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Serena's Album
… family came to Nebraska between 1880 and 1885; her father farmed near Bostwick in Nuckolls County. After attending … her album. Serena White lived her entire life in the area, never marrying. She died in 1924. Cather scholar Kari … settlement known as “Elora” — Mrs. Keifer gives it as her home — was essentially a post office in search of a town, …
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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"
… Imagination" was the theme of our 69th Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference but we celebrate Willa Cather's words every day …
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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
… extended Willa Cather: A Literary Life had each appeared in 1987; about that time too the era’s leading Cather … times a year by the National Willa Cather Center in Red Cloud. The MLA International Bibliography lists almost 1300 … a prominent writer herself, and the three made a well-known visit with A. E. Housman, then a poet Cather much admired. …
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“Nebraska: The End of the First Cycle” Celebrates 100 Years
… Front cover of the September 5, 1923 issue of the Nation “Nebraska: The End of the First Cycle” Celebrates 100 Years … 1921 that she “ must get to work at once on an article on 'Nebraska' the Nation has asked me to do for their … embarked on a Midwest speaking tour which included stops in Nebraska. In Omaha she admonished Nebraska’s decision to …
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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
… Lingua Franca Finds Inspiration In the Great Plains and Willa Cather's Writing March 27, 2022 As part of their “Nebraskaland” …
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