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Community Partnership Agreement
between DAAL and UNO
posted
10/27/2011
The Danish American Archive and
Library and the University of Nebraska at Omaha have
formed a community partnership agreement for the benefit
of both institutions. Through this agreement DAAL and
UNO plan to provide research opportunities for UNO
faculty and students, share and exchange selected
materials, and cooperate on future creative and
educational projects.
The University of Nebraska at
Omaha, a campus of the University of Nebraska system, is
a metropolitan university with approximately 15,000
students, and is located 30 miles from DAAL in the heart
of Omaha. The proximity of the two institutions makes it
convenient to exchange information, personnel and
resources.
“This agreement marks a high point
in the history of the Archive,” says DAAL President Tim
Jensen. “I’m excited about the research possibilities
this opens up for both institutions.”
Top officials from UNO, including
Chancellor John Christensen, took part in the Archive’s
grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony October 4,
2011. Chancellor Christensen expressed his enthusiasm
for the agreement and future cooperation between the two
institutions. An additional visit to the Archive was
made by Tim Kahldahl, Director of UNO University
Relations, UNO’s Dean of Library, and the UNO library’s
archivist.
For more information about the
University of Nebraska at Omaha, go to
www.unomaha.edu.
A Living Legacy
posted
8/19/2011
Come join us as we celebrate our
Grand Opening! On October 1, 2010, we moved into our new
location at 1738 Washington Street, Blair, Nebraska, and
after a full year of building shelves, unpacking boxes
and organizing our materials, we are ready to show what
we are all about.
We have planned four different
events to be sure everyone with an interest in the
Danish American Archive and Library has a chance to
attend.
Saturday, October 1, 2011, 8:00 –
10:00 a.m.—Dana College Alumni as part of the Dana
Homecoming. Several former Dana professors will be on
hand to greet you.
Tuesday, October 4, 2011, 9:30 –
10:30 a.m.—Blair Area Chamber of Commerce board and
ambassadors with ribbon cutting ceremony
Saturday, October 15, 2011, 10 a.m.
– 2 p.m.—Open house for the Blair community
Sunday, October 16, 2011, 2:00
p.m.—Worship service at First Lutheran Church, 2146
Wright Street in Blair, followed by a reception at the
Danish American Archive and Library.
Please plan to join us for coffee,
kringle and more, including an interesting display
called Church Basements and Children’s Homes:
Danish-American Missions Here and Abroad.
Danish Archive Now
Fully Independent
posted
4/20/2011
The Danish American Archive and
Library recently received notice from the Internal
Revenue Service that we are now officially a 501 (c)(3)
tax-exempt organization. What this means is that
retroactive to August 31, 2010, the date when the DAAL
became an independent corporation, anyone who donates
money or materials to the DAAL can claim a tax
deduction.
It has been a long road to this
point from July 2010 when Dana College closed its doors,
and we were required to move out of our first home on
the lower level of the Dana College library. Since we
had always operated under the Dana College umbrella, it
was necessary for us to first become an independent
corporation, and then to receive our own tax-free
status.
All of the DAAL’s endowment and
operating funds were lost when Dana College went
bankrupt, and since then the DAAL has supported itself
on contributions alone. We need your help, and now
tax-deductible contributions can be sent directly to the
DAAL. Please send your tax-deductible donation directly
to The Danish American Archive and Library at 1738
Washington Street, Blair, Nebraska 68008.
ALIVE,
WELL AND LIVING IN BLAIR
posted
10/19/2010
We're
home at last!
The
Danish American Archive & Library began moving into
its own space at 1738 Washington Street in Blair on
October 1. Our fully renovated building provides us with
4,800 square feet where we are installing shelves,
arranging our hundreds of boxes of documents and more
than 10,000 books. Located on the main street of Blair,
our new building allows us much more visibility to the
general public than we ever had before.
We
took possession of our new space just in time to host
our fall volunteer week and annual meeting. We will also
be hosting the Danish American Heritage Society national
board meeting October 30.
Keep
watching this site for more developments. Our new
address is 1738 Washington Street, Blair, NE 68008 and
our telephone number is 402-426-7910. You may notice
that this is the same number we had before the move from
Dana College. You can still reach us by e-mail at
info@danishamericanarchive.com.
THE DAAL LIVES!
posted
7/14/2010
Through a tremendous effort by a
team of volunteers, all the documents, books and
artifacts belonging to The Danish American Archive and
Library have been moved to temporary storage facilities
in Blair. When the DAAL was given notice on Friday, July
9 that we had two and a half days to vacate the space
that we had used for many years in the Dana College
Library, it appeared to be an impossible task. But then
mainly through word of mouth more than seventy
volunteers appeared on the scene with trucks, manpower
and offers of storage space to help us.
The result is that even though Dana
College has closed its doors, and The DAAL is
temporarily without a permanent home, the thousands of
pictures, records, clippings and publications that make
The DAAL the country’s largest repository of materials
pertaining to the Danish American experience not only
survive, but will soon be accessible again to scholars,
genealogists and others with an interest in Dana College
and Danish American history and culture.
Please continue to check our web
site for updates about our progress. We are happy with
what has been accomplished so far and intend to push
forward until we are up and running as before…or perhaps
even better!
Archive Future
posted 7/9/2010
By now you have probably learned
that Dana College is closing its doors. The Higher
Learning Commission refused to allow Dana's
accreditation to continue under the new ownership and
administration. Most people were surprised by this
sudden turn of events, but others had remained skeptical
that the conversion of Dana to a for-profit liberal arts
college would be a viable option.
Dana’s demise does not mean the end
of The Archive. In fact, distinctly hopeful signs are
arising that the Archive can continue, even if it does
not continue at Dana. On Tuesday, July 6, 2010, we will
meet with John Mark Nielsen, Director of the Danish
Immigrant Museum, and Marnie Jensen, a most sympathetic
member of Dana’s Board of Regents, and others who can
help sort out the available options.
In the light of the rapid changes
now unfolding, and the opportunities that may be arising
for the Archive to move to a good place, The Archive’s
Board of Directors is also meeting on Tuesday, July
27th. There will be a lot to discuss and a lot to do.
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