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Museum Collections Associate Wanted!

… 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 humanresources@willacather.org www.WillaCather.org …
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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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Travel Through the Pages of American Literature

… journeys. Spend a Night in the Cather Second Home Guest House Quiet, Cozy, Just like Home Whether you are planning a … and revitalized with new businesses. Here is the Red Cloud Opera House , the place of Cather’s arts immersion and education as a child, restored and open today with events and performances throughout the year. Our Special …
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The Willa Cather Foundation

… Image The Willa Cather Foundation dba the National Willa Cather Center The … that museums are spaces to have courageous conversations about the complex history we share, and we seek transparent …
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IMLS Grant Awarded for $250,000

… through its Museums for America Program The National Willa Cather Center is delighted to announce the award of a full … interpretation at two Cather-related historic sites for our visitors.  The Willa Cather Foundation is the only …
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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

… 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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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

… Image Willa Cather Sites Transferred to the Willa Cather Foundation January 23, 2019 After a … Site to the Willa Cather Foundation. Located in Red Cloud, Nebraska—where Cather spent her formative years—six … iconic writers. Tourists and scholars from around the world visit Red Cloud because of its associations with Willa …
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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 Experiences grant of $111,479 from the Institute of Museum … center for approximately 8,000 national and international visitors annually. The exhibit, to be entitled American …
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