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The Survey of Federal Archives
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THE SURVEY OF FEDERAL ARCHIVES
Philip M. Hamer, National Director
Joseph C. KnibbsidStgte Supervisor
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DIVISION OF PROFESSIONAL AND SERVICE PROJECTS
Florence S, Kery, Assgstant Administrator.f
Ethel May Sanmafin, Sfidfié Director
WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION
F. C. Harrington, Administratqr:
D. F. Felton, Stat‘effiggriihi'stvrat'orI . : .5 _

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PREFACE

The Inventory of Federal Archives in the Statg§_is one of the products
of the work of the Survey of Federal Archives, which operated as a nation-
wide project of the Works Progress Administration from January 1, 1936 to
June 30, 1937, and has been continued since that date as a unit of the
Historical Records Survey, also operating as a nation-wide project of the
Works Progress Administration, and a group of state or local projects of
that Administration.

The plan for the organization of the Inventory is as follows: Series I
consists of reports on the administration of the Survey, acknowledgments,
and general discussions of the location, condition, and content of federal
archives in the states. Succeeding series contain the detailed information
secured by workers of the Survey, in inventory form, a separate series
number being assigned to each of the executive departments (except the
Department of State) and other major units of the Federal Government.
Within each series No. l is a general introduction to the field organi-
zation and records of the governmental agency concerned; the succeeding
numbers contain the inventory proper, separate numbers being assigned to
each state in alphabetical order. Thus, in each series, the inventory for
Alabama is No. 2, that for Arizona No. 5, that for Arkansas No. 4, etc.

For each local office information regarding each series, or unit of
related records, is presented in the following order: title, inclusive
dates ("to date" indicating an open file at the time the information was
secured), general description of informational content, description of the
system of filing or indexing (if any), a statement of frequency and purpose
of use, form of the record itself (bound volumes, sheets in folders, etc.),

- linear footage, description of the containers, physical condition of the
records (not stated if satisfactory), location by room number or other i-
dentifying information, and finally, the number of the Form 588A on which
this information was originally recorded by a Survey worker and from which
it was abstracted for the Inventory. This form is on file in The National
Archives. When it contains substantial information on addenda sheets
which has not been included in the mimeographed abstract, indication of
this is given by use of the reference "See addenda."

In Nebraska the work of the Survey was under the direction of Mr.

4 Francis E. Fitzgerald, regional director for Iowa, Kansas, and Nebraska,
with Miss Ruth Howard as state supervisor in Nebraska, from its inception
until Dec. 6, 1956. From that time until June 30, 1957 Professor
James L. Sellers directed the project and Miss Howard continued as state
supervisor. Since July 1957 Mr; Joseph C. Knibbs has been in charge of
the project which operated under the Historical Records Survey until a
state project was set up in Feb. 1938. This Inventory of the records of
the Veterans' Administration in Nebraska was prepared in the Lincoln of-
fice of the Survey and was edited before final typing by Miss Elizabeth
Edwards of the Washington Office.

. Lincoln, Nebraska Joseph C. Knibbs, State Supervisor_
April 21, 1959 Survey of Federal Archives
in Nebraska

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LINCOLN
veterans. Administration Facilityli.......;................. 2
Adjudication Division.................................... 2
Chief Attorney, Office of the............................ 2
Finance Division......................................... 5
Accounting Section.................................... 5
Manager, Office of the................................... 3
Mail and Records Unit................................. 5
‘ Medical Division......................................... 4
Dental Unit........................................... 4
Supply Division.......................................... 5
Utility Division......................................... 6

