Cathy Maasdam, Lincoln History Harvest, 2014
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This white coat was worn by J.D. Clair Smith Jr., a young boy featured in another photograph. He was born in 1908 and his mother was Olive Felber Smith.
Virginia Wahlstrom, Chadron State College History Harvest, 2014
Envelope addressed to Kathleen Fleming, March 1, 1940
This envelope is addressed to Kathleen Fleming who was living in Norse Bluff, Nebraska. It is from Jessie Young, KMA Homemakers, Earl E. May Seed Company in Shenandoah, Iowa. It is stamped for March 1, 1940.
Benjamin Franklin Thomas' Daybook: Miscellaneous notes and Daily Locations of the Van Amburgh Circus
This portion of Benjamin Franklin Thomas's Daybook contains miscellaneous notes and the distance traveled daily as well as the locations of the Van Amburgh Circus in 1860. Benjamin Franklin Thomas worked as an elephant tamer for the Van Amburgh Circus in the mid nineteenth-century. He wrote in his daybook regularly when he travelled.
Robert E. Smith, Lincoln History Harvest, 2014
Graduation Exercises Scroll from Hartington, Nebraska High School
Scroll from the Hartington, Nebraska High School graduation of 1900 featuring Olive Felber. This document is very fragile and difficult to unfurl. This item was contributed at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln spring 2014 History Harvest.
School photograph of children. Postcard includes names and ages written on the back. Kathleen J. Fleming (Cathy Maasdams mother) second from left in back row. Morse Bluffs, Nebraska (Grades 1-3) Public School District 14.
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln History Harvest Project
Benjamin Franklin Thomas' Daybook: "Fancy" and "The Charge of the Iron Brigade"
This page in the daybook includes poems and songs. Benjamin Franklin Thomas worked as an elephant tamer for the Van Amburgh Circus in the mid nineteenth-century. He wrote in his daybook regularly when he travelled.
Newspaper Article about SS Danmark Shipwreck
A copy of an original newspaper article covering the sinking of the SS Danmark. On April 5, 1889, heavy winds and high seas caused the ship to begin sinking on its voyage from Copenhagen to New York with 665 passengers, most of whom were women who intended to go to the West to marry or seek work as domestics. The cargo ship, SS Missouri rescued everyone from the ship.
Perry Severson, Lincoln History Harvest, 2014
"Perry Severson Discusses the SS Danmark and His Family's History," http://historyharvest.unl.edu/admin/items/show/745
Benjamin Franklin Thomas' Daybook: Newspaper Cutouts
Benjamin Franklin Thomas worked as an elephant tamer for the Van Amburgh Circus in the mid nineteenth-century. He wrote in his daybook regularly when he travelled. This item was contributed at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln spring 2014 History Harvest. "Circuses" is a write up about the different circuses and small details about what they were up to. The date shown at the top is January 31, 1863 and Frank Thomas is mentioned as being an elephant tamer for the Van Amburgh Circus. Below that article is a cut out of a song or poem named "Hymn of the Negro Worshipers."