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An Endowment for Education: Nebraska & the Morrill Act 1862-1890 The federal government, under the auspice of the Morrill Act, endowed the state of Nebraska with 90,000 acres of land to create a state agricultural college. The profit from land sold allowed for the creation of the University of Nebraska. Yet the correlation of federal land and physical university is not one of spatiality, but rather of ink and paper. -
Well Anyhow We Done Our Damndest!: The 1912 Yearbook Recall This exhibit tells the story of the recall and censorship of the 1912 Cornhusker resulting from Chancellor Samuel Avery's objections to the content and attitude of many of the cartoons featured in the yearbook. -
Cultural Plurality: The Struggle for a Chicano Studies Program at the University This exhibit explores the founding of the Chicano Studies Program in the College of Arts & Sciences at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The time line begins in 1971 and ends with the implementation of the Chicano Studies program in 1976. -
Bringing Students Together: The Nebraska Union 1936 - 1939 During the mid-1930s, a revolution took place on campus. One that wasn't violent, or even really demonstrated. One that would result in a building being built on campus for one purpose: to bring the students of the University of Nebraska at Lincoln together under one roof for any activity desired. -
Honoring the Mother Tongue: The Struggle to Establish and Maintain Czech Language Instruction from 1903-1919 From 1905-1907, Bohemian students, educators, business leaders and politicians battled to establish a Czech language program at the University of Nebraska. They fought against an administration that felt Czech had no place in the University as part of the modern language curriculum. A 1905 Board of Regents committee appointed to look into the matter found the University did not want to promote, " such racial and linguistic distinctions solely for their own sake."(Davis). They further asserted, "As a representative of Slavonic languages its study is of loss ad-vantage, philologically considered, than that of Russian; while from the point of view of literature its body of general and scientific thought is as yet comparatively negligible.€ (Davis). The administration underestimated the passion the Bohemian-Americans felt for their mother tongue or the lengths they were will to go to in order to have Czech taught along side such academic staples as German, and French. By 1907 the Bohemian-Americans realized their goal at the University of Nebraska. -
For Nebraska, We Will- 1916 Nebraska vs. Oregon State A detailed look into the Nebraska Cornhuskers' first road trip outside the midwest for a football game. They traveled to Portland, Oregon to play the Oregon State Aggies. The game marked the first time that the Nebraska football team traveled outside the midwest to play an opponent. The game was organized with the help of the Cornhusker coach, E.J. Stewart. Stewart was a first year coach at the University and stressed the need for not only the football team, but all the sports to schedule tougher opponents in order to gain national respect, even if the risk of defeat was higher. Due to Stewart's, along with others, influence on athletics at Nebraska, a legacy of pride and confidence began to grow. The trip to Portland to take on the Aggies was just the first step. -
The Pride of All Nebraska: A Band's Growth from the Military Tradition "Shout, sound out, sound out loud and clear! -
Nisei Records at the University of Nebraska The Nisei records the University of Nebraska is a collection of newspapers and photographs from World War II. The records illlustrate the Japanese-American experience in war relocation camps and the Nisei experience at UNL. -
Disloyalty Trial at the University of Nebraska Brett Michelson, sponsored by UCARE -
The Grand Old Man of Ag College: S.W. Perin The Porch is a commemoration to S. W. Perin, the college farm superintendent who worked there from 1889 to 1930. S. W. Perin was known for taking care of the farm and fostering its growth into what East Campus is today. -
Native American Bones Controversy This exhibit examines the impact of the controversy over Native American remains and their repatriation. It shows the effects of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) law throughout the nation, and the law's specific effects that sparked controversy at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and culminated in the creation of a reconciliation plaque on East Campus. -
John J. Pershing, Roscoe Pound, and the 1917 University of Nebraska Commencement This exhibit tells the story of John J. Pershing, Roscoe Pound, and the 1917 University of Nebraska Commencement. -
The Monuments of Memorial Stadium For decades, Memorial Stadium has been a defining symbol of the University. The three monuments located outside the stadium add to its majestic aura and memorialize the men who achieved greatness through embodying the football program's legacy of tradition, character, and leadership. -
The Broyhill Fountain: The Story Behind the Focal Point of City Campus Editors: Sarah Jarecke and Karly Williams, History 189H: Memory, Memorials, and History, Fall 2010 -
C. H. Oldfather, a Classical Educator Charles Henry Oldfather served as the University of Nebraska dean of the college of arts and sciences from 1932 until 1951 when he retired. Before 1932, Oldfather was a professor of Ancient History on the Nebraska Campus. In his years at UNL, Oldfather had many positive effects on the campus which are still around today. Today, there is a building named after Oldfather in which the current Dean of Arts and Sciences maintains an office. The classicist views of Oldfather shaped and formed a whole new path on which the University of Nebraska flourished. -
Willa Cather Memorials: How UNL Remembers Her This project explores the ways in which the University of Nebraska-Lincoln commemorates the legacy of Willa Cather on campus and some possible reasons behind it. -
The Schiller Linden Tree Credits -
Memorial Stadium: A Tribute to Nebraska's Soldiers This exhibit is designed to show the work that was put into getting the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Memorial Stadium built as a living memorial to Nebraska's soldiers who fought in World War I. This exhibit includes the original project proposals, the fundraising effort undertaken at the time, and the ceremonies that marked the groundbreaking and commemoration of the stadium. -
Charles E. Bessey: The Man Behind the Building Credits -
The Old Iron Gates: "A Memorial to the Past and a Gateway to the Future" Credits -
Mabel Lee and Louise Pound: The Commemoration and the Rivalry This exhibit explores Mabel Lee and Louise Pound and how both women affected the University of Nebraska and are today commemorated on campus. It then discusses the differences between the two women and the feud surrounding them, as well as examining how 2 such different women are similarly commemorated on the same campus. -
1980-1989: Perseverance Through Tribulation The eighties was a decade of seemingly certain war with the Soviet Union and in a time when the President of the United States implemented his own economic system, Reaganomics, which not only reduced income taxes and regulation, but also significantly reduced federal aid to state governments. This exhibit shows how amidst these changes that had a substantial effect on state funding of higher educational institutions, UNL took the changes in stride in this steadfast decade committed to growth, advancement towards the future, and excellence. -
1970-1979: A Decade of Conflict The decade of the 1970s was a very unstable time in the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's history. The addition of UNO to the University system created conflicts in how power would be separated between the Chancellor, the Board of Regents, and the State Legislature. Ultimately, this project demonstrates how UNL handled this problem-filed decade. -
1960-1969: The University Expands This exhibit is about the University of Nebraska-Lincoln during the 1960s and its growth during this time. -
1950-1959: Success Through Troubled Times A quick summary of important happenings during the Korean War era of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.