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50 Years of the Centennial Willa Cather Stamp
… Image 50 Years of the Centennial Willa Cather Stamp The process—and celebration—of a commemorative … Princeton. In 1944 she received the gold medal from the National Institute of Arts and Letters.” 50 Volunteers, 34 …
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Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index
… Miriam Mountford TITLE: Willa Cather Museum Dedication Author: John G. Neihardt p. 1 Report of Museum Dedication … Day of Issue p. 1 Willa Cather Centennial Festival--Events at UNL and Red Cloud p. 2 Notice of Mrs. Roscoe … Country International Willa Cather Seminar 2013 p. 55 New Virtual Tour p. 55 Contributors to this Issue p. 56 Spring …
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Serena's Album
… was made by a precocious 14-year-old signing herself “Wm. Cather M.D.” This entry by Serena’s classmate Willa Cather … survived to adulthood. Addie was a widow by 1920 and in her later years worked as a milliner. She eventually lived in … was an American humorist whose popular Samantha Allen novels were presented as if written by the heroine’s foolish …
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Annotations from the Archives: A Map of the World
… renovation. Easily one of the most popular features of our old Depot tour, several maps highlighted Webster County's … form. But it was also true that the maps were thirty years old, and incredible amounts of information were now … the Burlington & Missouri River Railroad (naturally) and told the story of the Burlington's efforts to recruit …
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Finding Aids
… Finding Aids The National Willa Cather Center houses one of the nation’s largest collections … address books, journals, and sales ledgers for her novels, as well as hundreds of objects that belonged to the … should acquaint themselves with copyright restrictions for later publications. Acquisition Information: This …
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Annotations From the Archives: Ask-An-Archivist
… I don't think she did. I find it variously attributed to "old sodbusters" or "early Dakota settlers" or generic "Willa … collection, housing them in preservation-quality boxes and folders, and ensuring a proper storage environment and … (and can quote from Cather's letters!), Woodress remains a gold standard for many. Webster County: Visions of the Past , …
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Annotations from the Archives: The End of an Era for the Chief
… the early history of Red Cloud without the newspaper files to refer to!! Red Cloud and Webster County are …
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Press Room
… perspective and in a style that had not been represented in literature previously. When she was nine, Cather and her … individual in pre-Civil War Virginia; the impact of the Great War; the convergence of Indigenous, Hispanic, and … life. Cather was the first American writer to use the Great Plains as a detailed setting for fiction; she taught her …
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Annotations from the Archive: Early Magazine Days
… and prolific career in magazine writing and editing: “Miss Willa Cather, the editor of the Home Monthly , is not … as a writer, and the successes of her future brilliant fiction. You can read more about her views on magazine … I was very demure and discussed flower gardening church music…” To Will Owen Jones (January 15, 1897) — “I may not …
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Remembering Our Fallen
… for a complete traveling schedule. The author Willa Cather, who gave her commencement speech from the Red Cloud … met him just on the edge of town, and we stopped to chat about the war news. I believe he always wanted to be a soldier. I can see …
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