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Mary L. Jones was elected first president of the organization. [1] Initial NLA conferences were held at the same time as the Nebraska State Teachers' Association or the Nebraska Federation of Women. [2] [3] [4] NLA is a state chapter of the American Library Association (ALA). From 1932 through 1954 there was also a Lincoln Library Association ...
Location of Lancaster County in Nebraska. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Lancaster County, Nebraska. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Lancaster County, Nebraska, United States. The locations of National Register ...
Carnegie was a library patron, establishing over 2,000 libraries worldwide, and agreed to fund the construction of a library building for the city if the public would raise funds to purchase the site. The people of Lincoln, from schoolchildren to socialites, raised $10,000 to purchase property at 14th and N streets.
Lancaster County is a county located in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 322,608, [1] making it the second-most populous county in Nebraska. Its county seat is Lincoln, [2] the state capital. The county was created in 1859. Lancaster County is part of the Lincoln, NE Metropolitan Statistical Area.
January 10, 1990 (Marshall St. between Fir and Elm Sts. Arthur: Spartan wood-frame county courthouse (1914) and jail (1915), the first government buildings erected in the newly formed Arthur County.
Omaha Public Library (several unknown locations until 1894) First official Omaha Public Library created with books from the disbanded Second Library Association Omaha Public Library 1823 Harney Street, Downtown Omaha W. Dale Clark Library (current) This was the first permanent Omaha Public Library location, and was referred to as "Old Main."
First built Use Notes Log Cabin (Bellevue, Nebraska) Bellevue, Nebraska: ca. 1835 Residence Fur trapper's log cabin; Likely oldest building in the state Florence Mill: Omaha, Nebraska: ca. 1846 Commercial Oldest mill in the state; construction overseen by Brigham Young: Willow Creek Pony Express Station: Cozad, Nebraska: ca. 1849 Commercial
The Ashland Public Library is a historic building in Ashland, Nebraska. It was built by W.R. Shankland as a Carnegie library in 1911. [ 2 ] Besides the $5,500 donation from Andrew Carnegie , its construction had much to do with the Wiggenhorn family: the land was donated by Mr and Mrs Wiggenhorn Jr., and the roof was donated by H. A. Wiggenhorn ...