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1 THE VETERANS' ADMINISTRATION
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LINCOLN
: VETERANS' ADMINISTRATION FACILITY
(A) Veterans' Administration Bldg.
1 74th and J Sts.
3 (B) Veterans' Hospital Bldg. ,
E 74th and J Sts.
Until April 18, 1931, this office was located in Omaha, Nebraska and on
‘ that date was moved to the United States Veterans' Hospital in Lincoln,
which was set up as a Combined Facility (Regional Office and Hospital.)
The Regional Office handles all veterans' affairs for Nebraska. The rec-
; ords are retained in the Lincoln office unless the case is transferred to
1 another state in which event the case history and other records are for—
‘ warded to the state then having charge of the veteran. No records are
I sent to Washington except upon special request.
‘ Adjudication Division
1. GENERAL FILES, Jan. 1, 1936 to date. Card record of forms necessary
in filing claims sent to service officers; appeal cards for claim adjust—
ments; card index of pensions, attorneys and claim agents, and Form 680,
‘ record of marital status. See addenda for detailed description. (Daily,
official.) Variously sized folders and cards, 17 ft., in 4 steel filing
case drawers and in 4 Wooden card cabinets. R. 40 (Bldg. A). (844)
1 2. MISCELLANEOUS FILES, 1931 ~ Jan. 1, 1936. Review index cards show-
‘ ing disposal of veterans' adjustment claims. (Rarely, official.) 3 x 5
‘ cards, 10 ft., in 5 wooden card cabinets. R. 33 (Bldg. A). (849)
1 Office of the Chief Attorney
3. INACTIVE MISCELLANEOUS FILES, Jan. 1, 1933 - Jan. 1, 1936. Cover—
1 ing maintenance and repair contracts, work orders, general correSpondencc,
‘ and miscellaneous reports. See addenda for detailed description. (Never.)
8 x 10 folders, 16 ft., in 8 steel transfer cases. R. 33 (Bldg. A). (851)
3 4. GENERAL FILES, Jan. 1, 1936 to date. Guardianship files of incom-
petent patients and related correspondence; claim folders and files on lit-
igated cases; index cards for wards; fiduciaries; bonds, court schedules;
and accounting schedules. See addenda for detailed description. Filed
alphabetically. Inventory for legal division records. (Daily, official.)
Variously sized folders and cards, 58 ft., in 28 steel filing case drawers
and in 3 wooden card cabinets. R. 110 (Bldg. A). (830)

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1 Finance Diyigign

1 5. BUDGET RECORDS, Jan. 1, 1956 to date. Division of funds used and
unexpended. See addenda for detailed description. Inventory. (Daily, of-
ficial.) 8 x 10 folders, 7 ft., in 4 steel filing case drawers. R. 115
(Bldg. A). (826)

1 6. FINANCIAL DATA, Jan. 1, 1955 to date. Paid and pending vouchers;
cost accounting records; current contracts for supplies and commodities;
and miscellaneous correspondence relative to activities of division.
(Daily, official.) 8 x 10 folders, 16 ft., in 8 steel filing case drawers.

J R. 115 (Bldg. A). (828)

A 7. MISCELLANEOUS INACTIVE RECORDS, 1955 to date. Contracts, copies of

i paid vouchers of 1952, 1934 - 1956, pay rolls, cancelled requests for meals

F and lodging, and cost accounting reports for 1935 - 1956. (Never.) 8%-x

i ll bundles, 24 ft., on shelves. R. 35 (Bldg. A). (850)

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( 8. VETERANS‘ FINANCIAL RECORDS, 1951 to date. Adjusted service certi—

5 ficates and correspondence; veterans’ note cards made to veterans on their

! bonus certificates; veterans‘ note finder cards; field service receipts;

1 certificates of continuance under Pub. 2, VA Forms 511a; cards and records

f of payments made to veterans; index cards to guardians of incompetent vet-

( crans; active and inactive compensation and pension cards; and certifica-

f tions of settlement of adjusted service certificates. Inventory. (Daily,

‘ official.) Variously sized holders and cards, 97 ft., in 20 steel filing
case drawers and in 23 steel card cabinets. R. 115 (Bldg. A). (827)

Accounting Section

1 9. FINANCIAL RECORDS, Jan. 1955 to date. Budget estimates; budget al-

j lotmonts and encumbrances; letters of suspension; account of sales; reply

i to exception letters; personal service; vouchers; correspondence; and

1 vouchers of cost accountant, unposted. Filed according to Dewey Decimal

r System. (Daily, official.) 9%‘X ll folders, 2 ft., in 2 steel filing

‘ case drawers. R. 105 (Bldg. B). (841)

1 Office of the Manager

( Mail and Records Unit

{ lO. INDEX CARDS, current. Of patients and personnel, showing status

1 and location of employment or hospitalization. (Daily, official.) 5 x 5

f cards, 4 ft. 6 in., in 4 drawers of steel transfer case. R. 36 (Bldg. A).

