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Many individuals, community partners, and instituions were instrumental in the creation, design, and build of the original exhibitions presented on this site.

McGoogan Library Faculty and Staff

Laura Bashus

Heather Brown, MA

Stuart Dayton, BFA, MS, MFA

Mary Desive, BA

DiAnna Hemsath, MA, Certified Archivist

Larissa Krayer, MA

Darby Kurtz, MA

Brian Maass, MLIS

Emily J. McElroy, MLIS

Carrie Wieners Meyer, MA

Maria Shellman, MLIS

Benjamin Simon, MFA

Erin J. Torell, MA

Durrett Winter, MA

 

Community Advisors

Reba Benschoter, PhD

Gary Bowen

Nancy Gillis

Stanton D. Harn, PhD, and Jennifer A. Harn, BS, RDH

Carolyn Johnson

Meg Johnson

Audrey Nelson, PhD, RN

Robert Swift Wigton, MS, MD and Deborah Ann Adkins Wigton, MD

Wigton Heritage Center Advisory Board

Virginia Aita, PhD, MSN

David Crouse, PhD

Sharon Bonham Holyoke, RN, MSN

Catherine Mello, Director, UNMC Alumni Relations

David Olson, MD

Ron Schaefer

Amy Trenolone, Director of Development, UNMC College of Medicine, NU Foundation

Robert Swift Wigton, MS, MD

Carrie Meyer, MA, ex-oficio

Emily McElroy, MLIS, ex-oficio

Museum and Archive Partners

Dartmouth College Library, Hanover, New Hampshire

The Durham Museum, Omaha, Nebraska

Hampton University Museum and Archives, Hampton, Virginia

History Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska

Legacy of the Plains Museum, Gering, Nebraska

Liberal Memorial Library, Liberal, Kansas

National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC

John G. Neihardt Center and State Historic Site, Bancroft, Nebraska

Dr. Susan La Flesche Picotte Center, Walthill, Nebraska

Stuhr Museum of the Prairie Pioneer, Grand Island, Nebraska

UNMC College of Dentistry Museum, Lincoln, Nebraska

UNMC College of Nursing Museum, Omaha, Nebraska

Donors

Our sincere gratitude to all who have given so generously to create and invest in the Wigton Heritage Center and its historical exhibits.

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