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Nebraska Authors

James Potter

AKA: Jim

Born ≈ 1946 Wilcox, NE (USA)

Died 2016-08-06
Lincoln, NE (USA)

Jim Potter loved Nebraska history, motorcycles and shooting black-powder rifles. He was senior research historian for the Nebraska State Historical Society, where he had a 49 year career, serving as state archivist and as editor of Nebraska History magazine, among other posts. One one of his first tasks on coming to work for the Society was firing off a cannon on the grounds of the State Capitol to commemorate the state's centennial in 1967.

Places Lived

Wilcox, NE
Chadron, NE
Lincoln, NE

Author Of

  • Nonfiction

Keywords

Nebraska--History; Civil War--History; Nebraska State Historical Society--Employees and Curators

Education

Bachelor of Arts Degree in History, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, 1967
Master of Arts Degree in History, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE

Occupation

Nebraska State Archivist
Editor of Nebraska History magazine

Places Worked

Nebraska State Historical Society, Lincoln, NE

Honors

3rd Place in the 2012 Co-Founders Best Book Award from Westerners International for Standing Firmly By the Flag: Nebraska Territory and the Civil War,1861-1867.
2013 Nebraska Book Award winner in Nonfiction History for Standing Firmly By the Flag: Nebraska Territory and the Civil War,1861-1867.
Nebraska 150 Books honor for Standing Firmly by the Flag. 2017.

Associations

Nebraska State Historical Society

Bibliography

Marching with the First Nebraska: A Civil War Diary. 2010. (editor)
Standing Firmly By the Flag: Nebraska Territory and the Civil War,1861-1867. 2012.

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