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Remembrances of Mildred Bennett Sought

… Image Remembrances of Mildred Bennett Sought January 28, 2020 In collaboration with the … from the published and unpublished texts of Bennett’s autobiography. But my first priority in this project is to …
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Finding Aids

… Checks from City National Bank, Lincoln   1900 Newspaper TX-50-1000-014 Newspaper Clippings About Princeton Honorary Degree     … TX-50-1000-041 Photocopies of 28 and 29               Newspaper TX-50-1000-043 Charles F. Cather Obituary …
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Making a Place: A Long History of Red Cloud

… & Merchants Bank As we mark the publication centenary of Willa Cather's A Lost Lady , a new permanent exhibit for the … the inclusion of people of color, immigrants, laborers, and others on the fringe of Cather's world. Image Image Image …
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NEA Big Read: My Ántonia

… Offered to Communities and Organizations September 4, 2024 Willa Cather’s My Ántonia was among the fifty titles selected by … what we have lost and what we have gained, what the author knew and what she didn’t know that she knew, but that …
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Annotations from the Archives: October is American Archives Month

… Archives Month, a time when we educate students and patrons about the value of archives. It’s easy to make the … the very fabric of democracy, since the French Revolution ushered in the idea of centralized, publicly accessible … you might imagine! In our organization's earliest days, Mildred Bennett, our founder, spent a great deal of time …
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Guided Three Building Downtown Tour

… journey from Virginia; the domestic spaces in The Song of the Lark , "Old Mrs. Harris," and 'The Best Years"  that were …
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Historic Sites

… Historic Sites Since our organization's founding as the Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial, we have been at the forefront … 1965. Efforts to save the depot were extensive, requiring relocation and a full restoration—the result of the railroad's … in 1891. The brick façade was added sometime after the Cathers joined the church in 1922. Today, Grace Episcopal …
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Volunteer

… dedicated volunteers with us on Friday, April 5th! RSVP to Nicky Billinger at 402-746-2653 by Friday, March 29th to attend …
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Our Campaign for the Future

… Image Mrs. Laura Bush, Honorary National Chair Our Campaign for the Future Restoring Cather's Treasured Places & Sustaining Our …
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Annotations from the Archives: On Reappraisal

… art director with publications like the Saturday Evening Post, Collier’s, Redbook, Good Housekeeping, Harper’s Bazaar … A Measure of Vision  (1966) recalled that afternoon, and posthumously, the  Prairie Schooner  published an expanded …
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