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Lora McMahon King Heritage Room and Archives

Heritage Room Collection: Medical Cadet Corps

The Seventh-day Adventist Medical Cadet Corps trained young men and women around the world in battle field first aid to prepare participants to serve in armed forces as medics during World War II and beyond. Union Adventist University hosts a large Medical Cadet Corps collection of artifacts, photographs, and documents donated by Everett Dick and other veterans.  

Photographs & Yearbooks

The  includes items such as yearbooks and photographs.

Please contact the archives staff for additional information regarding materials that are not yet digitized.

An example of artifacts on display in the Medical Cadet Corps exhibit.

Artifacts

Browse the registers of three-dimensional artifacts which have been processed into the Heritage Room collections.

Clocktower

Union Adventist University's current student newspaper, the Clocktower, began publication in February 1927. 

Institutional Registers

Registers for collections of material from Adventist institutions primarily in the Mid America Union (including former Central and Northern Unions), entities of local College View, Nebraska, and Union Adventist University material not included in official institutional records.

Family Registers

Registers for collections of personal and family papers gifted to Union Adventist University.

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Educational Messenger

The "Educational Messenger" was a student publication at Union College that ran from 1905 to 1926.  The Heritage Collection houses physical copies but can be found online. 

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Nebraska Memories

A collaborative project of the ,  includes 107 photographs from Union Adventist University. Many photographs are not yet available online. 

MyHeritage

is one of the largest, most internationally diverse genealogy databases of its kind. Libraries that offer MyHeritage Library Edition provide their patrons with access to billions of historical documents, millions of historical photos and other resources in thousands of databases that span the past five centuries.

Thinking of making a donation?

Your financial support helps us preserve and expand our collections, ensuring that valuable historical materials are protected and accessible for future generations. 

To manage our capacity, we are currently restricting physical donations. If you have materials you’d like to contribute, please contact us at archives@uau.edu for guidance.

Contact Us

Email: 
Location: Don Love Building, LIB241
Phone: 402.486.2514 ext. 2150

For further information regarding policies, procedures, donations, archives, and additional resources, please contact the Heritage Room librarian.

Hours

Monday-Friday - By Appointment Only 
Saturday-Sunday - Closed

Please ask for assistance at the circulation desk or heritage room front desk if materials from the Heritage Room are required for research.  

Heritage Reading Room books are always available by request during regular
Library hours.


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Online Catalog

The location of periodicals, books, and other published material may be accessed in the . Cataloged items in the Heritage Room have a location designation of "Heritage".

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The purpose of the Lora McMahon King Heritage Room is to acquire, preserve, and make available for use a selection of items related to the history of Union Adventist University, College View Church, the College View community, and Seventh-day Adventism with emphasis on the Mid-America Union. This collection includes books, periodicals, audiovisual materials, photographs, personal papers, and artifacts.

The Heritage Room is available to Union Adventist University students, employees, alumni and the general public.

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