Nebraska Newspaper
United States Newspaper Program
The USNP has supported projects in each of the fifty states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Each project is conducted by a single organization within a state or territory, usually the state's largest newspaper repository. A project's staff inventories holdings in public libraries, county courthouses, newspaper offices, historical museums, college and university libraries, archives, and historical societies. Catalog records are entered into a national database maintained by the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) and accessible through more than 43,500 dedicated computer terminals worldwide. Microfilm copies of newspapers are generally available to researchers anywhere in the country through inter-library loan. ... [Read More]
U.S. Newspaper Indexes at the Library of Congress
The researcher using this list is cautioned that not all newspapertitles held by the Library of Congress are indexed; however, earlyU.S. newspapers often covered areas much larger than just thetowns where they were published. The user is further cautioned that few indexes are complete, and many errors and omissions can beexpected. ... U.S. Newspaper Indexes at the Library of Congress Home Page ... The format of the entry follows that of the Library's printed catalogcard including the classification number and an indication of the holdingsin the Newspaper and Current Periodical Room. ... [Read More]
Arbor Day
Morton was a journalist and soon became editor of Nebraska's first newspaper. Given that forum, he spread agricultural information and his enthusiasm for trees to an equaly enthusiastic audience. All of the pioneers missed the trees of their homelands. But more importantly, trees were needed as windbreads to keep soil from blowing and for fuel and building materials, as well as shade from the hot sun. ... [Read More]
NIJ DNA Backlog Reduction Program: Preventable Crimes-Nebraska
In 1999, a woman was sexually assaulted by an unknown assailant at a hotel in Nebraska. DNA evidence was collected from this crime scene. Later the same day in Colorado, a woman was sexually assaulted by a man who had answered an advertisement in the newspaper for furniture that she was selling. DNA was collected from this crime scene as well. ... [Read More]
Statuary Hall Virtual Tour - Office of the Clerk
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, 1891-1895; three times an unsuccessful candidate for U.S. President; Colonel in the Spanish-American War, 1898; founder of The Commoner newspaper, 1901; zealous worker for religious and civic interests; Secretary of State under President Wilson, 1913-1915. ... [Read More]
Nebraska FACE 95NE031
On May 30, 1995, a 31-year old paper sorter/general laborer died as a result of injuries sustainedwhen he was struck in the head by a metal pipe which got caught in a blower fan blade. The FACE investigator was notified by Nebraska Department of Labor personnel who read about it in thenewspaper. A site visit was made by the FACE investigator on July 12, 1995. ... [Read More]
Nebraska FACE Report No. 94NE059
On November 3, 1994, at 8:30 a.m., a 20 year-old road construction flagman died as a result of injuries he sustained from being crushed by an asphalt roller. The Department of Labor was first aware of this incident by reading about it in the newspaper. The Nebraska FACE investigator accompanied an OSHA investigator to the incident site on November 14, 1994 and interviewed the employer, witnesses to the incident and other company employees. ... [Read More]
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