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Museum Collections Associate Wanted!
… Museum Collections Associate Wanted! December 5, 2022 Job Title: … opportunities for our patrons to experience Cather’s work, explore historic landmarks, foster their own creativity, 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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Willa Cather's Red Cloud
… Image Willa Cather's Red Cloud Welcome to Cather Country! "I'm not exaggerating, Carrie, … the very buildings and landscapes that Willa Cather wrote about or lived in — whether it is her childhood bedroom and … nothing in the virtual center of the lower 48-states. MORE ABOUT THE PRAIRIE LANDSCAPE Spend a Night in the Cather …
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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
… curation, and installation of the exhibits, and content will be made accessible online and through a mobile …
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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
… 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
… collaboration dedicated to preserving the sites and artifacts related to Pulitzer Prize winning author, Willa … her formative years—six historic properties and supporting collections will be transferred to the Willa Cather … Willa Cather Center will remain a primary location to learn about and research one of America's most iconic …
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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 … 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 …
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