2003 - 2004

• President's Message
• From the Director
• Awards
• Division Highlights
  • Administration
  • Library / Archives
  • Museum / Historic Sites
  • Research & Publications
  • State Historic Preservation Office
  • Archeology
  • Conservation
• Volunteers
• Financial Report
• NSHS Foundation
• 2 megabyte PDF of this report

Here open to all is the history of this people.

President's Message

Gratitude, pride and cautious optimism describe my feelings as we close the 2003­04 fiscal year. I am grateful that we did not have to further reduce staffing or services during the past year thanks to prudent budget decisions by the Nebraska State Legislature and the generosity of private supporters. I am proud of the self-sacrifice and professionalism of our staff, who have shouldered the extra burdens imposed by the state budget crisis during the last three years.

I am especially proud of the Society's accomplishments over the past year. Moreover, I am cautiously optimistic that the state's overall economy will improve despite persistent drought and ongoing economic problems.

2004 was the 150th anniversary of the Kansas-Nebraska Act. This commemoration has given us the opportunity to recall the early days of territorial Nebraska and to recall the impact of Euro-American migration on Native societies. Nebraska History magazine has led the way. An outstanding bibliographical essay provided all Nebraskans with an important reading list of pertinent scholarship that has appeared in the pages of our own magazine.

The Library/Archives exhibition of the Forke Map Collection at the Museum of Nebraska History likewise enabled us to visualize the physical changes in the place called Nebraska over the past three hundred years. The Library/Archives continues to serve as the backbone of nearly everything that we do at the Society ranging from our statutory obligations as a state repository to helping students prepare for National History Day competition.

The Archeology Division has completed a survey of cultural resources in the Omaha Metropolitan Area in a farsighted effort to manage materials and sites that are threatened by urban expansion. The discovery and preliminary investigation of Engineer Cantonment, the winter quarters of the 1819­1820 Stephen H. Long Expedition, will be the subject of a special conference during the NSHS annual meeting at the Ford Center. Out west, the site of Fort Mitchell, an 1860s Oregon Trail post, has tentatively been identified. Additionally, the Society has received a Bureau of Reclamation grant to recatalogue and rehouse artifacts collected from Nebraska sites over the past fifty years.

Across the state, National Register of Historic Places nominations were approved by the State Preservation Board for the Bryant House in Tekamah, the Wohler's Homestead in Dawes County, the Western Public Service Building in Scottbluff, the Gering Courier Building, an amendment to the Sidney Business District, and the Standard Oil Service Station in Ogallala. Mrs. Walter (Ruby) Behlen's gift of the family home in Columbus to the people of Nebraska presents wonderful opportunities to the NSHS. To those of us of a "certain age," the 1950s hardly feel like history, but the decade was a dynamic time of change in Nebraska, the nation and the world. The Behlen home will allow the Society to interpret those allegedly "Happy Days" to future generations, and allow NSHS to be a visible part of the Columbus community.

The Society has been able to continue the Nebraska Institute in partnership with the Lincoln Public Schools. The Institute was quite simply the best in-service training that I experienced in my 35 years as a secondary history teacher. This year one of seventeen National Endowment for the Humanities grants has enabled the NSHS to offer to teachers nationally the opportunity to examine "Shifting Power on the Great Plains: Fort Robinson and the American West" on location at the fort and in the Pine Ridge country.

A new strategic plan was adopted at the June meeting of the Board. The new plan is the culmination of a five-month process that included work with a nationally known facilitator and months of intense work by committees composed of staff and board members. The strategic plan is very specific about NSHS goals and should enable the Society both to plan and to evaluate its efforts. The commitment to the development of a marketing plan is an especially exciting element of the document.

My focus on Society achievements may seem repetitive of material found elsewhere in this report. However, I feel that in difficult economic times, it is especially important to focus on the things that we have accomplished thanks to a dedicated and professional staff and the generosity of our benefactors, especially through the NSHS Foundation. If that makes me sound like a cheerleader for NSHS, so be it. During the coming year, we must focus on the difficult tasks of rebuilding and restoring while still working under budget constraints. I am cautiously optimistic that we will be able to make reasonable progress. We have the proven leadership of Director Lawrence Sommer, a dedicated board, a superb staff, an outstanding foundation and generous members and supporters. And, yes, we always have need of NSHS cheerleaders!

Patrick Kennedy
President

 

From the Director

The Nebraska State Historical Society is pleased to present the following summary of its activities, including many notable achievements, in this annual report for the 2003­04 fiscal year. As the state's economy continues to improve, much catching up will be needed to overcome the effects of budget constraints that have affected all state agencies and resulted in the loss of nearly twenty NSHS staff positions over the past three years. Nevertheless, the Society takes pride in not only continuing to fulfill its core mission, but also in breaking new ground.

Of particular note is the discovery by Society archeologists of the long-sought Engineer Cantonment site associated with the 1819­1820 Stephen Long expedition. Initial archeological excavations in the summer and fall of 2003 provided a wealth of information about this important military and scientific expedition.

In spring 2004 the Society acquired a significant mid-twentieth-century architectural landmark, the Walter and Ruby Behlen house in Columbus. This unique property will be developed as a state historic site and also will be used in a variety of ways by the Columbus community.

The Museum of Nebraska History continued its tradition of innovation with two particularly noteworthy exhibitions: "Recovered Views: African American Portraits, 1912­1925," and "Putting Nebraska on the Map, 1540­1880: Highlights from the Forke Map Collection." The first, a collection of recently discovered photographs by a previously unrecognized African American photographer from Lincoln, is now on a National Tour sponsored by the Mid America Arts Alliance. The second, a selection of maps donated by noted collector Don Forke traced the changing shape of Nebraska over three centuries. Generous support from Marilyn Forke brought map expert Dr. Don Cresswell to Nebraska for the exhibit opening.

In collaboration with Nebraska Educational Television, NSHS co-produced "Solomon Butcher: Frontier Photographer" for statewide broadcast. The fifth Fort Robinson History Conference was well attended by scholars and western history enthusiasts from across the country. A further affirmation of the Society's significance in Nebraska's contemporary life is its receipt of 2004 Governor's Arts Award.

At the Museum of Nebraska History a new heating system complements a state-of-the-art air-conditioning system installed last year. Several repair and restoration projects were completed at Society sites including Ft. Robinson, Neligh Mill and the Willa Cather State Historical site in Red Cloud.

During the past year the Society received grants from varied sources to support projects ranging from improving collections storage to supporting educational programming. For the fourth consecutive year the Society achieved record levels of earned income from museum store sales, admissions and memberships.

Throughout the year the Society also received significant support from the Nebraska State Historical Society Foundation for equipment purchases, internships, publications, National History Day travel scholarships, research fellowships for visiting scholars, and acquisitions for Society collections. As always, the Society appreciates its partnership with and support from the NSHS Foundation for programmatic activities that the state cannot fund.

Finally, the Society staff and board worked together to develop a new strategic plan emphasizing public service, awareness, and communication with all constituents.

We want to thank NSHS trustees James Denney of Omaha and Martin Massengale of Lincoln for their service to the Society. Having served two terms on the board, they are no longer eligible for reelection or reappointment, but their interest, leadership, and good counsel will be missed.

Thanks, too, to the many friends of the Society who have donated materials to the collections. The museum, the library and archives, and the archeological collections are richer because of their generosity.

Should you have questions or need additional information as you read this report, feel free to contact the Society by letter, telephone or e-mail. I'm confident you'll agree that even in challenging times the Society finds ways to fulfill the vision inscribed beside the front door of our headquarters:

Here open to all is the history of this people.

Lawrence Sommer
Director and State Historic Preservation Officer

 

Nebraska State Historical Society Awards

The Nebraska State Historical Society annually recognizes individuals or organizations for their contributions to the preservation and interpretation of Nebraska history. The 2003 awards were presented September 26 at the Society's annual meeting in Lincoln.

The Robert W. Furnas Award for significant contributions to the work of the Nebraska State Historical Society went to Ronald and Judith Stolz Parks of Papillion, Nebraska, recognizing their support of the Society's publishing program and the biennial Fort Robinson History Conference. The Parks established a fund at the Nebraska State Historical Society Foundation that supported publication of Thomas R. Buecker's two-volume history of Fort Robinson in 1999 and 2002.

The James A. Sellers Memorial Award is given to the author of the best article in the previous year's volume of Nebraska History. Prof. Harl A. Dalstrom of the history department at the University of Nebraska at Omaha received the 2003 award. His article, "'I'm Never Going to be Snowbound Again': The Winter of 1948­1949," appeared as a special fall/winter 2002 edition of the quarterly. Judges from the history department at Chadron State College selected the winning article, and the Nebraska State Historical Society Foundation provided a cash prize and plaque to the author.

