by DCHSADMIN | Sep 8, 2022 | Blog
by Tara Spencer Where there are now some rather bland industrial and government-style buildings, there used to stand a stately structure that housed the Pacific School. Surrounded by tidy residential homes, this school was where Ella Fleishman was educated....
by DCHSADMIN | Aug 25, 2022 | Blog
by Kelli Bello After the first few sentences of a Benson Sun article from 1962, I felt like I had met my new best friend. In her profile of the late great Esther Green, writer Rosemary Madison opined, “She’s a dynamo. She’s as resilient as a cork bobbing in water....
by DCHSADMIN | Aug 11, 2022 | Blog
By Natalie Kammerer Father Flanagan’s Boys Town was never segregated, but they also couldn’t help every boy in need. It was because of the persistent need in their community, and what Anna Partridge described as her “duty to humanity” that she and her husband, Gaines...
by DCHSADMIN | Jul 28, 2022 | Blog
By Rita Shelley “Both Nebraska and Iowa have their first confirmed cases of AIDS – acquired immune deficiency syndrome. AIDS is a disorder of unknown cause which impairs the body’s defense system and leaves victims vulnerable to infections and diseases. About 1,600...
by DCHSADMIN | May 28, 2022 | Blog
By Rita Shelley This blog began with my discovery that Carl Smith, a 19th century Nebraska journalist, had been dispatched to Pine Ridge, South Dakota, to cover events that have since become known as the December 1890 Wounded Knee Massacre. I once again was captivated...
by DCHSADMIN | Apr 29, 2022 | Blog, Uncategorized
By Rita Shelley Alice Grace Harvey A native of Tobias, Nebraska, a village of 300 in the southeastern part of the state, she was “Miss Harvey” to generations of students at Omaha’s South High School where she taught typing and shorthand for 35 years. To...
by DCHSADMIN | Mar 25, 2022 | Uncategorized
By Rita Shelley In honor of Women’s History Month, this week’s blog celebrates three Omaha-based women. Each had very different careers during different eras, but all accomplished remarkable feats of preserving historical artifacts and stories for generations to come....
by DCHSADMIN | Mar 7, 2022 | Blog
By Rita Shelley When the derelict 10-story property at 1714 Douglas Street was demolished on February 10, 1992, fifty years of the Omaha Athletic Club at that location ended in a cloud of smoke. The club had closed in 1970 and was purchased by the Federal Reserve in...
by DCHSADMIN | Feb 11, 2022 | Blog
by Rita Shelley On December 6, 1917, Paul Borowiak, a 19-year-old from Omaha, enlisted in the U.S. Marines at Mare Island, California. Enlisting as a stenographer, Borowiak went on to serve with the Marines in decisive battles in France with the 18th Company, 2nd...
by DCHSADMIN | Jan 21, 2022 | Blog
By DCHS volunteer Rita Shelley The two women who became known as the Everleigh sisters began their lives as Ada and Minna Lester (or Simms), daughters of a well-to-do Southern family. Though there are few primary sources that give any definitive facts regarding their...
