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Rose Garey shares the story of her family's "Grossmutters" doll chest with the History Harvest graduate student assistant Leslie Working. You can find this and other stories on the History Harvest YouTube Channel.

Rose Garey shares the story of a mahogany decorative piece with UNL History Harvest graduate student assistant Leslie Working. You can find this and other stories on the History Harvest YouTube Channel.

These quadruple silver napkin rings are relics of the Victorian silver hollowware boom. Silver soup tureens, condiment sets, platters, and tableware in the dining room and toiletry items, perfume flasks, powder boxes, and hand mirrors in the bathroom…

Ms. Witte presented her heirloom napkin rings to UNL History Harvest graduate student assistant Rob Voss. You can find this and other stories on the History Harvest YouTube Channel.

This is a Timber Claim granting Patrick Kennedy, Sue Eickhoff's great-grandfather, rights over 160 acres of land in accordance with the Timber Culture Acts of 1873, 1874, and 1878. First passed in 1873, the Timber Culture Act provided up to 160 acres…

This is Patrick Kennedy's homestead certificate given in accordance with the 1862 Homestead Act, securing his right to the 160 acres of land in Cedar County, Nebraska. Seeking to create more yeoman farmers, believed to be the backbone of antebellum…

This is the funeral photograph of Patrick Kennedy, Sue Eickhoff's great-grandfather. An emigrant form Ireland, Patrick Kennedy homesteaded in the town of Coleridge in Cedar County, NE. Funeral photographs used to be much more common then they are…

This is Patrick Kennedy's admission for citizenship, made in Nebraska in 1884. At the time, a person had to continuously reside in the United States for five years before applying for citizenship and live within the state of application for at least…

Phyllis Witte tells the "Teddy and the Bear" mechanical coin bank story to the History Harvest graduate student assistant Rob Voss. You can find this and other stories on the History Harvest YouTube Channel.

Phyllis Witte demonstrates the "Teddy and the Bear" mechanical coin bank in action to the History Harvest graduate student assistant Rob Voss. You can find this and other stories on the History Harvest YouTube Channel.