Black and white glass lantern slide, 2 7/8" X 1 3/4", of the $100,000 Celebration on March 20, 1908. Students form a semi-circle around the faculty and dignitaries who are holding the American flag in the center. The town of University Place can be seen in the background. The slide is labeled "#69".
Nebraska Wesleyan University Libraries and Archives
Local Accession/Call Number
Fundraising presentation 1920-1921
Historical Information
In the early 1900s Nebraska Wesleyan University had accumulated considerable debt. The "$100,000" was a celebration of the first permanent endowment for Nebraska Wesleyan University, $25,000 of which was pledged by steel baron Andrew Carnegie. Dewitt Clinton Huntington was the driving force behind the endowment during his tenure as the third Chancellor of Nebraska Wesleyan University from 1898-1908.