The Nebraska Preservation Award for outstanding accomplishments in the field of historic preservation in Nebraska went to Van and Janet Korell of McCook. The Korells were recognized for their preservation of the H. P. Sutton House in McCook, the only Nebraska structure designed by the noted architect Frank Lloyd Wright.

The Addison E. Sheldon Award for significant contributions to the preservation and interpretation of Nebraska history honors a former Society superintendent. Dr. James C. Olson, Sheldon's successor as superintendent from 1946 to 1956, received the Sheldon Award for 2003. While at the Society, Dr. Olson oversaw the construction and 1953 dedication of the new building at 1500 R Street in Lincoln, and authored the standard one-volume history of Nebraska, now in its third edition. His other publications include a biography of J. Sterling Morton and a major study of Chief Red Cloud. He went on to a distinguished career in higher education, including the presidency of the University of Missouri system, before his retirement.

History Day: Nebraska awards recognize outstanding student projects in the annual contest. In 2004 the junior division award went to students from St. Isidore School in Columbus for their group project. The students were Chelsey Zuerlein, Laura Zach, Sarah Jarecke, Molly Aerni, and Peter Heusinkvelt, and their project was entitled, "The Mennonite Experience in America: Exploration, Encounter, and Exchange." Their sponsoring teacher was Mary Lou Green.

Tamar Harrington of the Lincoln Public Schools Science Focus Program received the senior division award for "Nebraska School for the Deaf: An Encounter of Government and Culture." Jim Barstow was sponsoring teacher.

Administration Division

"The Nebraska State Historical Society safeguards Nebraska's past and makes it accessible in ways that enrich present and future generations."

The director, as chief executive officer of the Society, implements board policy, administers the budget, and represents the institution to the public and to a variety of funding sources. The director and administrative staff work to provide the personnel and financial resources the Society needs to fulfill its mission. In addition to administration, the Nebraska State Historical Society operates with six major divisions: Museum/Historic Sites, Historic Preservation, Library/Archives, Research and Publications, Archeology, and Conservation. Each division is managed by an associate director who reports to the Society director.

Highlights

• Completed Public Dimension Assessment with outside evaluators Tim Chester, Public Museum of Grand Rapids, Michigan and Robert Siever, Pennsylvania Historical Commission. Their written report informed strategic planning discussions.
• Initiated a semester-long marketing project with the UN-L College of Journalism in which two teams of senior marketing students developed potential marketing plans for NSHS.
• Coordinated a new agency strategic planning process steered by a staff-board committee that incorporated findings from a day-long planning retreat facilitated by Mary Kay Ingenthron of MK Communications. Planners considered Public Dimension Assessment conclusions, marketing plan recommendations, and commentary from members and the general public. Communication is the over- arching theme for the new plan to be introduced in July 2004.
• Developed an agreement for acquisition of the Walter and Ruby Behlen State Historic Site working with Ruby Behlen of Columbus and her family, with cooperative support from a Columbus community task force.
• Acquired funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities for "Shifting Power on the Great Plains: Fort Robinson and the American West" teacher training workshops. The proposal was one of seventeen funded nationwide as part of the Landmarks of American History NEH initiative.
• Expanded broadcast of the NSHS History Forum/Brown Bag lecture series to the Omaha area via Cox Communications.
• Co-produced, with Nebraska Educational Telecommunications, "Solomon Butcher: Frontier Photographer," a documentary based on NSHS's Butcher photograph collection, which aired statewide via the NET network.
  

Library / Archives Division

"The Library/Archives Division safeguards the documentary heritage of Nebraska for the use of all."

The Library/Archives Division is charged with the collection, management, and preservation of a wide spectrum of published and unpublished documentary materials and provides access to them for the public.

The Society's library contains approximately 80,000 volumes and includes books, periodicals, newspapers, state publications, and more than 3,000 maps and atlases. In its manuscript collections are the papers of families and individuals and the records of Nebraska businesses, organizations, religious groups, and private educational institutions. The archival collections also include some 350,000 photographs, 6.5 million feet of moving images on film and videotape, and state, county, and local government records of permanent value as mandated by legislative acts of 1905 and 1969. Together, these documents provide vital testimony to the history and culture of Nebraska.

Highlights

• Served more than 6,200 people in the Reference Room, responded to 3,203 research requests by mail, loaned more than 400 reels of microfilm via interlibrary loan, filled 350 customer orders for microfilm purchases, and produced 4,704 scans in the Digital Imaging Lab.
• Assisted in producing the publication Local Television: A Guide to Saving our Heritage, published by the Association of Moving Image Archivists and the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
• Cataloged 607 new titles and outsourced 3,167 manual records for conversion to automated form, bringing the number of library titles in the online catalog to more than 33,000 of the estimated 50,000 titles in the collection.
• Accessioned 132 donations to the manuscripts collections, including the personal papers of Eunice Woodhull Stabler, Omaha Indian writer and spokeswoman, and Hollis Dorian Stabler, Omaha elder and World War II veteran; records relating to the National Crane Company of Waverly; the military memoirs of World War II POW F. Eugene Liggett; a ledger from the A. J. Thompson General Store of Bancroft, which includes accounts for John G. Neihardt; the papers of politicians Frank and Shirley Marsh; and the Seacrest Nebraska Settlement Collection, which relates to the early history and settlement of Nebraska.
• Curated the annual film series. The 2003 theme was "Making Us Laugh: Nebraskans in Comedies."
• Created personal name and subject database of 26,000 entries for the Union Pacific collection.
• Provided materials for the exhibit "Putting Nebraska on the Map, 1540­1880: Highlights from the Don Forke Map Collection."
• Completed a film preservation project involving three reels of early amateur film of the University of Nebraska men's gymnastics program from the 1930s and '40s (funded by the National Film Preservation Foundation).
• Purchased several rare titles for the Library including Twenty Army Ballads, Favorites of the Boys Who Wore Blue, compiled by S. B. Jones for the George A. Custer Post No. 7, Grand Army of the Republic, Omaha, 1882, and Memoirs of Samuel M. Janney. Janney served as agent for the Santee Sioux in Nebraska.
• Responded to a flood caused by burst pipes at the K Street Records Center which affected records held by the State Archives. Cleanup and building rehabilitation continue.
• Presented workshops on digitizing moving images and sound recordings at professional conferences.
• Hired a new manuscripts curator, who will join the staff in FY2005.
  

Museum / Historic Sites Division

"The Museum/Historic Sites Division educates people about Nebraska's past through historic artifacts and historic places."

The division gathers, preserves, researches, and interprets artifacts and sites representing Nebraska's rich and diverse human experience, and provides the broadest possible public access to these resources. The museum is Nebraska's official and preeminent artifact repository. Its collections serve as the basis for exhibitions, programs, publications, and educational outreach. Through a variety of media, the division gives people firsthand experience with the physical remnants of past life and the places where Nebraska history was made.

The division administers the Museum of Nebraska History in Lincoln and oversees seven historic sites statewide. The education, exhibition, museum collections, and historic sites departments form partnerships with individuals and organizations around the state and across the country to enrich people's lives by increasing their understanding and enjoyment of Nebraska's past.

Museum of Nebraska History

Highlights

• The Museum Collections Department added 453 objects to the museum's collec- tions, including a World War II era depth charge made by Beatrice Steel Tank Company; a trophy presented to Troop G, 12th U.S. Cavalry by the Black Hills Feature Film Company for services in making the movie, "The Days of '75 and '76"; and a Mason and Hamlin pump organ.
• Mounted "Patchwork Lives," a two-year cooperative exhibit featuring quilts from the Nebraska State Historical Society and the International Quilt Study Center.
• Updated and expanded the museum collection section of the Society's website.
• Loaned objects from the museum collections to the Genoa Indian School Foundation, the city of Falls City, the Eiteljorg Museum in Indianapolis, Indiana, and the St. Joseph Museum in St. Joseph, Missouri.
• Assisted in locating, researching, and preparing objects for the exhibits:
  • "Sowing Seeds for Statehood: Nebraska Territory, 1854­1867"
  • "Putting Nebraska on the Map, 1540­1880: Highlights from the Don Forke Collection"
  • "Patchwork Lives"
  • "Nebraska Treasures"
• Updated exhibits at Fort Robinson.
• Received an Institute of Museum and Library Services Conservation Project Support grant to clean, catalog, and rehouse the museum's firearms collection.
• The Exhibition and Design Services Department completed projects at the Museum of Nebraska History including the move of the "Made in Nebraska" exhibit to the third floor, changes to the "First Nebraskans" exhibit, de-installation of the "Nebraska Treasures" exhibits, repairs to the History Adventure Center, and installation of nine temporary exhibits.
• Exhibits staff also prepared collection storage space, transported artifacts, photo- graphed collection objects, designed publications and craft projects, assisted with historic marker rehabilitation, repairs and maintenance at historic sites and the Gerald R. Ford Conservation Center, created a Facilities Maintenance Master Plan for historic sites, built a winter cover over the Engineer Cantonment archeological site, maintained and administered the society's web site, and designed stencils for Meridian Highway markers.
• The Education Department mailed 72 student educational packets, 144 educational leaflets, and 65,850 Trailblazers, and gave more than 342 tours. In all, more than 12,305 students participated in Education Department activities.
• Educational trunks were loaned to nearly a dozen schools and organizations.
• Historical markers were installed in Dawes, Hall, Lancaster, Madison, Otoe, and Pierce counties.
  

