Browse Collections (145 total)

This collection contains a photo of Usef Kuwa, father of Mengistu Kuwa. Usef was leader of people in the Nuba Mountains. He was chosen to be a…

A photo and interview contributed by Nancy Amend. The photo is of her grandparents and a couple of their children. The interview covers her…

This collection contains photos of Nancy Kile-Saxton, her family, and objects worn at social events such as a Powwow. This collection was contributed…

Native Omaha Days is a bi-annual community event that was established in 1976. The event works as a homecoming for Native Omahans who have left the…

A collection of artifacts from the Sommerheiser family, who settled in Nebraska after immigrating from Russia following the 1911 Revolution. Traces…

The collection includes five images of the Pearce sod house near Arnold, Nebraska.

A Mechanical Coin Bank Phyllis Witte presented on behalf of the Otoe County Museum at the Nebraska City History Harvest event held at the Lewis and…

This collection contains a Nebraska marriage license from the late nineteenth-century. This item was contributed at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln…

A collection of artifacts relating to the Zhercost/Wurst family, focused on the family's immigration to the United States from Russia and life after…

Patricia Barron, owner and operator of “Big Mama’s Kitchen,” has lived in North Omaha her entire life. Her family was one of many African American…