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The University of Nebraska Press was born in November 1941 under Chancellor Chauncey Samuel Boucher. He hired Emily Schossberger as the press's first editor to guide its initial direction.
Bison Books launched in 1961 as the press's first trade imprint for non-traditional retail spaces. The imprint originally focused on Western Americana before shifting to cover the trans-Mississippi West in 2013.
Dave Gilbert became director in 1975 and reoriented Bison Books toward a stronger western focus. Bill Regier succeeded Gilbert and expanded the press into foreign translations from France and Scandinavia.
In September 2011, the press entered a collaborative publishing arrangement with the Jewish Publication Society. April 2013 marked another major acquisition when the press bought Potomac Books, a publisher specializing in military and diplomatic topics.
Since its inception, UNP has published more than 4,000 books and thirty journals. The organization adds approximately 150 titles each year to maintain this volume.