Photograph albums

Scope and Contents The photo album is a green, hardbound album with flowers and a cameo decorating the front and velvet on the back cover. It has a decorative metal clasp. The album pages have slots for photographs. Some of the photographs are labeled using a labeler and others have penciled names on the album pages. Many of the photographs have been pasted into the album. The oldest photographs are tintypes of Enos and Gertrude when they are very young. A note taped inside the front of the album states: “This...

Scope and Contents This collection contains records for the Steinhauser and related families. Records include family Bible pages, funeral books, vital records, newspaper articles, genealogy, correspondence, probate records, wills, and photographs. The funeral books contain such items as obituaries, funeral programs, flower cards, condolences, and burial information. Originally, many of the photographs were in albums, but many of the photographs were removed, sorted by families, and labeled. Although some...

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This collection contains the genealogical research done by Stella Strickler Tharp. Stella focused on her maternal and paternal lines as well as her husband’s maternal and paternal lines. These surnames include Botts, Newson, Strickler, and Tharp. Each surname has family history and genealogy research in addition to photographs, ephemera, and vital record information. There is also biographical information complied by the donor as well as a photograph album for the Strickler family.

Scope and Contents This collection contains one hardbound album. The pages within the album have slots for photographs and all photographs are in black and white. A note in the front of the album states that “penciled notations are those of Aunt Lena-sister of Florence Evelyn formerly Leland.” A notation in the back of the book states that in 1950, Mary McCoy, nee Mary Laura Townsley, went through the album and tried to identify the various people and their relationship to her. Some notations in the album are...

Scope and Contents This collection contains some genealogical information related to the Rector and Collins family from Nebraska. Other items include personal items belonging to Wilma (Rector) Hanks such as her senior class book of photos. Some items relate to acquaintances living in and around Norfolk, Nebraska as well as the Omaha, Nebraska area. One album is comprised of photographs and other items related to doctors and nurses at Lutheran Hospital in Norfolk, Nebraska, and Dr. Cowin’s Hospital in Marshall,...