Third Annual Commencement Program for the Nebraska State Normal School
Graduation Commencement Programs, College and University
Full program for the third commencement/graduation from the Nebraska State Normal School (now UNK).
Nebraska State Normal School
Don Dingman
Nebraska State Normal School
06/20/2015
May 1908
April White
Dr. Jinny Turman (scans)
Don Dingman
University of Nebraska at Kearney (Images)
http://www.unk.edu/about/history.php
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Paper Program
English
Kearney, Nebraska
Homemade Postcard
Historic Nebraska Postcards, Homemade Ephemera
Homemade postcard with hand-drawing and writing. It is addressed to Miss Jessie Kemp of Redington, Nebraska. The artwork on the front is a blue and gold pennant for (presumably) a school in Kearney, Nebraska, possibly Kearney State College, now UNK.
Steve Rothenberger
1909
06/20/2015
April White
Dr. Jinny Turman (scans)
Steve Rothenberger
University of Nebraska at Kearney (Images)
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Postcard
English
Kearney, Nebraska
Redington, Nebraska
Farmers State Bank Ephemera
Metal artifact related to bank promotion
A metal ephemera artifact (possibly a bell) meant to promote Farmers State Bank of Kearney, Nebraska. Text on the front reads "Farmers State Bank, Established 1890, Kearney, Nebr."
Farmers State Bank
Don Dingman
06/20/2015
1890
April White
Dr. Thomas Kiffmeyer
Don Dingman
University of Nebraska at Kearney (Images)
http://digital.olivesoftware.com/Default/Skins/KearneyA/Client.asp?skin=KearneyA&AW=1444927395898&AppName=2
http://www.usbanklocations.com/farmers-and-merchants-bank-16810-history.shtml
http://www.bchs.us/BTales_199101.html
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Metal
English
Kearney, Nebraska
A.J. Shepard Druggist Bottle
Clear Glass Drug Store Bottle
Clear, glass bottle that reads "A.J. Shepard Druggist Kearney, Neb." Possibly used for apothecary and medicinal purposes.
A.J. Shepard
Don Dingman
06/20/2015
1890s
April White
Dr. Thomas Kiffmeyer
Don Dingman
University of Nebraska at Kearney (Images)
http://digital.olivesoftware.com/Default/Skins/KearneyA/Client.asp?skin=KearneyA&AW=1444927170043&AppName=2
http://digital.olivesoftware.com/Default/Skins/KearneyA/Client.asp?skin=KearneyA&AW=1444927395898&AppName=2
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Glass Bottle
English
Kearney, Nebraska
Thermo-Scope Temperature Reader
Original Thermo-Scope akin to a modern-day thermometer
An original, round Thermo-Scope used at the Ira C. Anderson Funeral Home (established in 1920) in Kearney, Nebraska (which is now the Horner, Lieske, McBride, & Kuhl Funeral Home in Kearney located at the intersection of 25th St. and Avenue A. Thermoscopes were used before the modern thermometer and may have been first discovered by Galileo Galilei. However, the artifact suggests that Thermo-Scope was a company because of the tagline "Better than a Thermometer."
Thermo-Scope
Don Dingman
Ira C. Anderson Funeral Home
06/20/2015
1920
April White
Dr. Thomas Kiffmeyer
Don Dingman
University of Nebraska at Kearney (Images)
http://www.hlmkfuneral.com/?page=history
http://www.stormdebris.net/Thermoscope.html
http://www.brannan.co.uk/who-invented-the-thermometer
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Thermometer
English
Kearney, Nebraska
Fort Kearney Marker
Wooden Post Marker
Original wooden road marker for Fort Kearney Crossing. The dates on the front are 1848, 1871. The marker was installed in 1910 and found years later. The dates on the front mark when the trail to Fort Kearney crossed the Platte River from 1848-1871 on the Overland-Oregon Trail, and there are visible bullet holes. Don received the marker as a birthday present c. 1996. It was found in the 1950s by amateur archaeologist Merwyn Henderson.
This web article has a much more detailed history of the artifact:
http://www.kearneyhub.com/news/local/history-buffs-solve--year-old-mystery/article_25afb46a-ebfc-11e0-9a0e-001cc4c002e0.html
Don Dingman has this important information to include:
There were three crossing points on the Platte River. All of these crossing points were, and still are, located in Buffalo County, Nebraska. There were two crossing points on the north side of the river, and one on the south side at the ferry crossing point on the Oregon Trail where this marker was placed.
