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Nathan Tye, PhD
@hobohistory.bsky.social
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Historian at the University of Nebraska-Kearney. Studies hobos, transient labor, and literary history.
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Worth looking up tonight
Red and green northern lights across the sky Red and green northern lights across the sky. Lights from homes dot the bottom. Red and green northern lights across the sky. A cars headlights pierce the red and green lights.
November 12, 2025 at 3:54 AM
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nowadays, the whale-fishery furnishes an asylum for many romantic, melancholy, and absent-minded young men
October 5, 2025 at 4:47 AM
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bank (1889), willa cather history center, up detail, webster street, red cloud, nebraska, 1988
bank (1889), willa cather history center, up detail, webster street, red cloud, nebraska, 1988
September 18, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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📣 Curran Fellowships are now OPEN! Per our most recent newsletter, we've moved up our Curran awards to allow recipients time to plan summer travel. Applications due Oct. 15. As always, guidelines and more info are on our website!
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The Curran Fellowships are travel and research grants intended to aid scholars studying British magazines and newspapers from the long nineteenth century in making use of primary print and archival so...
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August 16, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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mobydickatsea.bsky.social
go on, go on
July 2, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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unkarchives.bsky.social
Our most popular item is Song of the Great Blizzard: "Thirteen were saved": or, Nebraska's fearless maid. During an 1888 blizzard, teacher Minnie Freeman saved her 13 students by walking to the nearest house 3/4 mile away. Available: openspaces.unk.edu/spec-coll/10/ #PopularItem #Archive30 #archives
Song of the Great Blizzard 1888, "Thirteen Were Saved" or Nebraska's Fearless Maid. Song and Chorus by Wm. Vincent. Published by Lyon & Healy, Chicago. Includes an etching of a woman holding a child, followed by other children trudging through heavy snow Sheet music Thirteen were saved; or Nebraska's Fearless Maid (An incident of the terrible blizzard throughout the Northwest in January, 1888)
April 24, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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unkarchives.bsky.social
Happy #Archive30 to all! We're the University of Nebraska at Kearney Archives & Special Collections; excuse the mess - we got new shelving. We're on the 2nd floor of the @unklibrary.bsky.social. We specialize in history of education, central & western NE, and UNK. Come visit! #YourArchive
Wire shelving with a jumble of oversized framed items Bankers boxes on shelves with odd sized items on carts
April 1, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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unklibrary.bsky.social
Due to inclement weather the library will be closed tomorrow.
library closed tomorrow
February 11, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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New History Job Posted Today: Assistant Professor of History (Public History) | University of Nebraska at Kearney
Assistant Professor of History (Public History) | University of Nebraska at Kearney
Kearney, Nebraska, The Department of History at the University of Nebraska at Kearney invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor of History (Public History) to contribute to the university’s growing undergraduate and graduate programs in…
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December 18, 2024 at 5:03 PM
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Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
December 19,1953
NANCY BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER NANCY- - WHAT DOES SANTA LOOK LIKE ? OH, HE'S A BIG, JOLLY FAT MAN WITH ROSY, RED CHEEKS- - A NOSE LIKE A CHERRY, AND A PACK ON HIS BACK OH, SANTA - - -HERE'S MY CHRISTMAS LIST ?
December 20, 2024 at 1:19 AM
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unklibrary.bsky.social
UNK Giving Day 2024 starts at noon! Support the Calvin T. Ryan Library to help us keep offering valuable resources, study spaces, and services to all Lopers. Join us November 13-14, from noon to noon, and show your support at givingday.unk.edu/organization....
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one day for unk support your library
November 13, 2024 at 4:34 PM
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unkarchives.bsky.social
Welcome, new followers! We're the University of Nebraska at Kearney Archives & Special Collections. Besides institutional history, we focus on
- central and western #Nebraska
- history of education #HistEd

We also have lots from Nebraskans abroad as well as Great Plains #HistSciMed

#archives
Black and white pics of students in a library
November 13, 2024 at 3:06 PM