This letter sent from the Civil War battlefield in Georgia is the only one left with the granddaughters of Samuel L. Roberts and is a vivid source on the life in the Union Army towards the end of the war.
Born in Ohio, but living in Indianola, Iowa…
Group of letters and newspaper clippings from the Kearney Hub newspaper. This collection was contributed at the University of Kearney spring 2014 History Harvest.
A letter from Major General J. A. Ulio, Adjutant General, to Ruth B. Sengstake informing her that no further word has come to him concerning Eugene Sengstake Sr.'s MIA status.
Eugene Wagner Sengstake Sr. of Lincoln, Nebraska, served in the 110th…
A melancholy letter from Kermit Fleming, stationed in Italy in 1945 to his sister, Kathleen Fleming. Kermit claims "the war is over." He describes staying in a barren hotel with only cots and some electric lights. Throughout the letter, he expresses…
This letter comes from the Dean family collection of documents and photographs that belonged to their second maternal great-grand parents Gottlieb and Anna Schuetz, who emigrated from Switzerland in 1870 to start a new life in Humboldt, Nebraska.
A…
This letter comes from the Dean family collection of documents and photographs that belonged to their second maternal great-grand parents Gottlieb and Anna Schuetz, who emigrated from Switzerland in 1870 to start a new life in Humboldt, Nebraska.
A…
This letter comes from the Dean family collection of documents and photographs that belonged to their second maternal great-grand parents Gottlieb and Anna Schuetz, who emigrated from Switzerland in 1870 to start a new life in Humboldt, Nebraska.
A…