My grandfather graduated from the University of Nebraska in 1908. This annual will be of interest to those looking up their family members who attended during this time. I found many humorous and puzzling items: odd football scores, all-to-true comparison of Phi Beta Kappa members to football players, surprisingly high percentage of women in the liberal arts college (out number men 2 to 1), etc.
There is no copyright evident on this book and I'm assuming it's okay to put on the web. I have put a watermark on the images just for identifying me as the source of these images.
The front cover is grey and red seude with the letters "THE 1907" and "U of N" and the image of a corn stalk embossed. By the book's numbering system, the cover is page 1.
Page 5 Advertisements: Farmers and Merchants Insurance Co, Farmers and Merchants Bank
Page 10 Dedication Photo: Charles Edwin Bessey
Page 11 Dedication Text: Foremost Botanist of the World
Page 13 Acknowledgements: Artists and Literateurs whom the regular board of editors wishes to acknowledge it indebtedness...
Page 14 Drawing for College of Literature, Science and Arts
Page 15 Introduction for College of LSA: Ellery W. Davis
Page 16 Introduction for College of LSA: continued
Page 17 Class of 1907: Alice Wilson Agee, Annie Luella Agee, Gratia Ames, Helen Wilson Anderson, Anna Margaret Andra, Eleanor Roberta Andrews
Page 18 Class of 1907: Albert William Aron, Jessie Dora Barton, James Edmund Bednar, Nelson August Bengston, Sadie Bernstein, Mary Ellen Billing
Page 19 Class of 1907: Abner Blue, Elta June Boose, Mary Bowlby, Louise Kingsley Brace, Imogene Brewster, Flora May Briggs
Four hundred more pages to go! I'm honing the process which currently is:
I'm thinking of buying a digital camera to capture the images since laying the book flat on the scanner seems to be damaging the binding. Also, I want to get some OCR software to place the whole book in a PDF file with searchable text.
Rex - March 7, 2002
