UNK Archives and Special Collections

UNK Archives and Special Collections Archives and Special Collections at the University of Nebraska Kearney. We collect and share items related to UNK history and central and western NE.

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Today's the day! Join us for behind-the-scenes tours of the Archives and a look at some of our favorites. Tours at 10am ...
10/01/2026

Today's the day! Join us for behind-the-scenes tours of the Archives and a look at some of our favorites. Tours at 10am and 6pm today (Oct. 1) and on Oct. 4 at 2pm. Meet us on the 2nd floor of the UNK Calvin T. Ryan Library. You're welcome to just show up but you can also sign up via the link on our events page. Here's the 10am tour link - https://www.facebook.com/events/28106386805723141 The sign-up link is the same no matter what time you choose.

Happy Homecoming week, Lopers! Hope your Monday goes as smoothly as this banana boat sails.Parade float from 1957. It's ...
09/28/2026

Happy Homecoming week, Lopers! Hope your Monday goes as smoothly as this banana boat sails.

Parade float from 1957. It's from the Donald Briggs Collection; you can see Briggs' editorial decisions with the "crop here" mark.
University of Nebraska at Kearney UNK Alumni Association

09/25/2026

Humanites Nebraska programs coming in October!

We're throwing all the way back to 1860 for this week's . Helen Clark was part of a group traveling to Colorado, follow...
09/24/2026

We're throwing all the way back to 1860 for this week's . Helen Clark was part of a group traveling to Colorado, following the Platte River. She kept a diary the whole way. As you can read, she was unimpressed by Kearney.

This excerpt is from Two Diaries: the diary & journal of Calvin perry Clark who journeyed by wagon train from Plano, Illinois, to Denver & vicinity over the Santa Fe Trail in the year 1859. Together with the diary of his sister, Helen E. Clark who made a similar journey by the Northern Route in 1860, published by the Denver Public Library.

09/21/2026

Congratulations to the newest members of the UNK Athletic Hall of Fame! 💙💛

They will be inducted on Oct. 2 at a banquet at UNK. More information on these outstanding Lopers can be found at lopers.com and tickets for the banquet can be purchased at:
🎟️ https://unkalumni.org/homecoming/

We love items with a strong perspective! A new addition to the collection, Notes from a New Afrikan P.O.W. Journal, feat...
09/15/2026

We love items with a strong perspective! A new addition to the collection, Notes from a New Afrikan P.O.W. Journal, features work by incarcerated people. This issue has an article written from a Nebraska prison. The author, identified as Shalimar B., writes on organizing and revolutionary violence. The annotations are also an interesting window on past owners.

Want to read the whole thing? Stop by the Archives on the second floor of the UNK Calvin T. Ryan Library or contact us for a digital copy.

This , we're showing off our copy of Willa Cather's Death Comes to the Archbishop. The cover features some lovely marbl...
09/07/2026

This , we're showing off our copy of Willa Cather's Death Comes to the Archbishop. The cover features some lovely marbling in browns and greens.

Our edition is one of 175 signed first editions on rag paper. Because rag paper isn't acidic like that used for newspapers and regular books, the book is likely to outlast every one of us.

Want to see this and our other Willa Cather books in person? Swing by UNK Archives & Special Collections on the 2nd floor of the UNK Calvin T. Ryan Library.

With the start of the new school year, we hope all our students are settling into their rooms, learning lots, and findin...
09/03/2026

With the start of the new school year, we hope all our students are settling into their rooms, learning lots, and finding time for fun, like these past students.

All images are from our More Old Photos and People, No Dates folders, so we don't have names or dates on these. We're guessing the gaming is from the 60s, with the others 1970s or 80s. Recognize someone? Let us know.
UNK Alumni Association

The Loper football team kicks off its season today at 6pm, playing Wayne State College. Check out a few of the football ...
08/27/2026

The Loper football team kicks off its season today at 6pm, playing Wayne State College. Check out a few of the football programs from past games against Wayne (1968, 1987, and 1989). We're partial to the 1960s style (though we also think it's fun to see the transition from Antelopes to Lopers). Let us know in the comments which one is your favorite and go Lopers!
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We're welcoming students to campus today, some for the first time and others returning. While a few things have changed ...
08/21/2026

We're welcoming students to campus today, some for the first time and others returning. While a few things have changed since 2011, when these shots were taken, students still have lots to do to get settled in the dorms.
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