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Annotations from the Archives: New Year, New View
… of us will turn our thoughts to setting goals and making a fresh start in a new year. In 1913, Willa Cather was doing …
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Annotations From the Archives: Red Cloud's Christmas Traditions
… for the story "Jack-a-Boy," published in Saturday Evening Post in March 1901. "Jack-a-Boy" was loosely based on …
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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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Annotations From the Archives: Ask-An-Archivist
… Annotations From the Archives: Ask-An-Archivist October 16 is Ask-An-Archivist Day! October 16, 2025 October is American Archives Month, a time when archivists across the country … educating patrons and the general public about the value of archives. It’s easy to connect the archives to local history …
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Annotations from the Archives: Teaching with Primary Sources
… and students examine primary sources Annotations from the Archives: Teaching with Primary Sources September 9, 2025 The collections and archives at the National Willa Cather Center have always, … Cather’s inspirations from her girlhood. Often, however, archives are presented in popular culture as sequestered …
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Annotations from the Archives: Cather in Santa Fe
… Image Willa Cather's circa 1924 map of Santa Fe Annotations from the … that a pre-1924 date is a problematic fit for Cather's timeline. The Buckman Bridge was privately built and … marked trails than Cather's. Still, knowing what we do about Cather’s travels, it is possible that she picked up …
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Annotations From the Archives: Red Cloud's Photographers
… Image Bicycle Races Annotations From the Archives: Red Cloud's Photographers March 6, 2025 Think …
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Annotations from the Archives: Use It Up
… State Office of War Information, 1943 Annotations from the Archives: Use It Up February 7, 2025 Use it up, Wear it out, …
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Annotations from the Archives: A Lost Lady Debuts
… Movie." Warner Bros., in answer to this concern over the content of films, sent several executives on a nationwide … Captain Forrester's railroad business. Another Red Cloud native, Sidney Alden, by then an executive with the … to Red Cloud characters rather than artistic merit or moral content. The Grand Island Independent noted, " From a …
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Annotations from the Archives: Armistice Day
… and women in military conflicts. Willa Cather would have known November 11 as Armistice Day, a day when the veterans … McCrae's poem "In Flanders Fields." Philip Lyford was a well-known illustrator in the U.S. during the first half of … Day to honor veterans of all U.S. wars. You can learn more about the history of Armistice Day and Veteran's Day at the …
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