Title:
Box 1, Folder 22: Arbor Day Proclamation, 1885
Record Group Number:
RG0001, SG001, S002
Collection:
General Records of the Office of the Governor
Location:
GR
Box:
Box 1
Folder:
Folder 22
Contributing Institution:
History Nebraska; https://history.nebraska.gov/
Creator:
Nebraska. Governor
Creator:
Dawes, James William
Date:
1885
Description:
Arbor Day Proclamation, 1885. While J. Sterling Morton first created Arbor Day in 1872, it wasn’t until 1885 that the Nebraska Legislature passed a law declaring it a legal holiday. This proclamation from Governor James Dawes documents the first “official” celebration of Arbor Day on April 22, 1885.
Language:
eng
Subject (Topics) :
Proclamations
Subject (Topics) :
Arbor Day
Subject (Topics) :
Tree planting
Source (Names):
Dawes, James William, 1845-1918
Source (Names):
Roggen, Edward P.
Source (Places):
Nebraska
Source (Temporal):
1880s
Format-Extent:
1 page
Format-Medium:
Proclamations
Type:
Text
Relation:
Original
Rights:
This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under U.S. copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. The organization that has made this item available believes that the item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. (CC Public Domain 1.0 and RightsStatements.org NoC-US 1.0). The original object is available at History Nebraska. For more information contact: hn.web@nebraska.gov
File Format:
TIF
Date Digital :
2022-04-14
Identifier:
RG0001sg0001S2b001f022i001
