University of Nebraska

University of Nebraska main campus at Lincoln; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered 1869, opened 1871. The university has an excellent archaeological museum and noted art galleries. The medical center, with schools of medicine, nursing, and health sciences, is at Omaha. The Kearney campus hosts the annual Midwest Conference on World Affairs.

Prairie Schooner, The (1929–), literary quarterly associated with the University of Nebraska, founded and edited until 1956 by Lowry Charles Wimberly, who was succeeded by Karl Shapiro (1956–63), who made the magazine less regional and placed more emphasis on poetry.

Green, Stanley (1923–90), scholar and author. Born in New York and educated at Union College and the University of Nebraska, Green became a leading modern authority of our musical theatre. His works included The World of Musical Comedy (1960, and later revised editions); The Rodgers and Hammerstein Story (1963); Ring Bells! Sing Songs! (1971), a detailed examination of the musical theatre of the 1930s; Encyclopedia of the Musical Theatre (1976); The Great Clowns of Broadway (1984); and Broadway Musicals (1985). These books were characterized by an accuracy all too rare in popular show business histories, sound judgment, and an especially felicitous writing style.