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Annotations From the Archives: Ask-An-Archivist
… but I use it so frequently that I keep a hard copy at home and at work. Did Willa Cather say, "Anybody can love … and her thoughts. The Only Wonderful Things , by Melissa Homestead, updates Cather's biography significantly and fleshes out Edith Lewis's place in Cather's life and work. Willa Cather in Person , …
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Annotations from the Archives: Teaching with Primary Sources
… 9, 2025 The collections and archives at the National Willa Cather Center have always, since our founding, played a critical role in helping our visitors gain a deeper understanding of Willa Cather. Our … For many students, these visits comprise their first experience with archival work, so a primer on what an …
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Annotations from the Archives: Cather in Santa Fe
… Image Willa Cather's circa 1924 map of Santa Fe Annotations from the … that a pre-1924 date is a problematic fit for Cather's timeline. The Buckman Bridge was privately built and … marked trails than Cather's. Still, knowing what we do about Cather’s travels, it is possible that she picked up …
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Annotations from the Archives: Use It Up
… Image Rationing Poster, United State Office of War Information, 1943 Annotations from the Archives: Use It Up … elements of Progressivism and Protestantism, social reform and social reaction, populism and the precepts of … made up of those cards—were extremely popular as a form of education and entertainment for both children and …
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Annotations from the Archives: A Lost Lady Debuts
… Image A Lost Lady Ad Image Pearl Keating Speaks in Des Moines Image Dorothy Farnum, screenwriter of A Lost Lady Image A Lost Lady Opens Annotations from the Archives: …
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Annotations from the Archives: Armistice Day
… day when the veterans of World War I were honored, and our collections are rich with museum and archival items that … of Ladies' Home Journal is just one such example from our collections. In One of Ours, Cather wrote: "It was curious . … as Veterans Day to honor veterans of all U.S. wars. You can learn more about the history of Armistice Day and Veteran's …
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Annotations from the Archives: The End of an Era for the Chief
… from the first extant Red Cloud Chief, October 9, 1873 Volume I, No. 15, is the first surviving issue of the Red … local history or, in our case, exploring the life of Willa Cather. We know that Willa Cather held a warm place in her … a regular reader of that newspaper. Decades later as Cather Studies were just beginning, it was through those preserved …
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Annotations from the Archives: From a Trainman's Library
… or the Red Cloud depot in particular, please reach out to Tracy Tucker, Director of Collections and Curation, for …
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Annotations from the Archives: On Reappraisal
… caused him to reevaluate everything. “I was completely lost for almost a year,” Reynard remembered, reconsidering … said, “It percolated through my confusion that this great lady had done me a great service in talking about herself. . … pleasant visits—they were the Misses Minor [sic]—and I have lost their present addresses there in Red Cloud. Now that I …
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Annotations from the Archives: The Cather Family Library
… appointment to visit the archives by filling out our online form . …
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