The society has published a series of bulletins under the title A Guide to the Manuscript Division of the State Archives, Nebraska State Historical Society (1974-).
Resources (10)
Arthur L. and Harry O. Palmer
Papers, 1873–1961, ca. 5.5 ft. Harry O. Palmer (1886–1951) was a lawyer, army major, and judge advocate of the American Expeditionary Forces to Siberia and China, 1918–21. Includes correspondence and his diary for the phase of his career in Siberia. Unpublished finding aid. (NUCMC 76–465 superceded by 78–450)
Hattie (Plum) Williams (1878-1963)
Papers, 1884–1959, ca. 31 ft. Sociologist. Research notes on Russian-German immigration to the U.S., Williams' 1909 M.A. thesis on the German-Russian colony in Lincoln, and her Ph.D. thesis, "The Czar's Germans," 1915. Several unpublished finding aids (NUCMC 65–1509).
Henry J. Amen (1876-1975)
Collection, 1904–48, 8 items on 1 microfilm reel. Merchant, grocer, steamship ticket agent, insurance salesman, and informal banker for the German-American community in Lincoln. Includes account books with the names and travel itineraries of Russian-German immigrants to the U.S. and other relevant information. Unpublished descriptive inventory and list of folders (NUCMC 76–242).
John Milton Thayer (1820-1906)
Papers, 1886–92, ca. 5.5 ft. Governor of Nebraska. Among the papers are letters outlining a plan to send supplies to aid suffering Russians in the famine of 1891. Unpublished finding aid. 8 Karlis August Ulmanis (1877–1940?). Latvian president and an exile in the U.S. In this country he worked in agriculture at the University of Nebraska. Includes correspondence and memorials, 1934–65. Unpublished finding aid (NUCMC 76–424). (Part of the Miscellaneous Papers, 1825–1967)
Lincoln, Nebraska. First German Congregational Church.
Records, 1889–1919, 2 vols. on 1 microfilm reel. Organized in 1876, the church was composed of Russian-Germans who had migrated to Lincoln from the Volga region of Russia. The volumes are church registers. Several unpublished finding aids (NUCMC 76–3430).
Nebraska Breuder Konferenz
Records, 1887–1974, 7 vols. on 1 microfilm reel. The Konferenz, founded in 1887, is a prayerdiscussion group of Russian-Germans in Nebraska. Designed to provide fellowship, protection, and social stability, it is modeled after organizations the Volga Germans developed while still in Russia. Programs, executive committee minutes, and printed histories of the group. Unpublished finding aids (NUCMC 76–434).
Raymon O. Parker
Scrapbook of clippings from 1904–1907 (Lincoln newspapers) relating to the Russo-Japanese War, and national and international politics.
Sutton, Nebraska. Emmanuel Reformed Church.
Church registers, 1874–1946, 2 vols. on 1 microfilm reel. Congregation of Germans who emigrated from Russia in the late 1860s. They began to hold church services and established the German Reformed Church under the Reverend William Bonekeeper, son of a Reformed minister in Russia. Organized on 20 February 1877, the church later changed its name as above. Descriptive inventory, general description, and volume listing, all unpublished. (NUCMC 76–319)
Thomas Frederick Arthur Williams (1871-1969)
Papers, 1861–1964, 8 ft., ca. 3,000 items. Lawyer, husband of the preceding. Includes information on the migration of Germans in Russia and the U.S. (presumably gathered by his wife Hattie), 1913–14; research notes; and a census of the Russian-German population of Lincoln, 1914–15. Unpublished descriptive inventory, biographical notes, and folder list (NUCMC 69–411).
William F. Urbach (1888-1972)
Collection, 1876–1900, 20 items. Materials about Russian-German immigrants to the United States: histories of the Urbach and Gabel families, 2 passports, some parish documents, and copies of passenger lists of the steamships Frisia and Nurnberg. Unpublished descriptive inventory and other finding aids. (NUCMC 76–424)
