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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 … Following are excerpts of that process gleaned from past newsletters. [Scroll down to read what was entered into the … to hear Regional Postmaster General Clarence B. Gels speak about Willa Cather. Also in the audience were relatives of …
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Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index

… 2.1  Spring 1958  Editor: Mildred R. Bennett  Officers and Board of Governors p. 1  Staff … Cather Garden Dedicated p. 3  New Signs Placed on Country Roads p. 4  … in Red Cloud p. 9  Dr. Gayle Rhoads finds book belonging to Cather in used book store p. 9  Panel for Cather …
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Serena's Album

… appear in the album, which is not chronological — people selected blank pages randomly when they made their entries. … settlement known as “Elora” — Mrs. Keifer gives it as her home — was essentially a post office in search of a town, … of church music. Hattie’s favorite amusement, “Jack Stories,” come from Appalachian oral tradition, tales of a …
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Annotations from the Archives: A Map of the World

… Archives, Archives.gov. We made use of all of these resources as we began to reevaluate the data that we would … to the fire that destroyed the 1890 federal census. You can learn about the history of this unusual census here. Plat …
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Finding Aids

… and archival collections, housed in Cather's hometown of Red Cloud, Nebraska, containing memorabilia, artifacts, … journals, and rare book collections, as well as items belonging to Willa Cather like letters, clothing, jewelry, … to explore individual objects in the collection! For a broad view of the collections, finding aids are available for …
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Annotations From the Archives: Ask-An-Archivist

… archives is foundational to American ideas—after being ushered in by our revolutionary partners, the French. As we … her with Georgia O'Keeffe—with good reason! They both visited New Mexico at the invitation of Mabel Dodge Luhan … a handful of people with direct connections to Cather's Red Cloud family and friends. Willa Cather Living , by Edith …
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Annotations from the Archives: The End of an Era for the Chief

… images. Teresa Young, director of the WCHM, received a file folder of images from her museum's opening, as well as … 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

… Image Press Room We invite journalists, editors, bloggers, and the … Press Room often for the latest newsworthy information about our activities, events, and announcements. Please … Red Cloud through the ongoing efforts of the  Willa Cather Foundation  and their  National Willa Cather Center . Media …
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Annotations from the Archive: Early Magazine Days

… (March 28, 1897), with these observations at the start of Cather's early and prolific career in magazine writing and editing: “Miss Willa Cather, the editor of the Home Monthly , is not … views on magazine writing, her years as editor, and other personal reflections in the essential Willa Cather in …
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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 … affected by World War I and the death of her cousin, G.P. Cather. She won a Pulitzer Prize for One of Ours which was … 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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