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… wide x 5 ⅜ tall x ⅝” deep. Two black and white photographs. Printed and handwritten ephemera. Container type: envelope … of Warsaw n/d n/a Pound, Louise, ed. American Ballads and Songs 1922 H773-4. 100 Poushkin, Alexander The Prose Tales … 1968 Book April Twilights Willa Cather 1968 Magazine Prairie Schooner : Emily Dickinson Edition (vol. 51 no. 4) …
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Annotations From the Archives: Thanksgiving in Red Cloud
… . . . But our great National feast day was originated by a private individual, and a woman at that. Above all her other … in Red Cloud. What a happy time that was for me! I shall always think of the old house just as it was then—exactly as … personal artifacts or dig into Red Cloud history in a new way! …
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Join Our Team
… the Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial—is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization dedicated to advancing the … and freelance writers, and coordinate photography, media tours, and interviews Design and distribute promotional … Tour Guides must have detailed knowledge of each of our buildings and be able to retain historical facts, dates and …
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Hotel Garber Opens in Red Cloud to Bolster Tourism and Advance Willa Cather Legacy
… An eyesore at the corner of two major intersecting highways, the Potter building had been vacant and decaying for … recalled these occasions in both her published work and private letters. Now joined with the Center’s preserved … gifts from many generous individuals and foundations. These private gifts helped leverage grant awards from the Nebraska …
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Artist Karen Thurlow on Place and Memory
… My dad was a farmer who rented land. We lived in whatever house was provided with the farmland, sometimes not the best house but my mother made each house a wonderful home. I … and affordably priced. Art purchases from the Red Cloud Opera House Gallery benefit the artist and help support our …
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Historic Sites
… the arrival of traveling productions such as The Bohemian Girl and The Mikado . The Red Cloud Opera House hosts …
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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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Collections Policies
… Materials Any publication of images from the National Willa Cather Center materials must be approved in writing and may … who uncover sensitive personal information of living persons in any collection agree to make no notes or …
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Willa Cather as Creator: Breaking the Mold and Carving a Place in History
… Forum Image Littleton Alston with his statue of Willa Cather at the U.S. Capitol Image Ashley Olson, Executive … efforts to advance her legacy. Guests will also learn about the research and creativity that was essential in … arts center, ten historic sites, and a 612-acre native prairie that make up the largest collection of nationally …
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Willa Cather and Her Illustrators
… a path for artists to achieve nationwide recognition, in a way that gallery exhibition and private collection could not. Cather and the artists who … art, and that it is worth caring about, than in any other way.” This exhibit explores eight of Cather’s illustrators, …
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