Page from the Historic Kearney website, presented by the UNK History Department, providing information on LB 160, an early attempt to move Kearney State College into the University of Nebraska System.
A group of OU students gathered in a parking lot, all carrying "Vote YES: Merger OU-NU" signs. The students' backs are to the camera, and their faces are not visible.
Original caption: "Omaha University and Nebraska University Merger Program" Looking across audience up to the individual speaking at the podium in front of the University of Nebraska at Omaha building.
Original caption: "Omaha University and Nebraska University Merger Program" Camera positioned in the middle of a audience attending the merger program.
Original caption: "Omaha University and Nebraska University Merger Program" Individual speaking at podium, behind him are a couple rows of people standing and clapping.
Original caption: "Omaha University and Nebraska University Merger Program" Two men speaking to each other at podium in front of University of Nebraska at Omaha building.
Original caption: "Omaha University and Nebraska University Merger Program" Crowd assembled outside of University of Nebraska at Omaha building, listening to a speaker.
Original caption: "Omaha University and Nebraska Univeristy Merger Program" Speaker addresses audience from podium under Omaha Chamber of Commerce banner.
Original caption: "CH.-Student Gov., Chancellor Hardin speaking to students about budget and OU-NU, Merger, Cummins." A view of a meeting room, Chancellor Hardin standing and speaking to students
UNL Student Government opposed LB160; opposition was particularly on economic grounds, but also expressed fears that the quality of KSC would not match the standards of UNL.
Article from the Kearney Hub in which Sen. Jerome Warner lays out the ramifications of various scenarios related to the court case against LB247. He also addresses the situation of UNO's addition to the NU sysem.
The June 1989 Lincoln Star Journal talks about Attorney General Robert Spire's role, when the UNO board chairman in 1968, in facilitating that addition to the NU system, as well as his legal challenge to LB247.
May 1989 news article shows Sen. Ernest Chambers of Omaha wearing a University of Nebraska at Kearney t-shirt in his Lincoln office, before a vote to move KSC to the NU System.
The KSC Vice President for College Relations rebuts an article published in the Grand Island Independent. He argues that adding KSC to the University system will bring more opportunities for everyone.
Graph showing the appropriations per FTE for publicly supported institutions of postsecondary education from 1982 to 1988. Kearney State College received far less support than any other institution.
LB 160 was the original bill which proposed moving Kearney State College from the state college system to the University of Nebraska System. KSC President testified in favor of joining the Nebraska System.
The memorandum lays out, point by point, how KSC compares to NU system schools across a wide range of categories, from faculty to physical plant. Payne concludes that KSC is similar to UNO in breadth and quality of offerings.
KSC Faculty Senate conducted a survey of faculty in fall 1986. Faculty overwhelmingly voted for a name change, with Nebraska State University garnering the highest number of votes.
One original suggestion was for KSC to simply change its name, with the most popular name option being Nebraska State University or a variant thereof. This student shows support for KSC's transition to a unviersity.
Unpublished memoir written by College of Arts and Sciences Dean Emeritus Jack Newton in December 2009. This excerpt of pages 13-19 covers the events surrounding the OU-NU merger in 1968.
Selections from a scrapbook collected by Dr. Kirk Naylor, President of the University of Omaha, during the years 1967-1968, containing primarily newspaper clippings along with some photographs and ephemera related to the merger of the Municipal…
Postcard from the Omaha Chamber of Commerce, addressed to Kirk Naylor, sent to all Omaha voters encouraging them to "Vote Yes for a Better Omaha on December 12," supporting six ballot issues, including the OU-NU merger.
Ward and precinct tallies of the vote taken by the City of Omaha on December 12, 1967, to decide whether to allow the merger of the Municipal University of Omaha with the University of Nebraska.
Eight-page booklet, 4" x 7.5", printed with blue text on white paper, detailing all six measures which were to be decided in the December 12, 1967, special election in the City of Omaha. The six ballot issues, in order, were merger of Omaha…
Public opinion survey of Omaha voters regarding the merger of the Municipal University of Omaha with the University of Nebraska. The survey was conducted by Central Surveys, Inc., of Shenandoah, Iowa, November 25-27, 1967, and includes detailed…
16-page section of the SUN newspaper June 27, 1968, issue. The front and back covers fold out to a two-page piece of artwork depicting the University of Nebraska at Omaha as a fetus about to be born. All articles within the section relate to the…
4" x 9" single sheet sample ballot with the exact wording of the measure that the residents of Omaha were to vote upon on Decmber 12, 1967. "Shall the Board of Regents of the Municipal University of Omaha transfer and convey all the campus property…
Flier produced by the University Senate Executive Committee, inviting members of the Municipal University of Omaha community to "Dust off those cobwebs, write a check today" for the O.U. Merger Fund. 8.5" x 11" sheet, black print on yellow paper.
Trifold brochure from the University of Omaha on "The Meaning of 'Merger,'" printed and distributed in advance of the O.U. merger with the Unviersity of Nebraska system. The front of the brochure features the image of the O.U. Arts and Sciences…
17" x 11.25" double-sided sheet, printed with black text and grayscale images on glossy white paper. The masthead reads, "Voters Face Important Issues: Special Election December 12." The broadside was produced by the Citizens Committee and includes…
Special issue of the University of Omaha Gateway, printed on June 30, 1968, the day before the Municipal University of Omaha merged with the University of Nebraska to become the University of Nebraska at Omaha. This special issue was printed with…
"UNO - Four Years After Merger" is a 24-page document written by D. B. Varner, President of the University of Nebraska, as a statement presented to the faculty and staff of the University of Nebraska at Omaha on April 13, 1972. The document includes…
4" x 9" single sheet door hanger produced by the University Merger Committee. Red and black text on white paper, with a circle cutout at the top of the sheet to allow the paper to be attached to a doorknob.
Single typescript sheet on Campus Christian Fellowship of Omaha letterhead, with the text of the invocation and benediction offered at the merger ceremonies, June 30-July 1, 1968.
Municipal University of Omaha Resolution 4465 providing for an election to determine whether Omaha voters approve transfer of OU to the University of Nebraska.