections #Archive30
A screenshot of a digital exhibit, showcasing Aurel CzeiselA folder open showinging dozens of organized handwritten lettersA selection of organized and labeled folders with individual names and collection numbers
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UNK Archives @unkarchives.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
We love these tennis pictures. They show off tennis's wide popularity - it was for everyone. For those with keen eyes, you can also see one of the Admin Building wings under construction. Group photo: date unknown, likely 1910s or 1920s Pairs photo: early 1910s #SportArchives #Archive30 #tennis
Two men in light-colored clothes with hats, holding tennis raquets in front of a net, with a partially-constructed building in the backgroundBlack and white photo of five people with tennis raquets. Women are in knee-length skirts with opaque tights. Men are in dress shirts with ties.
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UNK Archives @unkarchives.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
The Archives is full of the past (and, we'd argue, the seeds of the future). E. Ruth Pyrtle's 1922 State Superintendent of Instruction campaign materials share her past, from teaching to travel, and her vision for future. Equal ed for all sounds good to us! #ArchivePast #Archive30 #Nebraska #HistEd
Letter and campaign flyer for E. Ruth Pyrtle's State Superintendent (of schools) campaign in NebraskaE. Ruth Pyrtle, Lincoln, Nebr. Non-political candidate for state superintendent of public instruction. Nebraska's Children are Entitled to: Equal education apportunities, Better rural schools, Better educational returns for money now spent on schools, Economy in school Administration. Primaries July 18Data points on E. Ruth Pyrtle. 1 - Miss E. Ruth Pyrtle, Principal of McKinley School, Lincoln, Nebraska, candidate for office of State Superintendent, has had more than 20 years of teaching experience in the rural, village and city schools of Nebraska. 2 - Has taught in teachers' institutes in 25 counties in Nebraska, Iowa, Colorado, and Kansas. 3 - Has A.B. and A.M. degrees from the University of Nebraska and two summer sessions in Teachers' College New York. 4 - Has traveled in all parts of the United States and in eight countries of Europe. 5- Spent 14 months in War Welfare work at Camp Dodge and Des Moines. 6 - Has attended 14 National meetings of the N.E.A. and 3 biennials of Federation of Womens' Clubs. 7 - Has served two years as National Secretary of the School Garden Association of America. 8 - Has served as president of the Nebraska Women's Educational Clubs. 9 - Is actively identified as a club worker in the Womens' Clubs, League of Women Voters, W.C.T.U., Y.W.C.A., University of Nebraska Alumni, Social Service Club, Church and Sunday School. 10 - Proved up on a homestead farm in Gregory County, South Dakota after three years of residence.
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UNK Archives @unkarchives.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
We have lots of cute animal pictures in the Archives. This is....not that. We are "lucky" enough to have a late 80s/early 90s Louie the Loper costume. Our brave archivist deigned to put on the definitely not haunted head from the antelope mascot costume #ArchiveAnimals #Archive30 #Mascots #Archives
Person with red hair and glasses holding an antelope mascot costume head. It has angry eyebrows and somewhat mangled antlersPerson wearing an antelope mascot costume head. It has angry eyebrows and somewhat mangled antlers
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UNK Archives @unkarchives.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
We love the small items in our collection, among them this 1" button from the @unkearney.bsky.social normal school era, features the Administration Building. #SomethingSmall #Archive30 #archives
Hand holding a small Kearney State Normal button with an image of the Administration Building on it
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UNK Archives @unkarchives.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
A centerpiece of campus until the 1970s was the Administration Building (1905). Wings were added; a 1911 letter shows a $50k appropriation for the north wing, while the 1917 pic shows off results. The building was condemned in 1968. Demolition was completed in 1984. #ArchiveBuildings #Archive30
Three story stone building with pillars and wings. In front, there are women dressed in white walking around a poleReport of Appropriation for Building North Wing State Normal School, Kearney. $50,000 was appropriated and spent in 1910 and 1911. We hereby certify that the north wing to the main building of the State Normal School at Kearney is now fully completed according to contract and the keys delivered to the president of the school by Mr. W.F. Crossley, contractor. As instructed by the Board of Education at its meeting held in Kearney January 17, 1911, we have accepted the final work. Dated February 1, 1911. Signed by AO Thomas president and WM Donald.1974 memo to President Brendan McDonald about the Fire Marshal condeming the Administration BuildingMan putting a line around a column on a partially demolished stone building
