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19th International Willa Cather Seminar

… Image Willa Cather received an honorary doctor of letters degree from Princeton University, 1931. All Together … papers that propose to read across region in Cather’s works and life. Possible topics include, but are not limited …
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The Willa Cather Foundation

… where each visitor is welcomed, valued, and accommodated. Get Involved Support Our Work The Willa Cather Foundation is a …
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Annotations from the Archives: Armistice Day

… Roll of Honor for Grosvenor P. Cather Annotations from the Archives: Armistice Day November 5, 2024 On November 11, … day when the veterans of World War I were honored, and our collections are rich with museum and archival items that … 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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Museum Collections Associate Wanted!

… Museum Collections Associate Wanted! December 5, 2022 Job Title: … related to the care and preservation of our collections and archives. This person will be trained in the use of … organizational skills. Ability to follow instructions and learn proper methods of preservation procedures. Shows …
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Meet Our “New” Director of Collections and Curation: Tracy Sanford Tucker

… example, and other events, and focus instead on curating exhibits and developing interpretation at the historic … & Archives come from? Overwhelmingly, it’s come from two major sources: Cather family members and local Red … challenge, but since so many of our collection objects are displayed within our historic sites, it matters to me that …
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Travel Through the Pages of American Literature

… Red Cloud with a fresh idea of Willa Cather and the Great Plains. Come witness the sites and sounds that changed … is her childhood bedroom and its original wallpaper in The Song of the Lark  or the Miner House that became the Harling …
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Group and Motorcoach Tours

… Willa Cather Center is located in the quiet rural town of Red Cloud, Nebraska—childhood home of writer Willa Cather. … please call 402-746-2653. What Your Group Will Experience Visit the fully-restored  Willa Cather Childhood home and …
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Annotations from the Archive: Business Papers

… Cloud and Hastings.” Cather was particularly dismayed to learn the farms she owned in Webster County were also in … into Cather’s business affairs, make plans to visit! The archives at the National Willa Cather Center are open … of your time in Nebraska, you should also visit the Cather collections at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and …
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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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Annotations from the Archive: Discovering Emanuel Prettyman

… copies, was printed in the Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial Newsletter & Review in 1989.  When Dr. Steven Trout visited Red Cloud to … only image of Prettyman identified. Research continues to learn more about Prettyman’s life; his military records and …
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