UNO Libraries’ Archives and Special Collections knows that voices during the pandemic are at risk of being lost without a concerted collecting effort. We want to avoid losing the diverse voices of our community, especially voices that have previously been ignored in archives and the historical record.

What Are We Doing?

We are gathering materials that chronicle COVID-19 experiences in Omaha. Photos, journal entries, reflections, interviews, videos, photo essays, drawings, plays, and other creative forms of documenting this moment are welcome and will be important for researchers in understanding how Nebraskans reacted to this pandemic and what we experienced. We invite you to create and donate something that reflects your own experience during this time. Material will be added to this website in the future as donor wishes and archivists' time permit.

Ideas If You Would Like to Participate:

Please see our Student, UNO Faculty/Staff, and Omaha Community pages for prompts to help you get started.

The Donation Process:

Donation consists of signing a donor agreement form and sending us your item(s). We strive to make it an easy process. See the Donation page for more information.

Have questions? Want to donate? Contact the project co-lead archivists: 

Recently Added Items

Cloth Masks and Reflections on Sewing Them

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This donation is in two parts. The first is two cloth masks donated by Melanie Kiper and photographed by UNO Libraries Archives and Special…

COVID-19 Billboard in North Omaha

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Photograph of a billboard at 30th and Ames Streets in North Omaha with a "Special Message from Senator Ernest Chambers" urging residents to "Protect…

Naked Ladies and Our Real Estate Project: a COVID19 Transformation

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Photo journal by Sarah Voss documenting the renovation of a newly-purchased house by Voss and her husband, Dan Sullivan, during the 2020 pandemic in…

American Midwest Ballet, Correspondence

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Email correspondence from the American Midwest Ballet communicating the impact of COVID-19.

CORONA GAMES

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Play written by student Jay Rich for Spring 2020 ENG4970/8976.