Archives & Special Collections

Archives & Special Collections

Archives & Special Collections acquires and preserves unique, rare, and specialized materials. The collections are available for the university community and general public to use in Criss Library and online.

  • Cover of Proof by Denise Brady

    Denise Brady: Books, Broadsides, and Poetry exhibit opens with reception on January 11, 2019. Learn more

  • Under a row of U.S. flags, an military officer, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel and President Barack Obama at a ceremony in Washington, D.C., on September 11, 2014.

    A new exhibit, Civics in Practice: Illustrations from the Hagel Archives, opens January 11, 2019. Learn more

  • The new University of Nebraska at Omaha sign on Arts and Sciences Hall is revealed at the merger ceremony.

    Nebraska libraries' partnership highlights 50th anniversary of merger that created the University of Nebraska system. Learn more

  • People looking at archival material

    LGBTQ+ Voices Oral History Project Awarded Grant Learn more

  • Omaha Music Collection victrola and keyboard graphic

    The Omaha Music Collection is a new local history documentation initiative from UNO Libraries' Archives and Special Collections. Learn more

Whether working on a paper for a class, producing a film, researching a local history project, writing a book, or undertaking another creative project, UNO Libraries' Archives & Special Collections has the historical materials and expertise required.

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Collecting Areas

University Archives

U.S. Senator Chuck Hagel Archives

Special Collections and Rare Books

Queer Omaha Archives

Arthur Paul Afghanistan Collection

Digital Collections