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Remembrances of Mildred Bennett Sought

… Image Remembrances of Mildred Bennett Sought January 28, 2020 In collaboration … that preserves and interprets that world for those of us living today, Fellows considers Mildred Bennett to be a … my questions in advance, so you would have time to think about things. If you would prefer to respond to my questions …
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Volunteer

… Image The Willa Cather Foundation was started in 1955 by Mildred R. Bennett and a small group of dedicated volunteers … of the ways you can become involved:  Red Cloud Opera House Volunteers Do you enjoy arts programming? Join our … for all new volunteers. To become a volunteer or learn more about volunteer opportunities with the Willa Cather …
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Exhibit Tour

… at the Burlington Depot; Making a Place: A Long History of Red Cloud at the Farmers and Merchants Bank; and American … Street At the newly restored Willa Cather Childhood Home , visitors will walk through rooms containing Cather family …
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George Wells' Orphan Train Experience

… George Wells' Orphan Train Experience In 1983, Mildred Bennett, founder of the WCPM, and Don Connors, … interviewed George Müller Wells of nearby Cowles, Nebraska, about his childhood experience of riding the orphan train to … My father went up into Maine to find work, and he took us four children to his sister, an aunt of ours, for us to …
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Serena's Album

… was made by a precocious 14-year-old signing herself “Wm. Cather M.D.” This entry by Serena’s classmate Willa Cather … was an American humorist whose popular Samantha Allen novels were presented as if written by the heroine’s foolish … of church music. Hattie’s favorite amusement, “Jack Stories,” come from Appalachian oral tradition, tales of a …
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Finding Aids

… Princeton University Saturday Review Union College Union Trust Co of Philadelphia William Tyrell Books   Geographic … TEX-62-032 The Future of Your Affairs, pamphlet by Central Trust Co., Lander Wyoming   undated Document TEX-62-033 …
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Annotations from the Archives: The World of Willa Cather

… in the NWCC archives as he began work on a Bennett auto/biography which blends his original research and interviews … of Willa Cather was published by Dodd, Mead. The first biography of Cather, it appeared four years after her death. …
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Annotations From the Archives: Ask-An-Archivist

… Georgia O'Keeffe? Many readers of Cather's work and her biography immediately connect her with Georgia O'Keeffe—with … Life , by James Woodress, was a groundbreaking critical biography when it was published, and though more recent … Wonderful Things , by Melissa Homestead, updates Cather's biography significantly and fleshes out Edith Lewis's place …
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Making a Place: A Long History of Red Cloud

… efforts led by the National Willa Cather Center's founder, Mildred Bennett. More About the Project One of Red Cloud’s most arresting … Lyra and Silas Garber during her childhood in Red Cloud and used them as prototypes for Captain and Mrs. Forrester in A …
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NEA Big Read: My Ántonia

… Offered to Communities and Organizations September 4, 2024 Willa Cather’s My Ántonia was among the fifty titles … Click below to access our booking form! Booking Form Learn more about the October 4th kick-off event Book a My … Blind d’Arnault. It utilizes archival imagery and artist biography to inspire patrons to grapple with larger …
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