As part of the NLHA’s Lunch at the Library series, Dr. Eileen Wirth will speak on her newest book, The Women Who Built Omaha, at the Bennet Martin Public Library on February 1 at 12:10pm. The Lunch at the Library … Continue reading Upcoming Event: Eileen Wirth at the Bennet Martin Public Library
UNP is proud to celebrate Women’s History Month with a sale and a reading list on Nebraska Women and their place in the state’s history. Save 50% off a selection of books during Women’s History Month! Enter the code 6WHM22 in the promotion code field of your shopping cart and click “Add Promotion Code.” Offer expires March 31, 2022 and is good on U.S. and Canadian shipments only. Beth Boosalis Davis’ Mayor Helen Boosalis As a 1950s housewife and League of Women Voters volunteer who spearheaded the city of Lincoln’s switch to a “strong mayor” form of government, Helen Boosalis … Continue reading Nebraska Women: Women’s History Month Reading List
Fred Luebke, founding director of the Center for Great Plain Studies at UNL and founding editor of Great Plains Quarterly, passed away on November 27, 2021 at the age of 94. After earning his degree in 1968, he became a … Continue reading Remembering Fred Luebke
Ronald C. Naugle, professor and author, passed away on October 26, 2021 at the age of 79. He was the Huge-Kinne professor of history for 19 years at Wesleyan University, their department chair from 1980-2001, their graduate program chairman from … Continue reading Remembering Ronald Naugle
Congratulations to two UNP authors who were recognized for their work! Never Caught Twice: Horse Stealing in Western Nebraska, 1850-1890 (Nebraska, 2020) by Matthew S. Luckett was the winner of the Nonfiction Nebraska History category. My Omaha Obsession: Searching for the … Continue reading 2021 Nebraska Book Award Winners
Miss Cassette is the writer, researcher, and amateur gumshoe of the website myomahaobsession.com, which she has converted into her new book, My Omaha Obsession: Searching for the City (Bison Books, 2020). Her writing has appeared in Omaha Magazine. Down at Circo’s Bar … Continue reading From the Desk of Miss Cassette
Happy University Press Week! Help us celebrate university presses Nov. 9-15. Since 2012, members of the Association of University Presses have participated in an annual celebration of University Press Week. Following the example of the first University Press Week, proclaimed by US President … Continue reading University Press Week: Local Voices
Laurie Smith Camp, Nebraska’s senior judge for the United States District Court, passed away on September 23 at the age of 66. Before Smith Camp became the first woman to be appointed as U.S. district judge in Nebraska, she was … Continue reading Remembering Laurie Smith Camp
Jackson Adams and Anna Weir are publicists at UNP. Today they share their thoughts about a few upcoming titles they’re particularly excited about as readers. The books in this discussion will be published in January. Anna Weir: Such Splendid Prisons tells the story of five diplomatic representatives … Continue reading Publicist Picks: Diplomatic Detainment, Germ Warfare, and Other January Books
Marilyn Irvin Holt is an independent historian and writer. She is the author of several books, including Linoleum, Better Babies, and the Modern Farm Woman, 1890–1930 (Nebraska, 2006), The Orphan Trains: Placing Out in America (Nebraska, 1992), and her latest, Nebraska during the New Deal: The … Continue reading From the Desk of Marilyn Irvin Holt: Writers are People Too
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