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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 , …
Posted: 10/15/2025
Last Updated: 10/16/2025

Annotations from the Archives: Teaching with Primary Sources

… by Willa Cather. Our Director of Education and Engagement, Rachel Olsen, can arrange for your class to take part in these activities; you can contact her at rolsen@willacather.org.   Image Area 4th graders try out …
Posted: 07/29/2024
Last Updated: 09/09/2025

Annotations from the Archives: Cather in Santa Fe

… Cather's circa 1924 map of Santa Fe Annotations from the Archives: Cather in Santa Fe November 7, 2023 In the 1910s … in a story for the ages. You can  explore more of our collections  digitally on our website, which is constantly … at the National Willa Cather Center Southwick Family Collections at the National Willa Cather Center Kathleen …
Posted: 11/06/2023
Last Updated: 08/19/2025

Annotations from the Archives: Use It Up

… Their utility as a vehicle for collecting or transferring goods was naturally of primary importance on the frontier. …
Posted: 02/05/2025
Last Updated: 02/11/2025

Annotations from the Archives: A Lost Lady Debuts

… Movie." Warner Bros., in answer to this concern over the content of films, sent several executives on a nationwide … to Red Cloud characters rather than artistic merit or moral content. The Grand Island Independent noted, " From a … meet the newly adopted Hayes Code that governed the moral content of Hollywood productions. In 1977, Willa Cather …
Posted: 01/06/2025
Last Updated: 01/21/2025

Annotations from the Archives: Armistice Day

… He knew he was not the only farmer boy who wished himself tonight beside the Marne. . . . Lying still and thinking fast, … army. One's manners wouldn't matter on the Marne tonight, the night of the eighth of September, 1914. There was … the poem was written in May 1915 and published in Punch in December 1915, the poem took on a life of its own as one of …
Posted: 11/04/2024
Last Updated: 11/05/2024

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 …
Posted: 09/01/2024
Last Updated: 09/04/2024

Annotations from the Archives: From a Trainman's Library

… Annotations from the Archives: From a Trainman's Library July 2, 2024 Red Cloud's … N.B. was the station master A great many books—from several collections—speak to the technical knowledge required of the … Technical bulletins and manuals are also represented in our collections. In addition to the important role these …
Posted: 06/28/2024
Last Updated: 07/02/2024

Annotations from the Archives: On Reappraisal

… Image Grant Reynard's "Straw Stack" Annotations from the Archives: On Reappraisal August 14, 2022 The archives are … The processes used in cataloging, arranging, and caring for collections are the science; they are reproducible and … who touched the collection: not merely the subjects of the collections themselves and their families, friends, and …
Posted: 02/21/2024
Last Updated: 02/21/2024

Annotations from the Archives: The Cather Family Library

… French, at the University of Nebraska Annotations from the Archives: The Cather Family Library February 6, 2024 The … Willa Cather's grandmother. While not all items from our collections have been digitized, our new searchable online collections page is making it increasingly easy to explore …
Posted: 02/05/2024
Last Updated: 02/06/2024

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