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Serena's Album

… gifts to women and girls. Serena’s album has long been an object of curiosity because one of its more colorful entries … Rolla’s entry in the album is the only one marked by two dates: February 8, 1887 and October 26, 1890. The slight … had just been nominated as the Democratic Party’s candidate for the 1896 presidential election. Bryan made the …
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The World War II Experience of Clarence O. Williams

… the timber line there is beautiful blue grass and many wild flowers in bloom. At the floor of the mountains entering his … place and plan such wars, I can’t figure out… Image Wildflowers from Hitler's estate, pressed in a letter P.S. I am … I picked on Hitler's estate. Two violets and one yellow flower, I don't know what it is.”  For more about the …
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"Books Old and New"

… Home Image Willa Cather in Pittsburgh "Books Old and New" From The Home Monthly August 9, 2024   Today is … than meat and flour."  —Willa Cather, "Old Books and New," The Home Monthly , May 1897 Here is a complete reprint … those that have been tested and tried." Books Old and New. Helen Delay "My book and heart shall never part." —New …
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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

… Edition (thirteen volumes of its projected fifteen in print) has established true texts for her works and, through … best place, Red Cloud, Nebraska, such as in her novels of prairie pioneering,  O Pioneers!  and  My Á ntonia , but … other places found there too: the desert southwest of  The Song of the Lark ,  The Professor's House , and  Death Comes …
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“Nebraska: The End of the First Cycle” Celebrates 100 Years 

… Her soul was given texture and form on its sweeping plains, under its clear skies, in contact with the hardy … and its people—the traditions and prairie landscape of the Great Plains that Cather loved and knew as a young woman, … of the change from coppery-brown prairie, peopled only by bison herds and bands of Indian hunters and wild fowl, into …
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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 … in Ulysses, Nebraska. Recently, we asked Rachelle more about her latest collection. How did you discover Willa …
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