The Messenger of Death: UNL and the Fight against the “Spanish Flu” In the fall of 1918, students at the University of Nebraska faced an unprecedented time. World War I raged on, supply rationing was in full force, and rumors circulated about a terrifying invisible...
Playing Through a Pandemic: Football, Flu, and the 1918 Nebraska Cornhuskers The 1918 football season at Nebraska was a hectic one. Chancellor Samuel Avery and many faculty members had taken service appointments during World War I, and many returning players were at...
Woodrow Wilson Archives & Special Collections BiographyMedia Gallery About This Exhibit From 1913-1921, Woodrow Wilson was the American President, meaning he was one of the most powerful men in the world during one of the most significant periods in history. The...
Psychological Warfare in World War II This online exhibit highlights selected propaganda leaflets used during World War II to influence Japanese soldiers serving in Japan and the Philippines, as well as Japanese civilians. The exhibition provides images of original...
Great Posters of the Great War This online exhibit highlights French and American food rationing, temperance, and YMCA posters printed for the war effort. This site relies much on G.A. Rudolph’s catalogue War Posters from 1914 through 1918 in the Archives of the...