Historic Sites

The Society's historic sites provide firsthand experiences at sites where some of the state's most exciting history took place. The seven historic sites welcomed more than 67,000 visitors during the past year.

Chimney Rock National Historic Site
Bayard, Nebraska

Chimney Rock National Historic Site interprets the significance of Chimney Rock, the most famous landmark on the Oregon-California Trail.

Highlights

• Welcomed 26,971 visitors, including 282 at the "Sunday Afternoon at the Rock" lecture series, and 72 elementary students for the annual 'Trim The Tree' program.
• Loren Pospisil, site supervisor, organized and led the 2004 Spring Tour of the Nebraska Chapter of the Oregon-California Trails Association and was elected Events Coordinator/President of the Nebraska Chapter.
• In August, Chimney Rock was the site of a legislative reception and the unveiling of a new statewide tourism campaign by the governor.
  

John G. Neihardt State Historic Site
Bancroft, Nebraska

The John G. Neihardt State Historic Site interprets the legacy of the former Nebraska poet laureate through exhibits and the preservation of the historic study in which he worked.

Highlights

• Welcomed more than 1,860 visitors, including 125 at the Spring Conference in April, 250 at Neihardt Day in August, and many more at weekly Sunday at the Museum programs.
• Held exhibits including artwork by Mona Martinson Neihardt, an exhibit of photographs by Fran Kingsbury entitled "Twentieth Century Petroglyphs, and the Bancroft-Lyons Art Club juried show.
• Became a "geocaching" site, (one of 78,000 in 200 countries). Geocaching, a GPS located scavenger hunt, has brought an average of one new visitor per month.
• Co-hosted, with Wayne State College and Northeast Community College, classes and presentations by Irish poet Desmond Egan.
• The Mill was a featured destination in the Jan.­Feb. issue of Home and Away, the AAA magazine.
• Participated in the fourth annual Laureate's Feast, held on the Ft. Omaha campus.
• Published Volume V of The Neihardt Journal.
• Participated in activities of the Lewis and Clark Hiway 75 By-Way Committee.
  

Thomas P. Kennard House
Lincoln, Nebraska

The Thomas P. Kennard House, Nebraska Statehood Memorial, preserves the home of Nebraska's first secretary of state, and interprets domestic and political life in the era when Nebraska became a state.

Highlights

• Welcomed 1,908 visitors.
• Decorated for "Victorian Holidays Past" in December and held an open house with free admission on Sunday, Dec. 7.
• Served as the location for filmed interviews for NETV documentaries on Solomon Butcher (co produced with NSHS) and Willa Cather, and for an interview with Dr. James C. Olson, former Society director.
• Installed new second floor air conditioning.
  

Fort Robinson Museum
Crawford, Nebraska

The Fort Robinson Museum preserves and interprets the historic resources associated with Fort Robinson for the benefit of the public and to add to those resources through research.

Highlights

• Welcomed 11,530 visitors.
• Installed new water and sewer lines in the museum building, adobe quarters, shop, and veterinary hospital.
• Rebuilt porch decks and fire escape at the museum.
• Relocated the 1874 Guard House reconstruction to its exact site, replaced decayed sill logs in it and the Adjutant's Office, and cleaned the outside logs of both buildings.
• Hosted the Fifth Fort Robinson Conference, "A New Army for a New Century: Military Culture in Transition, 1890­1917."
• Accepted a donation of eight replica Coehorn mortars from John and Judy Rehberg of Springfield, Nebraska.
• Tom Buecker, curator, made numerous presentations for various organizations around the state and was the main speaker at the dedication ceremony of the reconstructed 1870 barracks at Fort Buford State Historic Site in Williston, North Dakota.
  

Senator George W. Norris State Historic Site
McCook, Nebraska

The Senator George Norris State Historic Site relates the story of a nationally significant Nebraska politician through the preservation and interpretation of his home and furnishings.

Highlights

• Welcomed more than 1,170 visitors.
• Held two quilt exhibits and one on spinning, weaving, and needlework.
• Assisted with planning and exhibition of the Smithsonian Institution's traveling exhibit, "Yesterday's Tomorrows" at the local museum.
• Linda Hein, tourism facility operator, retired after more than thirteen years with the Society.
  

Neligh Mill State Historic Site
Neligh, Nebraska

The Neligh Mill State Historic Site preserves the state's only nineteenth-century flour mill with original equipment and interprets the importance of the milling industry to the history of Nebraska.

Highlights

• Welcomed more than 1,771 visitors from 30 states and 5 foreign countries.
• Completed major repairs to the sprinkler system in the mill.
• Featured in the Nov.­Dec. issue of Nebraska Life Magazine.
• Provided a flour sack display for the Neligh Public Library.
• Completed extensive research on Mother's Best Flour and Nebraska Consolidated Mills for a freelance writer.
• Volunteers included Katie Miller, Craig Payne, Nancy Ofe, Jed Miller, Laurel Miller, Shanna Koenig, and Fae Dunn.
  

Willa Cather State Historic Site
Red Cloud, Nebraska

The Willa Cather State Historic Site preserves and interprets sites significant in the life and work of one of Nebraska's greatest authors and makes Cather-related materials available to researchers.

Highlights

• Welcomed 12,530 visitors including 21 school tours and 6 researchers.
• Held annual Spring Festival.
• Continued ongoing repair work on site buildings.
• Tour guides are Nancy Sherwood, Barb Kudrna, Dorothy Mattison, Priscilla Hollingshead, Jan Ferebee, Johanna Bohrer, and Ashley Gay.
  

Research & Publications Division

"The Research and Publications Division promotes research leading to a better understanding of the history and culture of Nebraska and its people, and disseminates the results."

The Research and Publications Division publishes the Society's quarterly, Nebraska History, and conducts research leading to publication of books, archeological reports, and interpretive booklets about the history of Nebraska and the Great Plains. The division provides editorial services to other Society divisions, compiles the "Nebraska Timeline" column provided weekly to Nebraska newspapers through the Nebraska Press Association, and helps organize special programs and conferences. The division also administers the Society's research grant program.

Highlights

• Published four issues of Nebraska History quarterly.
• Published six issues of Historical Newsletter.
• Distributed "Nebraska Timeline" columns to newspapers throughout the state.
• Awarded research grants to Elaine M. Nelson of Lincoln to support research into Eunice Woodhull Stabler's life, 1885­1963, and to Gordon Scholz of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln to support research into early birds-eye views of Nebraska towns.
• Coordinated with the Museum/Historic Sites Division and the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission to sponsor the fifth Fort Robinson History Conference, "A New Army for a New Century: Military Culture in Transition, 1890­1917."
• Published a paperback edition of Fort Robinson and the American West 1874­1899 by Tom Buecker (University of Oklahoma Press).
• Collaborated with the Museum of Nebraska History to organize and mount the exhibition "Recovered Views: African American Portraits, 1912­1925." The exhibition is currently touring nationally with ExhibitsUSA accompanied by an exhibition catalog first published as a special editon of Nebraska History Vol. 84, No. 2 (Summer 2003).
• Collaborated with the Museum of Nebraska History to mount and interpret a selection of the maps donated to NSHS by Marilyn Forke as an exhibition titled "Putting Nebraska on the Map, 1540­1920: Highlights from the Don Forke Collection."
• Collaborated with the Library/Archives division and the Museum of Nebraska History to mount and interpret a headquarters building rotunda exhibition.
• Collaborated with the Museum of Nebraska History and the NSHS Foundation to produce the second NSHS Foundation History Mystery.
• Collaborated with the NSHS Foundation in fundraiser/friendraiser activities across the state.
• Participated in a co-production with NETV of the documentary film, "Solomon Butcher: Frontier Photographer."
• Participated in grant writing and planning that resulted in a National Endowment for the Humanities grant for funding of a teacher workshop held at Fort Robinson in July and August 2004. The workshop, titled "Shifting Power on the Great Plains: Fort Robinson and the American West," is one of seventeen NEH Landmarks of American History teacher workshops held at historic and cultural sites across the United States.
• Participated in Nebraska Institute teacher-training workshops.
• Participated in Nebraska History Day activities.
• Completed final editing of the Eli Ricker tablets soon to be published in two volumes as Voices of the American West (Vol. 1: Eli S. Ricker's interviews with Native Americans, 1903­1919; Vol. 2: Eli S. Ricker's interviews with Euro-Americans, 1903­1919) by the University of Nebraska Press.
• Completed initial planning, fieldwork, and preliminary design for publication of the Omaha World-Herald William Quesenbury sketchbook. Publication is anticipated in 2005.
• Completed public presentations associated with the Nebraska Humanities Council program, "Yesterday's Tomorrows."
• Participated in Society biennial strategic planning efforts, and served on the ad hoc planning work group.
• Completed work with the University of Nebraska Information Services to develop a research website on Nebraska architecture in support of a forthcoming book on the buildings of Nebraska.
  