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UNK Archives @unkarchives.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
👋Hi everyone! It's time for #Archive30 again. We're the University of Nebraska at Kearney Archives & Special Collections. We specialize in #Nebraska, history of education, and fun stuff that supports campus teaching and learning. Pics are before & after our recent renovation. #YourArchive
Archival boxes and miscellany on shelves. Orange carpeting and fluorescent lightsWire shelving with archival boxes. Grey carpeting and LED lighting
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UNK Archives @unkarchives.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Myron Swenk opines that Friday, Nov 13, 1931 was a "most lucky and fortunate day, for that was the day that it was my privilege to be with you and enjoy your hospitality." Hope y'all are having a Friday the 13th full of friends rather than misfortune. #FridayThe13th #FlashbackFriday #NOU #archives
November 18, 1931. Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus A. Black, 1404 Tenth Avenue, Kearney, Nebraska. Dear Friends: Friday, the 13th, is generally considered an unlucky day, but Friday, November 13, 1931, was most lucky and fortunate day, for that was the day that it was my privilege to be with yu and enjoy your hospitality. I certainly do appreciate the kindnesses shown me, and especially the nice visit we all had during the noon hour accompanying the excellent dinner. I trust we may be privileged to return this hospitality at some time. My best wishes to you both, and, Mrs. Black, to your mother and sister. Very sincerely yours, Myron H. Swenk
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UNK Archives @unkarchives.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
The central Nebraska flyway migration is in full swing. What did the spring migration look like in 1930? Kearneyite Cyrus Black shared reports of flocks of whooping cranes 40 strong with Prof. Myron H. Swenk at UNL. #ThrowbackThursday #archives #cranes #Nebraska #NOU #ornithology #BirdSky
Kearney, Nebraska, April 24, 1930. Dear Swenk: Here are some more Whooping Crane records for you:
The large flock that usually goes through between Grand Island and North Platte passed over Diamond Bar Lake this time. Diamond Bar Lake is 40 miles north of Sutherland, Nebraska. There were about forty birds in the flock, flying high and going northwest. They were seen by Roy Coon, manager of the fishing resort at that place. Coon had is binoculars with him and knows the birds as well as I do, so there is no mistake. They went through about April 4. I'll get the exact date later. Tony Easterling saw a flock of eight W. Cranes two miles east of the Platte River bridge, April 3. A.R. Golay and Ben Armitage saw six W. Cranes April 2. Don Golay saw two April 3. These latter birds were 2 miles west of the Platte River bridge. Harris Lilga and I saw three W. Cranes standing on a sand bar one mile west of the Platte River bridge, April 3. These three records were in company with large flocks of Sand Hill Cranes. I checked up on all of these records and they are O.K. in every way. 

Includes more on the NOU conference and some watercolors
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UNK Archives @unkarchives.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Kearney students were part of the national peace movement, arguing against war. From the 1936 peace convocation: "Donald Smith denounced the so-called "causes" for which wars are fought, saying that they are merely a blind for some hidden purpose" #TBThursday #archives #AATH #WWII
Students Rally for Peace in Convocation Wednesday. The Antelope, April 24, 1936. Taking part in the national youth peace movement and doing their bit toward promoting permanent world peace, the students of the Kearney college attended a special convocation Wednesday, April 22. The prime objective of the program is to make the youth of the nation peace-minded in an effort to stamp out future wars. 
"If youth will accept its responsbility, world peace will not be only an ideal but also a reality," said REverend Wayne Greene, one of the speakers. He also said that he believed that ultimately peace would come because the foundation on which our world is based is world peace. 
Durfee Larson, social science instructor, speaking on the young man's idea that peace comes only with understanding, and therefor the way to friendly international relations is through educating the people of the nations so that they still realize their responsibility. he said, "When the individual has found peace within himself, he is then able to put it into his government. Then you have that which you desire, peace that comes with understanding."
