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Museum Collections Associate Wanted!

… interiors and art objects, rugs, decorative pieces, clothing and accessories, furnishings, utilizing knowledge …
Posted: 12/05/2022
Last Updated: 12/28/2022

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 …
Posted: 07/23/2020
Last Updated: 07/11/2022

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 …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 03/20/2026

The Willa Cather Foundation

… times, and the pleasures of her artistry; Organization of  conferences  and  seminars  that generate new research and …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 05/06/2025

IMLS Grant Awarded for $250,000

… in 2020 Image The interior of the historic station has many artifacts related to the rail industry IMLS Grant Awarded … for exhibitions, educational/interpretive programs, digital learning resources, professional development, community … debate and dialogue, audience-focused studies, and/or collections management, curation, care, and conservation. In …
Posted: 09/04/2024
Last Updated: 09/04/2024

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 …
Posted: 10/07/2021
Last Updated: 05/24/2023

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 …
Posted: 04/23/2022
Last Updated: 05/23/2023

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 …
Posted: 11/22/2022
Last Updated: 11/22/2022

Willa Cather Sites Transferred to the Willa Cather Foundation

… Image Willa Cather Sites Transferred to the Willa Cather Foundation January 23, … the transfer of ownership of the Willa Cather State Historic Site to the Willa Cather Foundation. Located in Red … iconic writers. Tourists and scholars from around the world visit Red Cloud because of its associations with Willa …
Posted: 01/18/2019
Last Updated: 07/11/2022

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 … while showcasing many priceless historical photographs and artifacts. The exhibit’s name, taken from the American … help museums deliver enhanced learning experiences, improve collections care, and address community needs.” Founded in …
Posted: 09/21/2015
Last Updated: 12/07/2015

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