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Serena's Album

… entitled Mental Portraits , probably as a 16th birthday gift. These books, also known as autograph albums or … popular in the late 19th century, usually purchased in stationery stores rather than bookstores, and widely given as … Richard II: “Nay, let us share thy thoughts, as thou dost ours.” The “autographic confessions” in Serena’s album span …
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The World War II Experience of Clarence O. Williams

… of Clarence O. Williams The story behind the play, Not Too Far Distant October 15, 2024 Playwright Becky Boesen gleaned … Division. According to his son Thomas, “for reasons he never shared, he took a camera with him, and produced the … carefully catalogued and documented album after returning home, ultimately settling in Lincoln, Nebraska.” He …
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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

… 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 

… gasping at the daring but simple exposition she gave the meaning of art.” ‘No Nebraska child now growing up will ever … graveyards of my own county and see on the headstones the names of fine old men I used to know: ‘Eric Ericson, born …
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The Art Connection

… Cloud Opera House is pleased to welcome The Art Connection show, created by a group of artists located in South Central … Connie McHenry View the digital gallery here! Walt Thomas  began his photographic career when, as art director of … of Nebraska Art Clubs (ANAC) and has a watercolor, "Winter Cuttings," in the permanent collection at the Museum …
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Lingua Franca Finds Inspiration In the Great Plains and Willa Cather's Writing

… and designer Rachelle Hruska MacPherson’s grandparents’ home in Ceresco, Nebraska as well as on the Hruska Family Farm, in Ulysses, Nebraska. Recently, we asked Rachelle more … Plains, and Red Cloud, that you share with people who’ve never been here before? The more I travel, the more I come …
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