? (846) -

i 11. MISCELLANEOUS INACTIVE DATA, Jan. 1934 - Jan. 1936. Treatment

{ folders on out patients and history of treatment; Form 2507, future re-

; quests for examination; folders containing data on Canadian patients; re-

} habilitation folders on vocational educational program for the veterans;

‘ XC folders, data and correspondence regarding deceased veteran patients;
and VA Form 6604, abstract cards on death cases, addresses, employer data,

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dependents, insurance beneficiary, and survivors. (Seldom, official.)
\. 8 x 10 folders and 5 x 8 cards, 23 ft., on shelves. R. 33, storeroom
P (Bldg. A). (853)

12. RECORD TRANSFER DATA, Jan, 1, 1936 to date. VA Form 7216, record
of transfer of veterans' case files from this office to other facilities.

; (Occasionally, official.) 5 x 8 cards, 1 ft. 6 in., in 2 draWers of steel
} cabinet. R. 36 (Bldg. A). (847)

13. REPORTS, Jan. 1935 to date. On typewriter inspection, linen,
standard inventory, filing equipment, gold scrap, deaths, indigent patienhg
and maintenance of building, grounds, and utilities. Filed according to
Dewey Decimal System. (Daily, official.) 9%'x 11 folders, 1 ft., in steel
filing case drawer. R. 105 (Bldg. B). (839)

14. VETERANS' BENEFITS AND PENSION DATA, Jan. 1, 1936 to date. On

i veterans who have not filed claims but who have received hospitalization;
i records of requests for pension examinations and copies of examination;
| VA Form 380, education of children of deceased veterans; and correspondence
E relative to benefits and pensions. (Daily, official.) 8 x 10 folders,
I 23 ft., in 12 steel filing case drawers. R. 36 (Bldg. A). (848)
I
§ 15. VETERANS' CLAIMS, 1920 to date. Claims that are the outcome of
5 service connected disabilities sustained during the world War. Approxi—
‘ mately 20,826 index cards are filed alphabetically. (Daily, official.)

9%'x 11 folders, 856 ft., in 244 wooden filing case drawers and in 184

steel filing case drawers. R. 36 (Bldg. B). (845)

. Medical Divisign

; l6. MISCELLANEOUS CORRESPONDENCE AND REPORTS, Jan. 1, 1936 to date.
5 Reports on patients, correspondence of chief medical officer, regulations
3 and service letters. See addenda for detailed description. Inventory.
) (Daily, official.) 8%‘X 11 folders, 14 ft., in 7 steel filing case
[ drawers. R. 102 (Bldg. A). (843)
E 17. PATIENTS’ CLINICAL DATA, Jan. 1, 1936 to date. Pathological cards;
A clinical folders on patients in hospital, also of former patients; file of
! current and inactive out patients' treatments; VA Form 2614p, clinical
1 record charts; monthly reports of diotition; reports of attending special-
) ist; laboratory and'Wasserman reports; daily ward and census reports; re—
) port on domiciliary care numbers; monthly record of narcotics and alcohol.
1 Inventory. (Daily, official.) 8%-x ll folders and 5 x 8 cards, 57 ft., in
; 16 steel filing case drawers and in 6 card cabinets. R. 104 (Bldg. A).
i (842)
) Dental Unit
( 18. DENTAL UNIT DATA, Jan. 1, 1936 to date. VA Forms 2570, dental
3 record charts and 2688, dental master cards. (Daily, official.) 5 x 8

cards and 8%‘X 11 folders, 11 ft., in 4 steel filing case drawers and in

4 draWers of oaken transfer case. R. 147 (Bldg. A). (825)

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1 19. CONTRACTS, Jan. 1935 to date. For laundry work, utilities service,
i lubricating oils, orthopedic and prosthetic care, soaps, drugs, burials,

j hosPital care, and treatment. See addenda for detailed description. Filed
g according to Dewey Decimal System. (Daily, official.) 9%‘X ll folders,

3 4 ft., in 2 steel filing case drawers. R. 105 (Bldg. B). (837)

20. CORRESPONDENCE, Jan. 1935 to date. Of flags, dry goods, motion
picture films and equipment, medical and surgical instruments, dietary,
janitor, library, dental supplies; physiotherapy, x-ray and laboratory,
furniture and equipment, purchase orders, electrical equipment, and gaso-
line. See addenda for detailed description. Filed according to Dewey Deo-
imal System.» (Daily, official.) 9%'x ll folders, 2 ft., in steel filing