The Soldier's Free Homestead Association of Gibbon, Nebraska (a.k.a. the Old Settler's Association) was a Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) group of civil war soldiers. They first came to Buffalo County in 1871 on a train with the purpose of homesteading land there. In the following years, they would meet on the grounds of Fort Kearney for picnics and reunions (see attached PDF photos). In 1906, this group organized into the Fort Kearney National Park Association with the goal of having their beloved fort declared a national part. At that time they decided to have an annual three-day reunion and gain political support for their idea with their representatives in Washington D.C.
The group wanted to place large, granite markers on the three crossing points and also honor General Carrington. Carrington had done a complete survey of the islands and the crossing route in 1866. He was still alive in 1910 and had planned to be at the reunion that same year. Sadly, his health was failing and he was unable to attend. Two years later, General Carrington died in 1912.
The group had a vision of Fort Kearney and the surrounding area eventually being a national park with many stone monuments and markers to tell the history and stories of Fort Kearney and the Oregon Trail. In August 1910 came the reunion at the fort and it was a marked success. They named the reunion "Camp Carrington." Over 500 people camped at the old fort and there were four to five thousand visitors including the Governor of Nebraska and a Nebraska Congressman.
Originally, the marker was meant to be dedicated and placed on Thursday afternoon (August 25, 1910), but was moved to Thursday morning due to some train schedule mix ups with the ceremony's scheduled speakers. The Fort Kearney National Park Association did not have the funds to purchase a stone marker so a temporary one was placed instead. The marker was dedicated by the Women's Relief Corp (WRC) to the women that crossed the Platte River at that point on the Oregon Trail.
Don Dingman also adds:
For the GAR to place a marker on any western trail is extremely rare. Unfortunately the effort in Washington failed that year and the group ended along with its cause.
Kearney, Nebraska
Don Dingman
Merwyn Henderson (1989)
1848-1871
1910
06/20/2015
1950s
April White
Dr. Thomas Kiffmeyer
Don Dingman
University of Nebraska at Kearney (Images)
http://www.kearneyhub.com/news/local/history-buffs-solve--year-old-mystery/article_25afb46a-ebfc-11e0-9a0e-001cc4c002e0.html
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fort_Kearney_Crossing_1848_-_1871_-_Platte_River_Marker..jpg
http://www.nebraskahistory.org/publish/markers/texts/old_ft_kearny_road.htm
http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/39434712/
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Wooden Board
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Kearney, Nebraska
Buffalo County, Nebraska
Platte River
Fort Kearney, Nebraska
Kearney State Normal Series-Midnight
Early Kearney State College Photographs, Solomon D. Butcher Photographs
Kearney State Normal College Administration Building, apparently taken at Midnight
S.D. Butcher & Son
Solomon D. Butcher
Don Dingman
Kearney State College
06/20/2015
April White
Rob Foresman
Dr. Jinny Turman (scans)
Don Dingman
University of Nebraska at Kearney (Images)
Postcard
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English
#194
Kearney, Nebraska
Doan College and Kearney State Normal Thanksgiving Football, 1907
Picture of Thanksgiving Day Game between Doane College and Kearney State Normal, Thanksgiving 1907. At Kearney.
Black and white postcard of a football game between Doan Colage (sic) (probably Doane College of Nebraska) and Kearney State Normal School during Thanksgiving of 1907. Photograph taken by Solomon D. Butcher of S. D. Butcher & Son Photography Studio.
S. D. Butcher & Son
Don Dingman
S. D. Butcher & Son
S. D. Butcher & Son
1907
06/20/2015
April White
Rob Foresman
Dr. Jinny Turman (scans)
Don Dingman
University of Nebraska at Kearney (Images)
http://www.doane.edu/distinguished-history
http://www.unk.edu/about/history.php
http://www.lopers.com/sports/2009/9/23/FB_All_Time_History.aspx?path=football
http://plainshumanities.unl.edu/encyclopedia/doc/egp.art.008
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Postcard
English
Kearney, Nebraska.
Doane College
State Normal School
Historic Kearney Postcards, State Normal School
Postcard showing the State Normal School of Kearney, Nebraska, c. 1910. The State Normal School opened in 1905 and is now the University of Nebraska at Kearney. The postcard is addressed to Mr. Lon Caldwell of Elgin, Nebraska.
Steve Rothenberger
1910
06/20/2015
April White
Rob Foresman
Dr. Jinny Turman (scans)
Steve Rothenberger
University of Nebraska at Kearney (Images)
http://www.unk.edu/about/history.php
Postcard
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English
Kearney, Nebraska
Elgin, Nebraska