State Historic Preservation Office

"The State Historic Preservation Office promotes the preservation and enhancement of the cultural resources of the state of Nebraska."

The Society administers Nebraska's historic preservation program under the National Historic Preservation Act. The program includes the Nebraska Historic Buildings Survey, archeological surveys, the National Register of Historic Places for Nebraska, review of federal undertakings, and assistance to developers of historic rehabilitation projects qualifying for federal tax incentives. The State Historic Preservation Office also participates in legislative studies, statewide planning processes, and interagency cooperation.

The Nebraska State Historic Preservation Board serves in an advisory capacity to the State Historic Preservation program, including the review and recommendation of properties to the National Register of Historic Places. The National Park Service issues certification to participate in federally sponsored programs of historic preservation and supports the preservation program with grant funding for office operations, local government preservation programs, and survey projects.

Highlights

• Participated in agency planning and development of the Behlen house in Columbus, acquired by the Nebraska State Historical Society in April 2004.
• Completed survey projects in Cass and Nemaha counties of eastern Nebraska including a potential historic district, and a district in the linear three-block downtown central business district in Auburn.
• Initiated National Register nominations in Cass and Nemaha counties, including the Manley School (Cass), a National Youth Administration cabin in Young Cemetery (Cass), and the American Legion Memorial Park in Auburn, (Nemaha).
• Participated in preservation planning with the National Forest Service for significant historic properties in three units of the Nebraska National Forest.
• Initiated survey projects in Dawes and Sioux counties, which will include an historic context on ranching in the counties, an evaluation of the Warbonnet/ Montrose site in partnership with the National Forest Service, and a building description for each of 204 buildings at Fort Robinson used to complete an NHL boundary extension for the fort's designation as a National Historic Landmark.
• Properties in the Nebraska Historic Buildings Survey exceeded sixty-four thousand during the past year. A new database improves accessibility to data collected over the past twenty-five years and will assist conversion to Geographic Information System (GIS).
• Processed the entry of twenty-one properties to the National Register of Historic Places and reviewed thirty-two more for potential eligibility.
• Conducted archeological investigations near Omaha. The Society's Archeology Division is nearing completion of this project.
• Conducted archeological surveys in the Bow Valley area of Cedar County. An additional fifteen hundred acres will be surveyed as an extension to the original project.
• Initiated a survey of the old Ponca Agency site in Boyd County and survey work in Cheyenne County.
• Provided non-political information and technical assistance to Friends of Amendment One, a group promoting a constitutional amendment on the November 2004 ballot that would clear the way for future legislation to allow a temporary "hold" on the increased value of assessed property taxes attributed to improvements made to historic properties.
• Participated in agency-wide strategic plan revision.
• Conducted or participated in more than fifty public outreach information and education meetings statewide.
• Cosponsored the Nebraska Lied Main Street Program with the Nebraska Department of Economic Development, Nebraska Department of Roads, Nebraska Community Foundation, and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Architecture. Eighteen communities are enrolled, focusing on comprehensive revitalization of their downtowns.
• Participated in interagency programs including the Nebraska Department of Roads Transportation Enhancement Program, the Nebraska Byways program co-administered by the Nebraska Department of Roads and Nebraska Department of Economic Development Division of Travel and Tourism, the Technical Assistance Review Process (TARP) consisting of six state and federal agencies that assist and coordinate housing programs, and the USDA Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program.
• Assisted in the organization of and participated in the 2003 "Nebraska Institute: Teaching Nebraska History and Culture through Social Studies and the Humanities" in partnership with Nebraska Wesleyan University and Lincoln Public Schools.
• Assisted in preparing a successful grant application to National Endowment for the Humanities "Landmarks in American History" teacher training program in partnership with Lincoln Public Schools and Nebraska Wesleyan University. Assisted in development of curricula and logistics for the one-week program held twice at Fort Robinson National Historic Landmark.
• Funded Certified Local Government (CLG) historic preservation programs in Lincoln and Omaha to underwrite local preservation activities.
• Assisted Red Cloud with re-organization of its CLG program and revision of its community preservation ordinance.
• Assisted in development of preservation ordinances in Sidney and Plattsmouth in anticipation of achieving Certified status for those communities.
• Successfully revised Nebraska Certified Local Government Procedures per National Park Service requirements.
• Successfully participated in extensive consultation with National Park Service concerning application of Nebraska survey and evaluation methodologies for large-scale historic agricultural landscapes.
• Processed six applications for historic preservation tax incentives projects in Omaha, Lincoln, and Hastings. These projects exceed seven million dollars and are estimated to create more than eighty new housing units.
• Commented on more than fourteen hundred federal undertakings for potential effects on historic and culturally significant properties.
• Successfully consulted with USAF to avoid, minimize and mitigate adverse effects to historic properties at Offutt AFB as part of a fifty million dollar privatization of military housing.
• Participated in extensive and ongoing consultation and public meetings with three federal agencies, community groups, local government, and three developers to take into account federal activities that will affect a large portion of the Central Hastings Historic District.
• Completed significant work on initial development for a Geographic Information System (GIS) for the Nebraska Historic Buildings Survey database, funded in part by Nebraska Department of Roads. Major elements included data, mapping, and normalization requirements for historic bridges and highway-related historic properties.
• Implemented a database of division's slide collection and conversion to digital images, which will allow a search by county, site name, or surveyed site number.
• Participated in NSHS web site development by placing eleven county survey reports on the Society's website.
  

Archeology Division

"The Archeology Division preserves, enhances, explores, and interprets Nebraska's archeological resources for the benefit of the public and the advancement of science."

The Archeology Division is in the unusual position of providing services to both state and federal government agencies (the Nebraska Department of Roads and the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation in particular) related to obligations under various historic preservation laws.

The division's two major projects are the Engineer Cantonment excavations and rehousing/ recataloging of archeological collections from past Bureau of Reclamation projects. Division members also have presented numerous lectures and assisted outside researchers through file searches and collection loans.

Working for the Department of Roads, we have identified and evaluated many archeological sites and architectural resources that could be affected by planned projects. We are expanding our use of high-tech methods to explore the past, including ground-penetrating radar, electronic mapping, and Geographic Information Systems.

Highlights

• Accessioned material from twenty Bureau of Reclamation collections and cataloged more than seventy thousand objects.
• Accessioned material from nine Nebraska Department of Roads collections and cataloged more than twenty-six thousand objects.
• Continued laboratory analysis of materials from Engineer Cantonment (1819­20) in Washington County, the Eagle Ridge site, an early eighteenth century Native American village in Sarpy County, and a seventeenth century Pawnee village in Saunders County.
• Processed fifteen loans for various student and professional researchers from within and outside of Nebraska.
• Presented lectures to thirteen public or school groups.
• Fielded more than one hundred inquiries from the public regarding various aspects of Nebraska archeology.
• Edited the journal Central Plains Archeology.
• Nearly one hundred volunteers donated about eighteen hundred hours of field work, data entry, and laboratory processing of artifacts.
• Presented two Brown Bag lectures.
• Evaluated 154 Nebraska Department of Roads projects for potential impact to National-Register-of-Historic-Places-eligible sites. More than 100 archeological sites and architectural properties were recorded and evaluated.
• Recorded ninety-four previously unknown archeological sites identified by archeologists from the Society and other agencies. Sites include both Euro-American and Native American properties.
• Coordinated book reviews for the journal Plains Anthropologist.
• Provided archeological fieldwork experience to groups of students from Omaha-area elementary and high schools and the Durham Western Heritage Museum.
• Participated in twenty-six investigations at the State Patrol crime lab and other law enforcement agencies.
• Taught the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Archeological Field School.
• Conducted more than fifty site file/literature searches for outside researchers.
• Participated in a multitribal consultation with the Kansas City Corps of Engineers.
• Completed report on a 5,500-acre sample survey in the Omaha area. This project is a joint Archeology Division/ Historic Preservation Division undertaking.
• Continued excavations at Engineer Cantonment, the 1819­20 winter camp of the Stephen Long Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains.
• Completed surface collection and test excavations at Ft. Mitchell near Gering, a prehistoric stone quarry near Ashland, and a prehistoric habitation near Naponee.
• Sponsored four professional internships for graduate students in archeology and museum studies.
• Coordinated ground penetrating radar surveys at the Borders Pioneer Cemetery near Louisville and near Ft Atkinson.
• Completed accession-level database for all recorded archeological sites.
• Purchased a Flote-Tech machine to improve processing of soil samples.
• Was awarded T-21 grant (Nebraska Department of Roads) of fifty thousand dollars for the study and interpretation of materials from Engineer Cantonment.
• Received $218,000 from the Bureau of Reclamation for cataloging large collections from past Bureau archeology projects.
• Renewed cooperative agreement with the Nebraska Department of Roads.
• Hired six technicians for Bureau of Reclamation and Engineer Cantonment projects.
  

