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University Archives and Special Collections

Students stroll under a blue sky along the sidewalk on the north side of 12th and R streets with Sheldon Museum of Art and the Geography Building in the background in this image from November 1965.

From the Archives: Museums, new and old

November 9, 2022

Husker fans gather outside the Hotel Lincoln the night of Nov. 14, 1930 ahead of a Big Six football matchup between Nebraska U and Missouri.

From the Archives: Big Six rally

November 2, 2022

Pound Hall dormitory residents Pat Hinds (left) and Kathy Varner photographed at the Pound Hall Halloween party on Oct. 31, 1964. Their photo was included in the 1965 Cornhusker Yearbook. Built in 1963, Pound Hall was razed in December 2017.

From the Archives: Pound Hall-oween

October 26, 2022

Original placement of the iconic columns on the northeast corner of Memorial Stadium. The seating area overlooked what was a new athletic field, which later was transformed into Ed Weir Stadium.

From the Archives: Historic columns

October 5, 2022

Students walk through scrap items collected outside of a Greek house during a scrap collection drive held as part of homecoming activities in 1942.

From the Archives: Homecoming drive

September 28, 2022

Aerial view of campus in spring 1959.

From the Archives | Changing campus

September 14, 2022

Black and white photo of many students purchasing ice cream at the UNL Dairy Store in the 1966.

From the Archives | Rush hour

September 7, 2022

First-year students stream out of Grant Memorial Hall and onto 12th Street as they wait to register for classes in 1923.

From the Archives: Registration day

August 31, 2022

Love Library

Ducey to discuss history of Archives and Special Collections

October 23, 2019

The windmill on East Campus, located behind the Animal Science Building, turns in the wind.

Achievements | Honors, awards, publications for June 7

June 7, 2019

Varner Hall

Exhibit celebrates anniversary of NU-system merger

December 7, 2018

Archives & Special Collections Reading Room

Autograph, manuscript collector featured in June 7 talk

June 1, 2018