Students speak. Donald Smith denounced the so-called "causes" for which wars are fought, saying that they are merely a blind for some hidden purpose. He believes if the youth of the country take a definite stand against war, these armed conflicts cannot exist. George Henigan, talked on the foreign conditions which seem to point toward war rather than peace, He reviewed the man [sic] conflicts which are going on between the nations now, showing that possible wars in the future are not absurbd but are at an ever present menace. Harod Watkins quoted statistics proving that war is entirely loss and reminded the student body that although the cry is for peace all the nations of the world are appropriating large amounts of money to build up armies and navies and are increasing rather than decreasing their armaments. The purpose of this peace movement which is…
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UNK Archives @unkarchives.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Showing tonight (3/5) at 6pm, From Swastika to Jim Crow. We'll be in the community engagement room near the entrance of the UNK Library. Hope you can join us! #events #AATH
Americans and the Holocaust. From Swastika to Jim Crow. March 5, 2026, 6pm. UNK CTR Library. From Swastika to Jim Crow explores the story of German Jewish scholars who fled the Nazis and were welcomed by historically Black colleges in the U.S. South. There, the shared experience of oppression bonded the groups.
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UNK Archives @unkarchives.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Join us this evening at 6pm at the Kearney Public Library for a showing of Most Honorable Son, with discussion afterwards with several experts. We're working on tech, so no promises, but you might be able to view the panel discussion (~7pm CT) at unk.zoom.us/j/9900282001... #AATH #archives #events
Americans & the Holocaust. Most Honorable Son - March 3, 2026. 6pm Kearney Public Library. Most Honorable Son tells the story of Nebraskan Ben Kuroki. Kuroki was the only Japanese American in the US Army Air Forces to serve in combat in the Pacific. Join us after the film for a discussion of Japanese Americans, Nebraska, and World War II. Panelists include: Vickie Sakurada Shaepler, Japanese Hall Coordinator; Dr. Donna Andersen, UNL; Dr. Nathan Tye, UNK
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UNK Archives @unkarchives.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Today's the day - 12pm CT! Despite some weather/travel hiccups for our presenters, we're still on. While we recommend attending in person at the Kearney Public Library, we're also offering Zoom attendance: unk.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #archives #WWII #Nebraska #POWs #AATH
German POW Camps in Nebraska. February 20, 2026. 12pm. Kearney Public Library. During World War II, Nebraska was the site of several prisoner of war (POW) camps. Join our expert panelists for a discussion of German POWs in Nebraska, POW sites such as Camp Atlanta and Fort Robinson, and World War II in Nebraska. The Americans and the Holocaust exhibit asks “what did Americans know?”, a question learning about German POWs, and what they knew and shared with Nebraskans, can help us answer. In addition to talking about events of the 1940s, panelists will also discuss how historic sites interpret this fascinating history.

Panelists include: Dr. Cole Kruger - Kilgore College, Melissa Amateis - University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Will Kessen - Ft. Robinson State Historical Park, and Micah Hueser - Nebraska Prairie Museum.
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UNK Archives @unkarchives.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
The United States getting involved in Europe was a topic of major debate before Pearl Harbor. When we went through the 1930s and 1940s student newspapers, we found FAR more articles advocating for peace than the reverse. Any guesses when this article dates to? #archives #AATH #Nebraska #WWII
old newspaper article - 'Peace' - Can We Fight for It?
"We want peace!" That cry is on the lips of nearly every American today. There are very few persons who stand up and say, "We want war!" If they do, they are classified by society as fifth-column spies when perhaps they are simply voicing what everyone else's actions imply. We couldn't want peace very badly. Peace is something warm and intelligent, like a fireplace and a good book on a winter night. It is something clear and sweet, like the crystal note of church bells cutting the frost-bitten air on a November morning. Peace is loving and assuring, like looking into someone's eyes and finding your love reflected there. Peace is powerful, inspiring, like a Tschaikowsky symphony, or a might mountain. I see no peace in marching feet. Walk into an army camp. No sense of the love and assurance of peace is there. There is no peace in the tearful goodbyes of boys who are training to be soldiers. I see no warmth and intelligence in false patriotism and flag-waving. Flag-wavers are usually trying to stir human hearts by displaying to them colors that they hold dear, and attaching new, warped meanings to those colors. I see no peace in hate and prejudice. "We love peace" and still we invent rude names for a nationality that is not supposed to be our enemy. We cannot hope to maintain peace by indirectly fighting a warring nation by giving aid to her enemy. "We want peace!" Perhaps a truer statement is "We want war to obtain our peace." No, fellow citizen! That's not the kind of peace we want. That is the kind of peace one finds on the face in a morgue.