Conservation Division

"The Conservation Division conserves and preserves the cultural, historical, and educational collections of Nebraska and the region."

Services provided by the Gerald R. Ford Conservation Center in Omaha include consultation, assessment of collection condition, assessment of conservation needs, educational and training opportunities, and the specialized conservation treatment of collection materials.

Highlights

• Accepted more than 129 new projects for conservation treatment, including Faberge egg pendants, a 1921 watercolor of the stadium at UN-L, a Masonic presentation sword, four chandeliers by French architect Hector Guimard, and three Lewis & Clark documents from the Oklahoma Historical Society to be displayed at Ft. Atkinson for the Lewis & Clark Bicentennial celebration.
• Completed conservation treatments of more than three hundred objects, including the Susan LaFlesche Picotte diary (National Library of Medicine), two large stained glass windows, works by artists Andrew Wyeth, Juan Miro, and Thomas Hart Benton, the chandelier from Whitehall mansion, two oversize cemetery plot maps, two hundred artifacts from the Midwest Archeological Center, and a pilot project to conserve thirty-two artifacts from the Steamboat Bertrand shipwreck.
• Completed conservation work for the "Nebraska Territory" and "Putting Nebraska on the Map" exhibits, including Brigadier General Thayer's sword and scabbard, former Governor R. W. Furnas's Civil War spurs, and the key to the Nebraska capital building in Omaha.
• Library Volunteer Nina Little cataloged and processed 351 items for the Kendra Lovette collection at the Ford Center Library.
• Completed conservation assessments for the Puppetry Arts Institute, Joslyn Art Museum, The Chatillion DeMenil Mansion, The Rienzi Museum of Fine Arts, The Museum of Nebraska Art, and Agate Fossil Beds National Monument.
• Completed collection surveys for the Eleanor and Edsel Ford House and Wind Cave National Park.
• Wrote successful grant application, with Museum Division colleagues, to the Institute of Museum and Library Services for $49,962 to document and rehouse the Museum of Nebraska History's important gun collection.
• Organized projects with Museum Division staff to improve storage conditions in the Museum of Nebraska History: vacuuming and covering furniture, vacuuming and backing 100 large paintings, and raising collections off the floor.
• Lab Technician Peterson Brink completed a project to collect data documenting the space and housing needs of the Museum of Nebraska History's collections.
• Consulted with members of the Archeology Division concerning safe excavation and conservation of Engineer Cantonment artifacts.
• Assisted in emergency response to flood at the K Street Public Records Facility and advised staff on future emergency preparedness and response actions.
• Gave two brown bag lectures: "The Save Outdoor Sculpture Program" and "The Conservation of the Forke Map Collection."
• Taught a three-credit graduate level course in preventive conservation for the final class of the Museum Studies Program of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
• Volunteer Librarian Nina Little continued work to catalog the Ford Center library's collection of conservation and preservation related titles.
• Continued work on a book on preventive conservation for Historic House Museums funded in part by a Kress Publication Fellowship from the American Institute for Conservation.
• Attended four conservation and preservation wrokshops and three conferences.
• Tara Kennedy qualified for Professional Associate membership in the American Institute for Conservation and became an approved assessor for The Institute of Museum and Library Services Conservation Assessment Program. Julie Reilly and Kristin Pluhacek completed their certificates in fundraising management from University of Nebraska at Omaha.
• Hosted pre-program interns Tijana Antonic from Mt. Holyoke College in Massachusetts, and Megan Hewitt from Creighton University in Omaha.
• Gave more than thirty special tours of the Conservation Center, the Ford Exhibit, and the Digital Imaging Lab, to more than one thousand guests, including Creighton University's Medical Ethics Department, the Nebraska Bankers Association, the Nebraska Library Association, Ft. Calhoun High School, HDR Architecture and Engineering staff, and Omaha Public Schools fourth grade teachers.
• Hosted an American Institute for Conservation workshop on pressure-sensitive tape removal for upper level conservators from all over the world
• Sponsored the traveling exhibit, "Preserving Memory: America's Monumental Legacy", created by Heritage Preservation as part of their "SOS: Save Outdoor Sculpture" program. The exhibit included brown bag lectures, tours, video screenings, and a reception co-hosted by the Omaha Mayor's Public Art Commission.
• Hosted events including Opera Omaha's Annual Program Dinner, Omaha Public Schools middle school and elementary teachers in-service training, Field Club Neighborhood Association activities, Lauritzen Gardens staff retreat, and numerous weddings and receptions.
• Installed a de-ionized water system in the Ford Center labs, replaced and upgraded all gutters damaged by an ice storm, and replaced and upgraded all exterior windows.
• Participated in more than forty private consultations and answered hundreds of public inquiries and letters to provide information on the care and preservation of collections.
• Completed the scanning of more than six hundred historic documents and photographs for the "Territorial Kansas On-Line" project, a joint effort by the University of Kansas and the Kansas State Historical Society.
• Digitized materials for fifteen other institutions and private clients from Nebraska and the surrounding states.
• Scanned a set of original glass plate negatives on loan to NSHS for use in the traveling exhibit, "Recovered Views: African American Portraits 1912­1925."
• Created digital surrogates of selected objects from NSHS collections, including the diary of Susan LaFlesche Picotte and twenty-nine maps from the Forke collection.
• Continued work on the NSHS Aero Services collection, completing nearly one thousand high resolution scans of the glass plate negatives as part of a project funded by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
  

HISTORICAL SOCIETY VOLUNTEERS

Highlights

• Contributed a total of 9,423 hours to the Nebraska State Historical Society.
• Continued to participate in bimonthly volunteer programming.
• Enjoyed a volunteer appreciation at the Van Brunt Visitors Center/Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and a bus trip to sites in northern Kansas.

Jeanette Adams, museum store Pam Alan, archeology Vicki Alan, archeology Fred Alley, historic preservation board Vanessa Alexandre, museum store Margaret Allington, board of trustees Michelle Amick, archeology Dave Anderson, archeology Mel Antrim, museum store Andrea Arbuck, museum Scott Argabright, library/archives Eric Bachenberg, archeology Eva Bachman, library/archives Terri Baregi, museum store Wayne Barthel, archeology Janet J. Beauvais, historic preservation board Jennifer Becic, archeology Cathy Beecham, archeology Angela Bennett, archeology Philip Bennett, archeology Samuel Black, archeology Keith Blackledge, board of trustees Keith Blazer, historic preservation board Dr. Peter Bleed, board of trustees Becky Boswell, archeology Penny Bratland, Norris historic site Kay Buecker, Fort Robinson museum Leonard Buchholz, administration Letha Buchholz, administration Suzy Burda, archeology Kevin Burnison, archeology Pat Callies, museum store Jerry Carlson, archeology Nancy Carlson, archeology Susan Cassman, museum Bill Chada, historic preservation board Jack Chaffin, docent Molly Christiansen, museum Sonia Colberg, library/archives Pat Cole, museum Melissa Connor, historic preservation board Erica Corwin, library/archives Dennis Cotton, Norris historic site Taylor Croffey, archeology Al Cuellar, Norris historic site Marilyn Cuellar, Norris historic site Tom Curran, docent Peggy Dahlman, museum Shirley Davidson, archeology Catherine David, museum store Lauren Davis, museum store Nathan Davis, archeology James Denney, board of trustees Gloria Dittman, museum Duane Dorman, library/archives Walt Duda, historic preservation board Fae Dunn, Neligh Mill Brad Dwiggins, archeology Laurie Einspahr, archeology Jim Ferragauti, archeology Phyllis Fischer, docent Gavin Flint, archeology Ken Flint, archeology Judy Frederick, museum store Christopher Frobel, library/archives Kevin Fury, archeology Sean Fury,archeology Kathy Galvin, archeology Melanie Gibson, research and publications Vince Goeres, library/archives Edus Goldenstein, Kennard house Tom Goldenstein, archeology Lori Gottula, museum store Colleen Grant, Norris historic site Gerald Grauer, Kennard house Shirley Grauer, Kennard house Jack Greenwell, archeology Zack Greenwell, archeology Jim Griess, archeology Helen Griffin, museum store

