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Alphabetical Index of Rural Residents and Family Members as Listed in the Atlas of Lancaster County, Nebraska, 1921;
College Yearbooks (Cornhusker, Coyote, Golden Cord, Plainsman, Sombrero, etc.);
Index for the Plat Book of Lancaster County (1903);
Lincoln City Guide (1937);
Pen and Sunlight Sketches of Lincoln (1892);
Sunday Journal and Star issues historical index (1970) for Lincoln Centennial
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Alba-Brown Mortuary Records (1921-1965);
Cemeteries in Lancaster County, Nebraska (8 volumes);
Golden Weddings of Nebraskans (1930-1970);
Guide to the Ghosts of Lincoln (c. 1983; 2003);
The Hickman-Enterprise Index (1901-1903);
An Index to Selected Information from the Lincoln Evening News (1903-1905);
An Index to the Early Marriage Records of Lancaster County (1866-1906);
Perkey’s Nebraska Place Names by Elton Perkey;
Portrait and Biographical Album of Lancaster County, Nebraska (1888);
Sittler Index of Surnames from the Nebraska State Journal (1873-1900);
Who’s Who in Lincoln (1928);
Who’s Who in Nebraska (1940; 1976);
Wyuka Cemetery: A Driving & Walking Tour by Ed Zimmer;
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Special section at Bennett Martin library on 2nd floor containing local history.
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Nebraska Commonwealth (1867-1869);
Daily Nebraska State Journal (1869-1905);
Nebraska State Journal (1905-1951);
Lincoln City Directory (1873-1972);
Lincoln Daily Star/Lincoln Star (1902-1995);
Lincoln Evening Journal/Lincoln Journal (1881-1995);
Lincoln Journal Star (1995-2023);
Air Force Base Lincoln (clippings from Lincoln Journal/Lincoln Star);
Starkweather-Fugate Press Clippings 1958-1973
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Lincoln City Directories (1876-2023) some years are unavailable, especially during the 1940s;
Lincoln Telephone Directories (1904-2022);
Omaha City Directories (1931-2023) some years are unavailable;
High School Yearbooks for all Lincoln Public High Schools (some years not available) through 2015;
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Sanborn maps are maps that were made by the fire insurance companies. Years available: Oct. 1884, Sep. 1886, 1891, 1903, 1928, 1928-Dec.1949 Vol. 1,2,3. They show the outline of where buildings were at that time.
Click first on History and Biography and then on Sanborn Maps. You will need your Lincoln library card to access from your home computer to login.
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The Starkweather File;
Vertical File Collection of Newspaper Clippings (Local Subjects)
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Collection of books written by Nebraska Authors including many local histories. Limited hours. Must look up what you want to see ahead of time. The books do not circulate or leave the room.
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