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UNK Archives @unkarchives.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Happening Friday (2/20) at 12pm CT: German POW Camps in Nebraska. While we recommend attending in person at the Kearney Public Library, we're also offering Zoom attendance: unk.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #archives #WWII #Nebraska #POWs #AATH
German POW Camps in Nebraska. February 20, 2026. 12pm. Kearney Public Library. During World War II, Nebraska was the site of several prisoner of war (POW) camps. Join our expert panelists for a discussion of German POWs in Nebraska, POW sites such as Camp Atlanta and Fort Robinson, and World War II in Nebraska. The Americans and the Holocaust exhibit asks “what did Americans know?”, a question learning about German POWs, and what they knew and shared with Nebraskans, can help us answer. In addition to talking about events of the 1940s, panelists will also discuss how historic sites interpret this fascinating history.

Panelists include: Dr. Cole Kruger - Kilgore College, Melissa Amateis - University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Will Kessen - Ft. Robinson State Historical Park, and Micah Hueser - Nebraska Prairie Museum.
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UNK Archives @unkarchives.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
If you're in Nebraska and looking for a fun activity this coming Sunday, February 1, join us at Kearney's World Theatre at 6pm. We're showing Race, followed by a discussion on some of its key themes. #archives #Events #Nebraska
Race with Jesse Owens. Sunday, Feb. 1, 6pm. World Theatre. Race follows Jesse Owens' rise to greatness and his challenge to Nazi ideology at the 1936 Olympics. A post-film discussion with Dr. Rachel Silverman (UNK Kinesiology & Sport Science), Dr. Lina Homberger-Cordia (sports historian), and UNK students will explore key themes. SPonsored by UNK Modern Languages & International Studies, UNK Student Engagement & Leadership, UNK CTR Library, and Humanities Nebraska
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UNK Archives @unkarchives.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
We hear that a lot of our American followers got just a little bit of winter weather. Here's a 1910s shot of the Administration Building, sporting about as much snow as we currently have. #Archives #Snow
Black and white photo of a 3 story building and small trees, all covered in snow
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UNK Archives @unkarchives.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Bells are ringing. We're not sure whether the bells are supposed to be Christmas bells or wedding bells - this page is from the Arthur White/Irma Higgins album, and Arthur drew a loooooot of kissing pictures, so we're leaning towards wedding but same difference. #ArchiveAdventCalendar #Bells
Pencil sketch. Elaborate lettering reads Dear Irma, Kitchener, B.C., Canada. Sketch of bells, flowers, and feathers
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UNK Archives @unkarchives.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
On the Great Plains, festive clothes need to be warm. We love these pics of people in their fancy, warm best. They're from a primarily-1920s photo album from a Nebraska teacher who worked in Wyoming and western Nebraska. #FestiveClothes #ArchiveAdventCalendar #fashion #archives
Smiling woman standing outside wearing a cloche hat and a dark-colored coat with a fur collar that wraps around to the sidesWoman standing outside in a light-colored brimmed hat and a dark, full-length black coat and dress shoes. She's wearing a large fur collar.Sepia-toned photo of a little girl in a black wide-brimmed hat, dressy coat, and black tigths. She has a large fur collar and muff
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UNK Archives @unkarchives.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Despite the U.S.'s looming entry into World War II, on campus, Christmas 1941 was filled with various activities. They held a Nativity play, parties, dances, and more. If this newspaper article looks a little different, you're right! It was printed with blue ink. #ArchiveAdventCalendar #Nativity
Newspaper clipping "It was Christmas this week on the Kearney campus. Activities varied but included traditional Nativity presentations, dance, dinners and parties. Even the campus was decorated for the celebration. Photos of a Nativity set with actors, a dance, kids, and a dinner.
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UNK Archives @unkarchives.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Cookies are a perpetual favorite #FestiveFood. When we had home ec, the students hosted a Christmas Tea, complete with booklets of international cookie recipes. These are a few of the entries from the 1955 tea. If you make any of these, let us know how they turn out! #ArchiveAdventCalendar
International Tea. Drawing of snow people with fancy hats, printed in red on white paperCooky Recipes from Other Lands. Class in Foreign Customs and Cookery assisted by freshman class in Meal Planning. Department of Home Economics, Vocational Arts Building, State Teachers College, Kearney, Nebraska 1955Sand Tarts (England)
2 eggs (reserving 1 white), 2 cups sugar, 1 cup softened butter, 3 cups flour. Mix in the order given. Roll thing and cut in rounds. Brush with unbeaten egg white; sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon. Press a nut or raisin on the top of each tart, and bake in hot oven 10 minutes.Norwegian Anise Cookies. Short and rich. 2 and 3/4 cups sifted flour, 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1/2 cup sugar, 1/2 cup shortening, 1 teaspoon anise seed, 1 egg, 1/3 cup milk, Sesame or poppy seed. 1. Sift flour, baking powder, salt, sugar. 2. Cut in shortening with pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse cornmeal. 3. Add anise seed. 4. Add beaten egg to milk. 5. Make a well in the fry ingredients and add egg mixture. Stir until stiff. 6. Pinch off balls of dough about 3 in. in diameter. Roll into strips about 1/4 inch in diameter. Cut in lengths about 6 inches long. 7. Twist into various shapes, such as S, etc. 8. Press gently into sesame or poppy seeds and place on cooky sheet. 9. Bake in preheated oven 375F. 15 min.
