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Finding Aids

… list of numbers and checkmarks Chambers, Robert W. Ashes of Empire 1901 Merry Christmas to Mother from Willie Chambers, … Photo PHO-207-080 Jack Cather and Irma Wells poolside with dog (3.5" x 5") unknown 1953     Photo PHO-207-081 Irma … 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

… is the season of beauty and sentiment, as spring is in the Old World." —Willa Cather,  "Nebraska: The End of the First … last Thanksgiving and Christmas that you and I had in the old house 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 Father and Mother …
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Join Our Team

… Since its founding in 1955, the Foundation has been headquartered in Cather's hometown of rural Red Cloud, Nebraska.  … members at all experience levels who share our values of Connection, Creativity, Inclusiveness, Learning, … Curation Orient guests to our bookstore, exhibit, and art gallery spaces Encourage visitors to sign our guestbook as …
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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

… from photographs—or both? I do both. Sometimes a photo is involved but I may add some remembered things which could be … or stenciling with no end in mind. Something usually will get my imagination going and in the end it actually is a … nothing was told to me and my imagination put the story together. Hopefully I tell the story in the way the painting …
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Historic Sites

… with Cather's life. Today, our organization owns and operates the nation's largest collection of … author. Willa Cather Childhood Home Built in 1879, this house was five years old when the Cather family moved in. … was usually somebody at the piano.” — My Ántonia Red Cloud Opera House Built in 1885 and fully restored in 2003, the …
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Willa Cather Biography

… in American fiction—with Melville, James, Wharton, Hemingway, Faulkner, Cather, Ellison, Bellow, Morrison.” Yes, though Cather deserves to precede Hemingway on this list. Concluding her fine study of Willa … Cather. On April 24, 1947, Cather died from cancer. A private funeral was held in New York, and a memorial service …
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Collections Policies

… Collections Policies Publishing, Exhibiting, and Broadcasting Collection Materials Any … Center by completing a  Request for Permission to Publish, Exhibit, or Broadcast form.   Obtaining Reproductions … please wear nitrile gloves for any objects, and do not remove any document from protective sleeves for any reason; …
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Willa Cather as Creator: Breaking the Mold and Carving a Place in History

… 11, 2023 | 8 - 9pm Jaffrey Meetinghouse 15 Laban Ainsworth Way Jaffrey , NH 42544 United States Learn More As part of … stainless steel. His works are included in many public and private collections and have been exhibited nationally and …
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Virtual Author Series: Ladette Randolph

… with writer Ladette Randolph as she discusses her novel Private Way . Set in 2015, protagonist Vivi Marx winds up off the …
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