Browse Collections (145 total)

Warren Taylor

nom_taylor_warren_0018.jpeg

Mr. Warren Taylor shared items from three distinct locations and time periods: a 1925 Business Guide produced by the Colored Commercial Club of Omaha,…

View the items in Warren Taylor

Native Omaha Days

nom_native_omaha_days_0038.jpg

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…

View the items in Native Omaha Days

Patricia "Big Mama" Barron

nom_big_mama_0019.jpg

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…

View the items in Patricia "Big Mama" Barron

Ralph Orduna of the Tuskeegee Airmen

nom_orduna_ralph_0030.jpeg

Ralph Orduna was born in Omaha and went to Westside Elementary and South High School. He began working at the Martin Bomber Plant sometime after it…

View the items in Ralph Orduna of the Tuskeegee Airmen

Dreamland Ballroom

nom_dreamland_ballroom_0001.jpg

The Dreamland Ballroom was located on the second floor of the Jewell building at 2221 North 24th Street. This ballroom in the heart of North Omaha was…

View the items in Dreamland Ballroom