Emily Griffing, library/archives Perry Gydesen, archeology Sharon Gydesen, archeology George Haecker, historic preservation board Veldron Hall, Norris historic site Joyce Hannawald, library/archives Nancy Haney, historic preservation board Christine Hanson, archeology Evelyn Hastings, docent Joyce Hawthorne, archeology W. Scott Hawthorne, archeology Bob Heller, archeology Gladi Helm, docent Joyce Hillman-Kortum, board of trustees Jamison Hofer, archeology Vicki Hoffman, museum store Tracey Hofman, museum, library/archives Don Hogg, Kennard house Gwendolyn Holley, museum Glen Houtz, docent Don Humphrey, docent Cathy Hutchinson, archeology Stan Hutchinson, archeology Claire Jennings, archeology Wendy Johnson, library/archives Chuck Jones, museum, library/archives Eric Kaldahl, archeology Linda Kane, archeology Calvin Kastens, archeology Jim Kendrick, docent Patrick Kennedy, board of trustees Heather Kline, archeology Carrie Knight, archeology Shanna Koenig, Neligh Mill Karen Koka, library/archives Jason Kress, board of trustees Marilee Kyster, museum store Bob Lamb, library/archives Charles Lang, archeology Pat Larson, Norris historic site Mary Lienemann, docent Nina Little, Ford conservation center Gregg Lloyd, museum Bobbi Long, museum store Joan Maguire, museum store Monica Mahoney, archeology Justin Manly, administration Charlotte Manton, docent Thad Maples, museum Ann Marsh, board of trustees Dr. Martin Massengale, board of trustees Bonnie Mayer, archeology Russ Mayer, archeology McCook Work Ethic Camp, Norris historic site Arlo McKee, archeology Jim McKee, historic preservation board Pat McLaughlin, archeology Regina Medina, archeology Gabrielle Mefferd, archeology Sherry Melecki, museum store Alex Meyer, archeology John Meyer, archeology Linda Meyers, museum store Jed Miller, Neligh Mill Katie Miller, Neligh Mill Laurel Miller, Neligh Mill Mary Miller, library/archives Polly Mohatt, archeology Cynthia Monroe, library/archives Carole Montgomery, docent Andrew Moore, archeology Beth Moore, archeology Marge Moore, museum store Dorothy Munson, museum store Christy Myers, archeology Mark Nelson, museum store, archeology Evelyn Neve, museum store Diane Nielsen, archeology Ruth Nielsen, archeology Dee Dee Nichols, archeology

Inna Novikiva,a rcheology Tom O'Brien, museum store Linda Oehlerking, docent Rich Oehlerking, docent Nancy Ofe, Neligh Mill Becky Otto, archeology Carol Patterson, archeology Craig Payne, Neligh Mill Bob Pettit, museum Pat Philips, board of trustees Kathy Plessman, docent Jim Potter, archeology Diane Pratt, archeology Vicki Pratt, archeology Jack Preston, board of trustees Bonnie Quinn, library/archives Richard Quinn, library/archives Mary Rabenberg, library/archives Dr. Samuel Rankin, board of trustees Amanda Ray, museum Tyler Renner, archeology Catherine Renschler, historic preservation board, archeology Marge Rider, library/archives Elizabeth Rieke, archeology Loretta Rieke, archeology Reuben Rieke, archeology Carole Riese, museum store Tammy Russell, library/archives Jackie Sabatka, docent Hink Sahs, Kennard house Dan Safarik, archeology Bob Sanders, archeology Ivan Schmid, Norris historic site Katie Schmitz, museum store Lea Ann Schnack, archeology Lea Rae Schneider, archeology Judy Schrader, library/archives T.J. Secret, board of trustees Gladys Shafer, Kennard house Gerald Sherard, library/archives Kathleen Shurtliff, library/archives Rogene Silletto, museum store Marianne Simmons, historic preservation board Marian Slaughter, museum store Betty Spahn, museum store Matt Stebbing, archeology Nanci Stephenson, archeology Penny Stovall, docent Sandra Strickland, library/archives Don Swing, docent Jerry Tharp, docent JoAnne Thiele, museum store Gene Thompson, archeology Dian Trail, Norris historic site Charles Trimble, board of trustees Dori Umphreys, museum store Shirley Voigt, archeology Elizabeth Volkmer, library/archives Ernestine Von Bargen, museum store Ben Vrana, archeology Anna Walter, library/archives Aaron Waszgis, archeology Michelle Waszgis, archeology Laird Watkins, library/archives Jenny Weisser, archeology Lisa Westerholt, library/archives Michael White, library/archives Jerry Whitney, library/archives Bev Wilhelm, board of trustees Sue Williams, library/archives Kent Wilson, archeology Nancy Wilson, archeology Nancy Wood, museum store Charlotte Wright, archeology Mary Wynegar, archeology Dick Young, library/archives Evelyn Young, library/archives Larry Zeckser, archeology

 

Nebraska State Historical Society Financial Report
Fiscal Year Operations 2003-04
(Based on preliminary year-end information. Excludes fiscal year accruals.)

Revenues                         %     Dollar Amounts

State Appropriations          66.47        $3,777,293
NSHS Foundation Support        2.90           165,107*
Earned Income                 18.50         1,051,594
Federal Grants/Contracts      11.43           649,539
Donations/Grants/Spec. Events   .70            39,542

Total Revenues                             $5,683,075


Expenditures                     %     Dollar Amounts

Administrative Services       22.92        $1,302,616
Museum/Historic Sites         20.72         1,177,378
Library/Archives              14.31           813,149
Archeology                    12.82           728,515
Historic Preservation         11.61           660,070
Conservation                  10.37           589,111
Research & Publications        7.25           412,236

Total Expenditures                         $5,683,075

*In addition to the figure above the Nebraska State Historical Society Foundation provided direct support in the amount of $165,284.

Respectfully submitted,

Tony A. Schmitz
Deputy Director for Operations

Nebraska State Historical Society Foundation

"The Nebraska State Historical Foundation works to provide private funding to support the increased understanding and appreciation of Nebraska history."

The Foundation congratulates the Nebraska State Historical Society on its 125th anniversary. We recognize the foresight of those who founded the Society and applaud all who have served the Society as members, staff, and trustees.

It is with considerable pride that we note that the Foundation has served the Society for more than sixty-two years. The many donors who have given so generously over the years have honored and protected the histories we all share by helping to ensure their future.

The Foundation also serves those donors by assuring them that their gifts are invested prudently and expended wisely, and always with an eye and heart attuned to what the donor wanted to accomplish. It is both an art and science, and even more important, it is a trust that every Foundation trustee and member of the board of directors takes seriously and personally.

We invite and encourage you to join us in supporting the Society by giving through the Foundation.

Throughout this annual report you will read what the Society has accomplished in its 125th year. The Foundation wants to share with you a few examples of the accomplishments supported by gifts it has received. The range of interests, types of gifts, and the donors themselves are all varied. But what they have in common is an interest in our history and a belief in its importance.

Please join us by investing in a future that is informed by its history.

Allison D. Petersen, President
Nebraska State Historical Society Foundation

Stewards of Nebraska History

Perpetually recognizes individuals and organizations for generous gift leadership totaling $50,000 or more, including contributions of cash and property made during or after lifetime or a commitment for future support at this level.

The Ethel S. Abbott Charitable Foundation, Lincoln
Marjorie L. Barstow Estate, Lincoln, given in memory of Lt. Adrian DePutron
Walter D. and Ruby Behlen, Columbus
Grace G. Carmody, Trenton, given in memory of Arthur Carmody
Flavia Waters Champe Estate, Lincoln, given in memory of John L. Champe
Irving S. and Jeanette Moore Chapin, Lincoln
Helen E. Clough, Lincoln
Thomas Creigh, Jr., Hastings, given in memory of Dorothy Weyer Creigh
J. Paul Getty Trust, Los Angeles, CA
Dr. John P. and Corinne S. Gilligan, Nebraska City
Corinne S. Gilligan Foundation, Nebraska City
Annadora Foss Gregory, Crete
Fay S. Johnson Estate, Seward
Peter Kiewit Foundation, Omaha
Gladys Marie Lux, Lincoln, given in memory of Mary Hannah Hansen Lux and Clarence Burton Lux
Charles W. and Mary C. Martin, Omaha
Capitola E. Mechling, Lincoln
Charles E. and Diane H. Oldfather, Lincoln
Col. Barney and Vada Oldfield, Los Angeles, CA
Oregon Trail Community Foundation, Scottsbluff
James M. Paxson, Omaha
Olivia Pound Estate, Lincoln
Ruth Sheldon Estate, Lincoln
Constance Miriam Syford, Lincoln
Alice A. Thorngate Estate, Madison, WI
Luceil Vogt Trust, Sun City, AZ
Harold Warp, Chicago, IL
Evelyn Lageschulte Weese and
Frances Lageschulte, Lincoln
Geneva Wheeler Estate, Lincoln
Nevada Wheeler Estate, Lincoln
Woods Charitable Fund, Lincoln
Ronald D. Yost Estate, Denver, CO

Guardians of Nebraska History

Perpetually recognizes individuals and organizations for generous gift leadership totaling $10,000 to $49,999, including contributions of cash and property made during or after lifetime or a commitment for future support at this level.

