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… Boris Hambourg, ? Heinemann, William, 1863-1920 Hess, Julia Myra Hibben, Jenny Davidson Hibben, John Grier Hills, Laura … Tullius Select Orations of Cicero n/d n/a Clark, Glenn The Soul's Sincere Desire 1953 n/a Collins, Dale Ordeal 1924 n/a … Gentlemen of Virginia 1908 n/a Eliot, George The Spanish Gypsy: the Legend of Jubal, and Other Poems Old and New …
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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
… Join Our Team Career Opportunities at the National Willa Cather Center The Willa Cather Foundation—formerly the … off, and a professional development stipend. Housing and relocation support are also available. This job description … a boutique hotel under construction in Red Cloud, Nebraska, childhood home of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Willa …
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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
… but ,as a child, I was not aware of the hardships. We always ate well thanks to big gardens, canning, and homegrown … do art when I grew up. I was able to take some lessons from private teachers and workshops. I studied art books and did … In the 1990s, I did a lot of mural work in businesses and private homes. This gave me the opportunity to paint BIG. I …
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Historic Sites
… Historic Sites Since our organization's founding as the Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial, we have been at the forefront … 1965. Efforts to save the depot were extensive, requiring relocation and a full restoration—the result of the railroad's … in 1891. The brick façade was added sometime after the Cathers joined the church in 1922. Today, Grace Episcopal …
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Willa Cather Biography
… of her own birthplace, rural northern Virginia, in Sapphira and the Slave Girl . In the mid-1930s, having returned to Nebraska from …
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Collections Policies
Collections Policies Publishing, Exhibiting, and Broadcasting Collection Materials Any publication of images from the National Willa Cather Center materials must be approved in writing and may be subject to a usage fee . These fees are separate from any …
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Willa Cather as Creator: Breaking the Mold and Carving a Place in History
… Fortune Forum Image Littleton Alston with his statue of Willa Cather at the U.S. Capitol Image Ashley Olson, Executive … as a mature artist in the prime of her career. His bronze sculpture of Cather was installed in the U.S. Capitol on …
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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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