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UNK Archives @unkarchives.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
One of our favorite items in Archives is a scrapbook with drawings Arthur White, working in British Columbia, sent to Irma Higgins here in Kearney in the 1930s. This drawing shows the imagined couple doing various activities, including ice skating. #WinterSports #ArchiveAdventCalendar #drawing #art
Three panel pencil drawing. The first says "How happy I will be when a-dancing we will go" and shows a man and a woman in formal wear dancing. The second reads "and a-skating we will go" and shows a couple in winter outdoor clothing sitting close together. The third has a ? and is a couple inside almost touching.
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UNK Archives @unkarchives.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
One of the many symbols of the season is a tree. We love these various versions of Christmas trees, from the printed card to the handmade renditions. All are included in scrapbooks kept by unkearney.bsky.social Greek organizations and donated to Archives. #ArchiveAdventCalendar #Tree #ChristmasTree
Semi-realistic drawing of a Christmas tree with a star at the top and ornaments in warm colorsScrapbook page with a Christmas tree. All the ornaments are names. Text in alternating red and green reads: Merry Christmas from all of us!Handmade card. On a red background, a green triangle represents a tree. It is decorated with a few dots/ornaments and topped with a star
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UNK Archives @unkarchives.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Are YOU sick of hearing the same Christmas songs over and over? I have a solution for you: Christmas songs composed by UNK Music students in the 1920s. Are they good? Um. Well... If you record them, feel free to tag us - we'd love to hear your rendition. #ArchiveAdventCalendar #ChristmasCarol #music
Sheet music for Jolly Old Santa and Our Christmas Song, by Edna Graham
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UNK Archives @unkarchives.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
One of our favorite sources of festive light is candles. Bernice Halbert's poem, "Candles for Christmas", contains some lovely illustrations of candles, along with the text of the poem. Plus, it's on festive green paper! openspaces.unk.edu/spec-coll/41/ #ArchiveAdventCalendar #FestiveLights #poetry
Illustration of two candles with mistletoe and pinecones, done in red on green paper. Text: Let us light candles for Christmas; Let us set them in the windows; Let us place them on our tables; Let them shine through the tinsel; Let them burn on all our altars; Let their light fill our hearts; Let us light candles for Christmas
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UNK Archives @unkarchives.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
What was on the Thanksgiving menu 100 years ago? For Cyrus Black, it was Canada goose and mallard ducks. Cyrus writes, "if it doesn't wreck me, you will hear from me again some time." Spoiler: he survives and corresponds regularly w the recipient. #Archives #NebraskaOrnithologistsUnion #Thanksgiving
Part of a letter to Myron Swenk. We are going to have a big Canada goose, flanked by four Mallards tomorrow and if it doesn't wreck me you will hear from me again some time. Very Sincerely, Cyrus Black
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UNK Archives @unkarchives.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Even creatures of darkness need to do their banking (undated, from "Old Photos" binder). #archives #Halloween #ArchivesCreepy
Person in a black costume and witchy mask/makeup depositing something at the bank
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UNK Archives @unkarchives.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Can't trust those Canadians; they say they see unicorns, with horns like ammonites. ...love you, northern neighbours! From Travels in the Interior Parts of America : Communicating Discoveries Made in Exploring the Missouri, Red River, and Washita (1807) #HistSci #Archives #Ammonites
A Canadian, who had been much with the Indians to the westward, speaks of a wool-bearing animal, larger than a sheep, the wool much mixed with hair, which he had seen in large flocks. He pretends also to have seen a unicorn, the single horn of which, he says, rises out of the forehead and curls back, conveying the idea of the fossil cornu ammonis
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UNK Archives @unkarchives.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
We're having a "what is time?" kind of month. Soooo although Ask an Archivist Day is done, ask us All The Questions (whenever you'd like; that's what we're here for). #AskAnArchivist #archives
Light bulb and question marks. UNK Archives & Special Collections text treatment
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UNK Archives @unkarchives.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Watch out for sharks, at least if you're the Pittsburg State Gorillas in 1975! This was one of many entries in the @unkearney.bsky.social Homecoming lawn decorating competition. That year's theme: Cartoon Carnival. #UNKHomecoming2025 #archives #Snoopy
