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Remembrances of Mildred Bennett Sought
… Image Remembrances of Mildred Bennett Sought January 28, 2020 In collaboration … that preserves and interprets that world for those of us living today, Fellows considers Mildred Bennett to be a … my questions in advance, so you would have time to think about things. If you would prefer to respond to my questions …
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Exhibit Tour
Image Exhibit Tour Understand Cather's Time This is a driving tour that includes the childhood home but also offers a deep dive into three permanent exhibits that put Willa Cather's life and writing in context: All Aboard: West-Bound Trains in American …
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George Wells' Orphan Train Experience
… George Wells' Orphan Train Experience In 1983, Mildred Bennett, founder of the WCPM, and Don Connors, … interviewed George Müller Wells of nearby Cowles, Nebraska, about his childhood experience of riding the orphan train to … My father went up into Maine to find work, and he took us four children to his sister, an aunt of ours, for us to …
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Serena's Album
… Florence is seen on the right, around 1900, when she was a teacher. In 1904 she married John H. Grosvenor of Aurora, … one. A graduate of the University of Nebraska, he was a teacher in south-central Nebraska his entire adult life. He … is known of her. Her favorite character in romance is “A Teacher” — perhaps a nod to her own profession? She is one …
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Finding Aids
… TX-50-1000-003 Framed transcript of TX-50-1000-002 Notebook OBJ-50-1000-004 Notebook Douglass Cather Journal … TX-50-1000-035 Charles Cather Business Christmas Card Document TX-50-1000-036 Barnum documents 1856 … Chief Oil Map TX-50-1000-067 Plot map of George Smith land 1793 Docume9t TX-50-1000-068 Rental agreement 1840 …
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Annotations from the Archives: The World of Willa Cather
… February 11, 2026 This month, author Will Fellows reminds us that February marks an important anniversary: the 75th year of The World of Willa Cather , written by Mildred Bennett, a school teacher, author, researcher, and … and '30s, and many of these readers were eager to know more about the life of this rather elusive author, and the …
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Annotations From the Archives: Ask-An-Archivist
… Blackman Sell in a short article for the Chicago Daily News , Cather is "pronounced to rhyme with rather, if you … fast and twice as far as something real. Did Willa Cather know Georgia O'Keeffe? Many readers of Cather's work and her … job, I also care for the museum and art collections, create exhibitions, and lead the team that maintains the historic …
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Making a Place: A Long History of Red Cloud
… and casework at the Farmers & Merchants Bank will cost approximately $250,000. Names of supporters who contribute … or more after the deadline will be recognized on the mobile app. More About Our Reinterpretation Strategy This exhibit …
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NEA Big Read: My Ántonia
… September 4, 2024 Willa Cather’s My Ántonia was among the fifty titles selected by the National Endowment for the Arts … drawn readers into this classic novel for more than 100 years. Just as gripping are her portrayal of obstacles such … the Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial in Red Cloud, one of her first efforts was to bring Life magazine to Webster County …
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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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