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Museum Collections Associate Wanted!

… aim to become a premier cultural center that offers broad educational opportunities for our patrons to experience … organizational skills. Ability to follow instructions and learn proper methods of preservation procedures. Shows … references to: The Willa Cather Foundation Attn: Human Resources 413 North Webster Street Red Cloud, NE 68970 …
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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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The Willa Cather Foundation

… of varied backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. 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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Travel Through the Pages of American Literature

… inspired the Pulitzer Prize winner’s influential writings. LEARN MORE National Willa Cather Center A cultural oasis on … events and performances throughout the year. Our Special Collections & Archives hold some of the priceless treasures of a literary …
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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 …
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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

… the years. After her death, a great deal of Wagner’s Cather collections were donated to us in Red Cloud, including … clippings. Because we were just beginning to build our new archives at the National Willa Cather Center, storage space … only image of Prettyman identified. Research continues to learn more about Prettyman’s life; his military records and …
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Laura Bush Announces the Willa Cather Campaign for the Future

… ownership of six historic properties and about 8,000 artifacts to the Willa Cather Foundation. The state had … periods in American history.” She continued, “The sites and collections that make up the National Willa Cather Center in … be able to travel back in time to hear the ‘nimble air’ and learn from Willa Cather’s example for many generations to …
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Willa Cather Sites Transferred to the Willa Cather Foundation

… to have cared for these important properties for the last forty years. The Willa Cather Foundation is an excellent … is especially beloved because of Cather’s preserved bedroom under the eaves where she did her first writing and where …
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IMLS-Funded Exhibit to Open in the National Willa Cather Center

… Image IMLS-Funded Exhibit to Open in the National Willa Cather Center September 21, 2015 Thanks to a Learning … “A self-guided and interactive educational experience about Cather’s life and work has long been missing from our … every visitor. The new exhibit will enable guests to learn about Cather’s life and times, understand the significance …
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