‘ case drawer. R. 105 (Bldg. B). (840)
r 21. MAIL AND RECORDS, Jan. 1935 to date. Reports, correspondence, and I
data on position of obsolete records. See addenda for detailed description
‘ Filed according to Dewey Decimal System. (Daily, official.) 9%-x 11
( folders, 2 ft., in drawor of steel filing cabinet. R. 105 (Bldg. B). (858)
( 22. MISCELLANEOUS OFFICE FILES, Jan. 1935 to date. Authorities, ad—
} vertisements, tests, bureau of standards, telegrams, monthly laundry re-=
1 ports, subsistence contracts, abstract of bids, miscellaneous subsistence
i correspondence, inspection reports, subsistence requisitiOns and estimates,
subsistence supplies, specifications, laboratory analysis, and purchase
orders. See addenda for detailed description. Filed according to Dewoy
Decimal System. (Daily, official.) 9%‘X ll folders, 7 ft., in 4 steel
filing case drawers. R. 105 (Bldg. B). (833)
} 25. PROPERTY DATA, Jan. 1955 to date. Standard inventory, patients'
j property and effects (living and deceased), property voucher correspondence
‘ unserviceable property, surplus property, and Central Office lists. See
[ addenda for detailed description. Filed according to Dewey Decimal System.
f (Daily, official.) 9%-x ll folders, 2 ft., in steel filing case drawer.
g R. 105 (Bldg. B). (834)
( 24. REQUISITIONS, Jan. 1935 to date. Requisitions on various agencies
3 for supplies; estimates; and correspondence. See addenda for detailed de-
l scription. Filed according to Dewey Decimal System. (Daily, official.)
; 9% x 11 folders, 2 ft., in steel filing case drawer. R. 105 (Bldg. B).
E (856)
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3_ 25. TRANSPORTATION FILES, Jan. 1935 to date. Travel orders, staff
f vouchers, reimbursements, transportation, report of street car tickets,
( meal and lodging requests, and bills of lading. See addenda for detailed
g. description. Filed according to Dewey Decimal System. 9%‘X ll folders,
E 2 ft., in steel filing case drawer. R. 105 (Bldg. B). (855)
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1 26. INDEX TO PATIENTS AND PERSONNEL, current. In the hospital and emr
) ployed at the institution. See addenda for detailed description. Inven—
‘ tory. (Daily, official.) 5 x 5 cards, 5 ft., in draWers of oaken cabin-
: et. R. 153 (Bldg. B). (824)
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‘ 27. GENERAL FILES, Jan. 1, 1956 to date. Maintenance and repair con-
tracts, work orders, general correspondence, miscellaneous reports, and
telegrams. See addenda for detailed description. Inventory. (Daily, of—
ficial.) 8 x 10 folders, 6 ft. 6 in., in 4 steel filing case draWers. R.
. 111 (Bldg. B). (829)
28. GENERAL FILES, Jan. 1, 1956 to date. 000 applications (active, .
pending, and discharged); CCC applications (veterans who refused enrollment
. because employed, etc.); general correspondence; and correspondence rela— ‘
tive to administrative issues. See addenda for detailed description. In—
ventory. (Daily, official.) 8 x 10 folders, 28 ft., in 16 steel filing
1 case drawers. R. 108 (Bldg. A). (852)
I 29. GENERAL FILES ON EMPLOYEES, Jan. 1, 1956 to date. History of em-
} ployees; service record cards; time and leave cards; Forms 5204, pass and
E late pass cards: and administration. position cards. (Daily, official.)
§ Variously sized folders and cards, 20 ft. 6 in., in 4 steel filing case
‘ draWers and in 6 wooden card cabinets. R. 108 (Bldg. A). (851)
50. TELEGRAM FILE, Jan. 1, 1956 to date. Copies of all telegrams from
and to the institution. See addenda for detailed description. Inventory.
1 ~ (Occasionally, official.) 5 x 8 folders, 7 ft., in 4 wooden filing case
1 drawers. R. 153 (Bldg. A). (825)
t 51. TIME REPORTS, 1955. Of various divisionS. (Never.) 5 x 8
fl bundles, 5 ft., on shelves. R. 55, storeroom (Bldg. A). (852)
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