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Red Cloud Opera House

… the arrival of traveling productions such as  The Bohemian Girl  and  The Mikado . As Cather herself put it, "Only real … old operas sung by people who were doing their best:  The Bohemian Girl, The Chimes of Normandy, Martha, The Mikado . …
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Serena's Album

… consider this extraordinary album in its entirety. (For a scholarly perspective on confession albums, and on Cather’s … earnest, or in jest,” but this separate document has been lost. The list of questions posed in Mental Portraits is … traveling companion, Adella Hurlbutt specifies “A Cultured Lady.” She is the soul of practicality in her desire if …
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The World War II Experience of Clarence O. Williams

… Nebraska classrooms; from letters, to lectures, to this gallery. He is now “over the Rainbow.” His joy in this … is very swift. How any one could sit in such a peaceful place and plan such wars, I can’t figure out… Image …
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"Books Old and New"

… Image Some children's books in the Willa Cather Childhood Home Image Willa Cather in Pittsburgh "Books Old and New" … Books Old and New. Helen Delay "My book and heart shall never part." —New England Primer [The editor of this … us who have read over and over the books we possess and are far from circulating libraries often drop out of the way of …
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The Potter Family

… from New York to Nebraska to live with and work for area farmers.  Charles R. Potter (1840–1931) was born in the … R. Potter, was 21 when they were married, having left his home in Owego, N.Y. the year before to come to Illinois where he had relatives. He and his father never agreed very well, so he left home and came west, as …
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Willa Cather Biography

… Willa Cather Biography A Great American Writer "Miss Cather is … Willa Cather: A Literary Life  had each appeared in 1987; about that time too the era’s leading Cather critic, the … best place, Red Cloud, Nebraska, such as in her novels of prairie pioneering,  O Pioneers!  and  My Á ntonia , but …
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“Nebraska: The End of the First Cycle” Celebrates 100 Years 

… Nebraska’s decision to make it illegal to teach foreign language to students under the eighth grade: “Miss Cather … material she still feels herself flesh of our flesh, bone of our bone. Her girlhood in south central Nebraska, where she …
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The Art Connection

… the good things in the past and her connection with the farm land. Gwen Lewis was born in Red Cloud, Nebraska, and … on the family farm in central Nebraska, and her roots have never strayed very far. Close family and community ties have … in pastels, but her most recent work features layers of homemade paper and acrylic to create mixed media …
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Lingua Franca Finds Inspiration In the Great Plains and Willa Cather's Writing

… will benefit the National Willa Cather Center’s efforts to promote the author’s legacy through education, … our mission through this unique partnership.” "It is always a thrill when we find that a company outside the … era has become very much en vogue. What inspires you to give back to nonprofits like the Willa Cather Foundation? I …
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