Lawn decoration in front of the library. A shark is eating a gorilla, Snoopy is on a ship. Sign reads: put the bite on the gorillas
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UNK Archives @unkarchives.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
As @unkearney.bsky.social kicks off Homecoming Week, we're flashing back 75 years. Lawn decorating isn't on the schedule this year, but who could resist this 1950 shot? It has it all: dragons & knights, plus bad puns! #Archives #UNKHomecoming2025
lawn decorations in front of a brick building. A dragon with a Doane sign is battled by a Nebraska State College knight. Banner reads "Let's keep doane duckin and send them home dragon"
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UNK Archives @unkarchives.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
We join the world in mourning the passing of Dr. Jane Goodall. She visited @unkearney.bsky.social in 2005. Part of her remarks highlight hope: "However grim and bleak the world seems today, it will change. Each one of us can do our bit." openspaces.unk.edu/unkantelope/... #JaneGoodall #Archives
Jane Goodall in front of a microphone"More and more species are vanishing," she said. "And as people say, extinction is forever." Although Goodall has seen many horrible things happening to the planet and its living beings, sh still has not lost her hope and trust in the human beings and their abilities to change the world in a positive way. "I would not stand here talking about hope without hope," she said. "Every individual makes a difference everyday. How can we not use those amazing brains we have?" Goodall said that there are four reasons for hope: the human brain that recognized the problems we have on our planet, motivated young people, the indomitable nature of human spirit, and the resilience of nature.
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UNK Archives @unkarchives.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
This #ThrowbackThursday, we're featuring a 1969 #poem from an alt newspaper, The Scorpion. The Scorpion was a liberal response to conservative Kearney campus culture during the Vietnam War Want to read more? It's available: openspaces.unk.edu/scorpion/6/ #archives #VietnamWar #poetry
Typed poem: Tale of the General. The General sat and cried, called for mama, But she had died. Summoned the priestest, And they went to bed, In the morning she was dead. Millions of men, Could he kill, with plastic G.I. Joes, But he only got 2 X 10, For that was all his fingers and toes. Don Weikle
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UNK Archives @unkarchives.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Welcome back to campus! We hope y'all can join us for @unkearney.bsky.social Blue and Gold (5-8pm, 8/22). Blue and Gold is a long-running tradition. These pics are from the 1997 version, which came complete with carnival rides. We can't promise that today, but there will be food! #UNK #Archives
White man in an apron serving food outside to a Black woman in a yellow shirt and blue pantsMan sitting in an outdoor dunk tank next to a yellow screen with a targetTables with food set up on pavement outsidethe Nebraska Student Union buildingSizzler and other carnival rides set up in front of classroom buildings
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UNK Archives @unkarchives.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
The weather is heating up here. We hope y'all are coping, whether with some cooling wading like these 1910s Nebraska State Normal School at Kearney students or hanging out in the lovely AC at @unklibrary.bsky.social #ThrowbackThursday #Archives #Nebraska
1910s photograph of four women with linked arms, wearing long dresses and standing knee-deep in a lake
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UNK Archives @unkarchives.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Keep pedaling 🚲 towards the weekend. You can do it! Undated image from the Kearney State College Bike Bowl #Archives #KearneyStateCollege #tricycle
People riding tricycles on a track with many spectators in the bleachers
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UNK Archives @unkarchives.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
For National Stamp Day, here's the great 1958 Freedom of the Press stamp. This one was used to mail a letter to Dr. Henry E. Baumgarten. Baumgarten was involved with the Nebraska Ornithologists' Union (NOU). We've partnered with NOU to digitize their archives. #NationalStampDay #Archives #Stamps
U.S. Postage 4 cents. Freedom of the Press. Illustration of a hand holding a quill.
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UNK Archives @unkarchives.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Why archives? They give us voices from the past, whether literally through oral histories or through other evidence. #WhyArchives #Archive30
People in a variety of chairs facing a very old TV
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