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National Willa Cather Center

… the opportunity to fully explore the life and legacy of one of America's most celebrated authors. The Center is the … comes with the unique experience of an embrace from the small community where Willa Cather spent her formative … narratives that are interwoven with priceless historical photographs and artifacts. The exhibit’s name, taken from …
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Finding Aids

… Finding Aids The National Willa Cather Center houses one of the nation’s largest collections of materials … Jeremiah Smith   1793 Ephemera OBJ-50-1000-008 "The Truth About Horace" Poem Written Inside Book Cover Eugene Field   … or consult their institution or publisher for assistance. Mildred Bennett Collection Date range:  1932-1989 Bulk …
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Willa Cather Biography

… Marsden, for Rinehart-Marsden Studios, Omaha, 1921. Photographic portrait of Willa Cather. Photographic portrait of … brilliant," and that "she knows at all points what she is doing. Above all else, she is self conscious" (187). Writing … (2019) and Melissa J. Homestead’s The Only Wonderful Things: The Creative Partnership of Willa Cather and Edith …
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Annotations from the Archives: Cather Press Clippings

… Willa Cather writes in New Hampshire Annotations from the Archives: Cather Press Clippings August 1, 2023 As has been … the most pertinent portion of the review or article. Our collections include hundreds of such clippings, some … part of the United States. . . . From this experience I learned a lesson. The better the advertising, the worse it …
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Annotations from the Archives: The Library

… local organizations or simply had to purchase their own small selection of reading materials. In 1913, the new Red Cloud YMCA created a library in one of its rooms, with material donated by the P.E.O. club, … It's unclear what became of the Carnegie application. The photo of Willa Cather reading to her younger siblings is …
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Organization History

… early years. In the early 1950s, Bennett gathered a small group of Red Cloud citizens, interested individuals, … Cather, great woman, great literary artist, who once was one of ours and now belongs to the great world and to time, … Sites and the collection became known as the Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial Collection. The Foundation later assumed …
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Virtual Author Series: Dr. Rebecca Faber

… to welcome Dr. Rebecca Faber to talk about her book, One Small Photo , a collection of poetry and one short story that was …
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Meet Our “New” Director of Collections and Curation: Tracy Sanford Tucker

… Image Meet Our “New” Director of Collections and Curation: Tracy Sanford Tucker October 30, … & Curation as part of an internal restructuring. Learn more about Tracy and her new role—and what this means for the organization and for our Collections and Archives! You have many diverse interests, talents, and work …
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Meet Our 2021 Summer Interns

… fixing any errors. Currently, I’m reviewing the archive’s photo collection and then digitizing them for future use. … are, unfortunately, missing. But there are some really good ones (with Beauty and the Beast costumes and elephants … I wasn’t walking with my grandparents). They lived in the small town of West Point, so I was already familiar with …
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