Charter Day, University Records
Title: Charter Day,
University Records
Creator: University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Dates: 1881-1955
Quantity: 1 box (0.5 linear feet)
Collection Number: RG 00-14-00
Language: English
Restrictions: None
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Preferred Citation: Charter Day, University Records (RG 00-14-00). Archives & Special
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Alternative Format: None
Biography:
Charter Day celebrated the very beginnings of the University of Nebraska. On February
15, 1869, Nebraska Governor David C. Butler signed that a charter for the
university. According to one of the earliest student newspapers, The Hesperian, the first Charter Day celebration took
place in 1877. Activities to commemorate the day included speeches, recitals, or
music programs by faculty and students.
Scope and Content:
The records consist of programs and other materials related to University of Nebraska
Charter Day Exercises. The invitations often include information on the speaker
planned for the events along with their location on campus. These were Grant
Memorial Hall, the Armory, or occasionally, a location in downtown Lincoln, such as
the Lansing Opera House. Beginning in the 1940s articles clipped from the Nebraska Alumnus magazine about Charter Day are included
with invitations, programs, and addresses.
Subjects:
Charter Day (University of Nebraska)
University of Nebraska (Lincoln campus)
Container List:
Box 1. Folder 1. Typescript, "History of Charter
Day," undated
Box 1. Folder 2. Address, Samuel Aughey, "The Ideas and the
Men...," 1881, Feb. 15
Box 1. Folder 3. Broadside poster, 1882, Feb. 15
Box 1. Folder 4. Program, 1883, Feb. 15
Box 1. Folder 5. Poem, A. Hjalmr Edgren, "Charter Day
Poem," 1886
Box 1. Folder 6. Invitation, 1887
Box 1. Folder 7. Address, T. C. Chamberlin, "The Coming of
Age of State Universities," 1890
Box 1. Folder 8. Invitation, 1891
Box 1. Folder 9. Invitation, program, 1892
Box 1. Folder 10. Invitation, 1893
Box 1. Folder 11. Invitation, program, 1894
Box 1. Folder 12. Invitation, program, 1895
Box 1. Folder 13. Address, George E. MacLean, "A Decade of
Development in American State Universities," 1896
Box 1. Folder 14. Programs, 1897-1899
Box 1. Folder 15. Programs, 1900-1904
Box 1. Folder 16. Program, Harmon Bross, "Edmund B.
Fairfield," H.H. Wilson, "Ideals in the
New Higher Education," 1905
Box 1. Folder 17. Invitation, program, 1906
Box 1. Folder 18. Programs, 1907-1909
Box 1. Folder 19. Program, address, Victor Rosewater, "The
Combat with Ignorance," 1910
Box 1. Folder 20. Program, 1911
Box 1. Folder 21. Program, 1912
Box 1. Folder 22. Program, 1913
Box 1. Folder 23. Program, 1914
Box 1. Folder 24. Program, 1915
Box 1. Folder 25. Program, address, G.E. Howard, "The
Challenge of the New Humanism," 1916
Box 1. Folder 26. Program, 1917
Box 1. Folder 27. Program, 1918
Box 1. Folder 28. Article, Nebraska Alumnus, "Charter Day
Program Goes Out Over KFAB," 1927
Box 1. Folder 29. Invitations, program, 1934
Box 1. Folder 30. Invitations, program, address, George W. Norris, "The Inheritance Tax," 1935
Box 1. Folder 31. Invitations, program, article, T.R. Johnston, "Leader in Education (E.C.
Elliot)," 1936
Box 1. Folder 32. Invitations, program, 1937
Box 1. Folder 33. Invitations, program, articles, scrapbook on Dorothy Canfield
Fisher, 1938
Box 1. Folder 34. Invitations, program, address, Edith Abbott, "Frontiers of Social Progress," 1939
Box 1. Folder 35. Invitations, programs, articles address, Herbert Brownell, "Alumni Assistance to the
University," 1940
Box 1. Folder 36. Programs, 1941
Box 1. Folder 37. Articles, address, Robert G. Simmons, "Why
Is There No Place Like Nebraska?" 1942
Box 1. Folder 38. Program, address, John L. Bouchal, "Beyond
our Borders," 1943
Box 1. Folder 39. Articles, "University News
Digest," 1944
Box 1. Folder 40. Article, "University News
Brief," 1945
Box 1. Folder 41. Reservation card, 1948
Box 1. Folder 42. Memo, address, Gene Robb, "Meeting
Competition at the University," 1949
Box 1. Folder 43. Photos, black and white prints, charter
Box 1. Folder 44. Newspaper clippings, 1896, 1929-1955
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