About Nebraska U
From the Archives of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Nebraska U is a collaborative effort to explore the history of Nebraska's land-grant University. This site represents exhibits created by students through their classroom experience, internships, or from grant opportunities. The University of Nebraska story provides exciting opportunities to develop collaborative exhibits, to experience rich learning opportunities, and to share our history.
History Resources
- Archives & Special Collections Photographs
- Search the Cornhusker Yearbooks online
- Search UNL's student newspaper, The Daily Nebraskan, along with other Nebraska newspapers that report on the history of the university.
Featured Item
Letter, Edith Burgess to Acting Chancellor State Univeristy

University student Edith Burgess wrote to acting chancellor William G. Hastings noting that she takes classes with G.W. A. Luckey and he has never…
Featured Exhibit
An Endowment for Education: Nebraska & the Morrill Act 1862-1890

The federal government, under the auspice of the Morrill Act, endowed the state of Nebraska with 90,000 acres of land...