Alice V. Abel, Lincoln
Abel Foundation, Lincoln
Ahmanson Foundation, Beverly Hills, CA
Halcyon M. Allsman, Lincoln
Harold and Marian Andersen, Omaha
Helen Nance Anderson Estate, Lincoln
Alan and Marcia Baer Family Charitable Trust, Omaha
E. Louise and Russell D. Brehm, Lincoln
Cooper Foundation, Lincoln
Coopers and Lybrand L.L.P., Lincoln/Omaha
Senator Carl and Mildred Curtis, Lincoln
Dr. John B. Davis, Omaha
R. Joe Dennis Foundation, Bellevue
Margre H. and Charles W. Durham, Omaha
Fricke Logging, Crawford
Friedland Family Foundation, Omaha
David and Nancy Friedland, Omaha
Charles M. Godwin, Lincoln
Maurice S. and Dorothy G. Hevelone, Beatrice
Dr. James W. and Marjorie Hewitt, Lincoln
Gilbert M. and Martha H. Hitchcock Fnd, Omaha
Anna M. Huber, Blair
HunTel Systems, Inc., Blair
Junior League of Lincoln, Lincoln
Mildred Kotouc, Omaha
Lillian Lappe, Trenton
Frank R. Leu/Leu Foundation, Nashville, TN, given in memory of James Thomas Wray
Lincoln Community Foundation, Lincoln
Lozier Corporation, Omaha
Allan and Diane Lozier, Omaha
Mrs. Kathleen M. Lute, Ogallala, given in memory of Robert F. Lute II
National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Nebraska
Nebraska Press Advertising Service, Lincoln
Omaha Community Foundation, Omaha
Omaha World-Herald Foundation, Omaha
Richard Stolley Palmer, Tulsa, OK
Ronald K. and Judith M. Parks, Papillion, given in memory of Wayne Kemper Parks and Hazel Virginia Hill Parks
Kitty M. Perkins Foundation, Hastings
Gary L. and Allison D. Petersen, Walton
Tom J. Plummer, Jr., Ogallala and Kay C. (Plummer) Kimberly, Big Springs, given in memory of Ellen Ora (Whitney) Plummer
Quivey Bay State Foundation, Scottsbluff
Ross Rasmussen, Fremont
Joe R. and Beatrice "Mike" Seacrest, Lincoln
Joe W. and Ruth K. Seacrest Fund, Lincoln
Steinhart Foundation, Inc., Nebraska City
Swanson Biggs Adams Family Foundation, Lincoln
Alice A. Thorngate, Madison, WI
US West Foundation, Omaha
Cecile Gladys Warner and Vera F. Warner Estate, given in memory of George Washington Warner
John W. and Nancy Webster, Omaha, given in memory of William B. Webster
White Grain Company, Neligh
Amy L. Scott Foundation, Omaha
Amy L. Scott, Omaha
S. N. and Gloria Wolbach, Grand Island

Annual Gifts Received
July 1, 2003­June 30, 2004

Major Benefactor ($10,000 or more)

Ahmanson Foundation, Beverly Hills, CA Walter and Ruby Behlen, Columbus Anna M. Huber, Blair

Benefactor ($1,000­$9,999)

* Alice Abel, Lincoln Duane Acklie, Lincoln The Acklie Charitable Foundation, Lincoln John Angle and Catherine Sellers-Angle, Lincoln * David and Elizabeth Beynon, Lincoln Geraldine Brady, Seattle, WA Russell and *Louise Brehm, Lincoln * Edson and Sally Bridges, Omaha Bridges Family Charitable Foundation, Omaha Bridges Investment Counsel, Inc., Omaha * Grace Carmody, Trenton Rosemary Daly, Omaha Dillon Foundation, Lincoln * Donald Dillon, Lincoln Donlan Foundation, Lincoln Margaret Donlan Douglas Theatre Company HunTel Systems, Inc., Blair Richard Hunt and Janyce Falcon-Hunt, Herman * Marilyn Forke, Lincoln Harriet Fort, DeWitt

* Dr. James and Marjorie Hewitt, Lincoln Douglas and Mary Lienemann, Lincoln Lincoln Journal Star Printing Company, Lincoln * Dr. William and **Ann Marsh, Grand Island * J. Michael Moriarty, Omaha Donald Nyrop, Minneapolis, MN * David and Roxanne Oldfather, Kearney * Diane H. Oldfather, Lincoln Tom and *Cynthia Olson, Lisco * Ron and Judy Parks, Papillion Gary and *Allison Petersen, Walton James and Gail Potter, Chadron John and Linda Rehberg, Springfield * Amy L. Scott, Omaha Amy L. Scott Foundation, Omaha Union Bank, Lincoln * John and Nancy Webster, Omaha Webster Family Foundation, Omaha Wells Fargo, Lincoln * S. N. and Gloria Wolbach, Grand Island

Patron ($500­$999)

A to Z Printing, Lincoln William and Catherine Beecham, Lincoln Jacqueline Bryant, Paso Robles, CA Cline, Williams, Wright, Johnson & Oldfather, Lincoln * John and Barbara Doyle, Lincoln Frosty's Speciality Advertising, Lincoln * C. John Guenzel, Lincoln  * Steven and Judy Guenzel, Lincoln

Ron and Mary Ann Pumphrey, San Jose, CA Michael and *Janice Nelson, Kimball * James and Ginger Nissen, Lincoln Dr. Stanley F. Norsworthy, Fresno, CA William and Harriet Otis, Omaha William and Linda Pratt, Omaha John and *Julie Schroeder, Waterloo

Sustainer ($250­$499)

All Needs Computer and Printing, Lincoln John and **Margaret Allington, Lincoln BC's Pub, Lincoln * Wallace Becker, Lincoln * Harley and Marcia Bergmeyer, Wilber * Andrew Strotman and Jane Burke, Lincoln * Jack and Sally Campbell, Lincoln Bruce Christensen, Lincoln * A. Eugene and Linda Crump, Lincoln Davis Design Partnership, Lincoln Duncan Aviation, Lincoln William Fowles and *Kathleen Cronin-Fowles, Grand Island Dr. William and *Diane Hamsa, Omaha ** Jack Preston and Nancy Haney, Lyman Marv and Cathy Hefti, Scottsbluff Mary Hessler, Lincoln Alfred Kortum and **Joyce Hillman-Kortum, Gering Alfred and Marcelle Holck, San Rafael, CA Roman and Mary Ann Behlen-Hruska, Walnut Creek, CA Rev. Andrew MacAoidh Jergens, Cincinnati, OH J. E. Jorgensen, Lincoln * Dr. F. William and Beverley Karrer, Omaha

Robert and Myrna Krohn, Omaha  Bruce Lauritzen and *Kimball Bowles Lauritzen, Omaha Lee Booksellers, Lincoln * David and Kaki Ley, Wayne Dr. James J. Maly, Walton * **Dr. Martin and Ruth Massengale, Lincoln Jim McKee, Lincoln * George and Marilyn Moyer, Madison Hick and Donna Moyer, Wood River Dr. and Mrs. Willis P. Mundt, Green Valley, AZ Olsson Family Foundation, Lincoln * Dr. Neal and Izen Ratzlaff, Omaha Chuck and Kathleen Schroeder, Oklahoma City, OK Don and *Joanne Shephard, Valentine David and Peggy Sokol, Omaha Jack and Jackie Spahn, Lincoln State of Nebraska Arts Council, Lincoln Walter and Germaine Switzer, Lincoln The Clark Enersen Partners, Lincoln UNICO Group, Inc., Lincoln William and Sandy Wickersham, Lincoln

Donor ($100-$249)

