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The Wilber Republican is a newspaper in Wilber, Nebraska, USA covering local news, sports, business, jobs, and community events. The Wilber Republican began publication in 1887.

"Wilber Republican." Accessed May 26, 2016.…

This is the second incarnation of the amberol cylinder that Edison Laboratories used after Edison purchased the patent for Thomas B. Lambert's celluloid cylinder. It replaced the previous wax cylinders beginning in 1912.

"What'll I Do?" was…

This is a framed marriage certificate.

This photograph is a marriage license for Norman E. Anderson and Sonja Jacobsen. The marriage was the third generation marriage of Jacobsen's to take place in Dannebrog, Nebraska.

Ansley Centennial Calendar 1917

Historic Hlasatel Czech language newspaper from Chicago in 1937. The newspaper contains articles about Adolf Hitler protesting to the Vatican and concerns about German and Italian ambitions in Europe.

The Great Plains Black History Museum was in the process of renovating and salvaging items from the building that had fallen into disrepair. New management had moved many of the items into a metal storage container to save them from the elements. The…

The History Harvest was held at Love's Jazz and Art Center on October 22, 2011. A number of North Omaha institutions supported program and helped publicize or otherwise contribute to the program, including the Great Plains Black History Museum, Big…

Janice Cleary discussed a few of the pieces of sheet music she shared with History Harvest. Mrs. Cleary brought in several pieces with connections to Omaha, NE, but her entire collection contains nearly 50,000 pieces of American popular music. In…

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.