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Museum Collections Associate Wanted!
… Museum Collections Associate Wanted! December 5, 2022 Job Title: … maintenance and preservation of museum facilities housing artifacts and art objects; conduct basic research; and … organizational skills. Ability to follow instructions and learn proper methods of preservation procedures. Shows …
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National Willa Cather Center Selected to Appear in Collections Assessment for Preservation (CAP) Program
… National Willa Cather Center Selected to Appear in Collections Assessment for Preservation (CAP) Program July … addition of six historic properties and approximately 8,000 artifacts. These artifacts include thousands of items that … generations, protecting it from decay and destruction. Learn more about FAIC at www.culturalheritage.org/foundation …
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Experience America’s Literary Legacy
… Image Experience America’s Literary Legacy Discover Willa Cather and Red Cloud "I'm not exaggerating, Carrie, when I … cities in Europe where I used to love to go . . ." - Willa Cather, letter to Carrie Miner Sherwood Red Cloud, Nebraska … ADAPTIVE REUSE PROJECT Willa Cather Childhood Home & Guided Tours Experience An Author's World Willa Cather’s literary …
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The Willa Cather Foundation
… and groups of all backgrounds, worldviews, and identities. Learning: We continuously learn and teach. Professionalism: … for museums. Stewardship: We are good stewards of sites, collections, and charitable gifts that are entrusted to us. … a small cohort of writers; Curation of exhibits featuring artifacts from the Foundation’s collections, which …
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IMLS Grant Awarded for $250,000
… for exhibitions, educational/interpretive programs, digital learning resources, professional development, community debate and … and communities have access to museums and libraries to learn from and be inspired by the trusted information, …
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Ask an Archivist Day
… does, or how they care for old, sometimes priceless artifacts and documents? Have you ever thought about what … all that archival work entails, as well as how archival collections enrich all there is to learn about history, literature, or in some cases our own …
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Annotations from the Archive: Discovering Emanuel Prettyman
… As we begin to commemorate the centenary of One of Ours , Willa Cather’s Pulitzer Prize-winner for Fiction, we look … newspaper copies, was printed in the Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial Newsletter & Review in 1989. When Dr. Steven Trout … visited Red Cloud to conduct research for his book Memorial Fictions in the mid-1990s, he discovered that in the few …
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Laura Bush Announces the Willa Cather Campaign for the Future
… Image Laura Bush Announces the Willa Cather Campaign for the Future January 14, 2020 Today, we announce the Willa Cather Foundation's Campaign for the Future , a … since 1978, but History Nebraska and the Foundation had operated the site together since 1994. It is the largest …
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Willa Cather Sites Transferred to the Willa Cather Foundation
… National Willa Cather Center will remain a primary location to learn about and research one of America's most … and purchased still remains. The Ántonia Farmhouse (the Pavelka Farmstead) , about 15 miles north of Red Cloud. Anna Pavelka was the inspiration for the novel My Ántonia, …
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IMLS-Funded Exhibit to Open in the National Willa Cather Center
… National Willa Cather Center September 21, 2015 Thanks to a Learning Experiences grant of $111,479 from the Institute of … of every visitor. The new exhibit will enable guests to learn about Cather’s life and times, understand the … libraries and museums to advance innovation, lifelong learning, and cultural and civic engagement. Their grant …
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