* Frederick Backer, Waterloo Bahr Vermeer & Haecker Architects, Lincoln * Bernard and Kathleen Baker, Trenton * Ellen Baldwin, Lincoln The Honorable William E. Barrett, Lexington * Jean Bell, Omaha Carrie Bence, Lincoln Robert and Joanne Berkshire, Omaha Keith and Mary Ann Blackledge, North Platte ** Dr. Peter Bleed and Ann Bleed, Lincoln Louis Blumengarten, Brooklyn, NY Mike and René Botts, Lincoln Dale and Christina Broekemeier, Omaha * Eric and Ruth Brown, Lexington Charles Bukin, Richardson, TX Burden Sales Co., Lincoln * Charles and Marita Burmeister, Lincoln Bryce Carlson and Lorie Callaway, Lincoln * Jon A. Camp, Lincoln Haymarket Square, Lincoln Mike and Therese Campbell, Lincoln Alva Clark, Omaha Robert Clark, Eugene, OR Carl and Shirley Clopeck, Lincoln Bill and *Virginia Coffee, Harrison James and Laura Commers, Omaha Edith Cunningham, Belford, NJ Donald Darwin and Gretchen Flynn, Norco, CA Dr. John and Nene Davis, Omaha ** James Denney, Omaha Gerald and *Kit Dimon, Lincoln Alice M. Dittman, Lincoln Double Eagle Beverages, Lincoln Doug and Denise Emery, Lincoln Wendell and *Sarah Fairbanks, Hastings Helen Ferguson, Lincoln First National Bank, Valentine First Nebraska Trust Company, Lincoln Phil and Vicki Fisher, Hastings Chet and Jane Fliesbach, Scottsbluff Tim Francis, Lincoln Ronald V. Freeman, Lincoln Friendship Force Club of Lincoln, Lincoln James Fruehling, Holmesville John Harroun and Sara Fullerton, Lincoln Carol Gendler, Omaha John and Diane Gobeil, Springfield, PA * Dr. Charles M. Godwin, Lincoln Vincent and Mary Goeres, Lincoln David and Hanna Gradwohl, Ames, IA Burket Graf, Lincoln * Martha Greer, Lincoln Jo Ann Hajek, Colorado Springs, CO Robert Haller and Marcella Noe-Shortt, Lincoln * Dr. Richard and Elaine Hammer, Lincoln * Joe and Marjorie Hampton, Lincoln * Tom and Linda Hansen, North Platte Dr. Richard S. Hay, Lincoln Lyn and Jennifer Heaton, Waverly Jane Renner Hood, Lincoln John Hoppe and Claire Rubendall Hoppe, Lincoln * Andrew and Ellan Hove, Jr., Lincoln Norman and Barbara How, Omaha David and Pamela Iaquinta, Lincoln Eames and Midge Irvin, Lincoln Kile and Virginia Johnson, Lincoln KRVN AM/FM, Lexington William and Virginia Kiburz, Lincoln Kingery, Inc., Lincoln Kissel Erickson, Sederstrom & Associates, Lincoln Art Knox and *Earlene Luff Knox, Lincoln Harry and *Gail Koch, Omaha Mildred Kotouc, Omaha * The Honorable Norman and Helene Krivosha, Lincoln John and *Sydney Kruse, Walthill Jim and Diane Landen, Omaha Dr. Earl K. Larson, Kearney George Lewis, Austin, TX * Dr. Frederick and Norma Luebke, Lincoln Margaret Lutton, Ashland J. Allan and Ann MacTier, Omaha Jack and *Carol Maddux, Wauneta

Mammel Family Foundation, Omaha Larry and Danell Martin, Lincoln City, OR M. L. Martin, North Platte Patricia Marvin, Lincoln * John and Megan Massey, Scottsbluff McCook National Bank, McCook Michael McCurdy, Lincoln Thomas McGowan, Omaha Duncan and Janice McGregor, Gibbon * Anthony and Carmen Messineo, Lincoln George and Rosemary Miller, Plattsmouth Ted and Carole Miller, Buena Park, CA Robert and Rose Ann Moran, Alliance David and Beckee Moreland, Lincoln Morton Middle School, Omaha Robert and Mary Nefsky, Lincoln Larry and Karen Nelsen, Omaha * Conrad and Lucy Nelson, Lincoln Paula Nelson, Platteville, WI James and *Elaine Norton, Ericson John and Nila Novotny, Columbus Jarret and Sharon Oeltjen, Tallahassee, FL Casper Offutt and Marilyn Offutt-Sullivan, Omaha Donald Olsen, Norfolk Jim and Beth Otto, Lincoln Paul and Vicki Peters, Casper, WY Christian M. Petersen, Lincoln Robert and Joan Peterson, Lincoln Robert Pettit, Lincoln Gary and Jean Pokorny, El Cerrito, CA Beulah Potter, Hastings * Thomas and Harriet Potter, Lincoln Vincent Powers, Lincoln F. Richard and Betty Quible, Blacksburg, VA * Ross and Alice Rasmussen, Fremont Robert and Eileen Raun, Minden * Dr. James and Ann Rawley, Lincoln Russell and Brenda Reckewey, Lincoln Jack Ringwalt, San Francisco, CA Carl and *Jane Rohman, Lincoln Bill and Judy Roper, Lincoln Lynn Roper, Lincoln Barbara Rounsborg, North Platte * Stephen and Helen Sawtell, Omaha Wayne and Darlene Schild, Austin, TX * Gerald and Louise Schleich, Lincoln David and Sandra Scholz, Salida, CO Tom Davies and *Beatrice Seacrest, Lincoln Dorothy Shapiro, Lincoln * E. H. and Marie Shoemaker, North Platte Frank and *Ann Sidles, Lincoln Gary and Margaret Sindelar, West Des Moines, IA Morris and Shirley Skinner, Ainsworth William & Theda Skocpol, Cambridge, MA Leonard and Dolores Skov, Kearney Tracy Smith, Lincoln Ruth Sorensen, Lincoln Mike and Helen Stauffer, Kearney Don W. Stewart Family Fund, Inc., Lincoln Doug and Sara Stock, Lincoln Drs. Gregory and Margaret Sutton, Lincoln Roberta E. Sward, Lincoln Justyn and Kazuo Tada, Lincoln ** Charles and Ann Trimble, Omaha Ada L. Turner, Grand Terrace, CA F. M. and Amy Tuttle, Lincoln Richard and Karen Vierk, Lincoln Richard and Cynthia Vogt, Elmwood * Rodney and Vicki Walker, Omaha * Rick Wallace, Lincoln Julie Walstrom, Lincoln A. J. and Patricia Ward, Omaha Vernon Ward, Omaha * Dr. James Weesner, Lincoln Robert Wenke, Long Beach, CA Ross and Judy Wilcox, Lincoln Wolf Foundation, Albion * Charles and Suzanne Wright, Lincoln John and June Yost, Hastings Dorothy Young, Lincoln

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Individuals Honored through Gifts

When a gift is made in someone's honor, the honored individual is notified and the funds are administered as specified by the contributor. Unrestricted gifts are used wherever the need is the greatest.

Reverend K. Roy and Mrs. Mildred Bailey, Lincoln, given by Nye Bond
Marjorie Fishko
Mary Gottsch
Donald O. McCarthy, given by Karen L. Eger
James L. McKee, Lincoln, given by Kingery, Inc., General Contractors
Pauline Petersen, given by Estate of Anna M. Huber
Rodney Walker, Omaha, given by Dale and Christina Broekemeier, given by Mary Gay Gordon

Individuals Memorialized through Gifts

When a gift is made in someone's memory, the next of kin of the deceased is notified, and the funds are administered as specified by the contributor. Unrestricted gifts are used wherever the need is greatest.

Robert D. Anderson, given by Patricia V. Anderson, James H. Evarts, and Kathleen R. Ferguson
Fritz Eggli, given by Wayne and Darlene Schild
Hazel Claire Eggli, given by Wayne and Darlene Schild
Marian Mae Galusha, given by M. Galusha Revocable Trust
Caroline Ritchey Kivett, given by David Gradwohl, Ames, IA; Robert Pettit, Lincoln; Sharon and Mike Hammond, Lincoln; Mrs. W. W. Bartels, Lincoln; Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Hurd, Lincoln; Audrey Newton, Lincoln; John and Lila Sanders, Lincoln; Dr. Peter and Ann Bleed, Lincoln; Thomas Witty, Topeka, KS
Otto Kotouc, given by Mildred L. Kotouc
Delores Theobald Mohler, given by Iryl Velte, Omaha; Isabel Rubin, Omaha; Virginia Lakin, Bellevue; Alan Ruff, Elkhorn; Phyllis Phillips, Omaha; Robert and Barbara Blair, Omaha; Shirley Shainholtz, Omaha
Irma (Schild) Podliska, given by Wayne and Darlene Schild
Lillian Rutledge, given by James K. Fruehling

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