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Abbie Loomis looks to protect Cather sites that offer profound understanding of the immigrant experience

… when she discovered Willa Cather. Her mother was a voracious reader, and My Ántonia was among the Cather books on her … of books,” Loomis said. “When you’re in high school you just read a book and think, oh that’s a good book, I love it; … Foundation as a beneficiary in your estate plans, please contact Ashley Olson, Executive Director, at …
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Jaydene Miner Drew Joins the Cather Legacy Society to Preserve Ancestral Home

… researching her Miner family history and reading Cather to learn more. “It was really My Ántonia that started it all,” …
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Finding Aids

… Douglass Cather   Document TX-50-1000-020 Boak Birth and Death Records     Document TX-50-1000-021 Receipt  James … Poems Burr McIntosh 1936     Book BK-207-023 Cather: Death Comes for the Archbishop Notes Cliff's Notes Incorporated 1965     Book …
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Annotations from the Archive: Back to School

… from the Archive: Back to School August 16, 2025 August in Nebraska is a hot and hazy, lazy time of year. Slow dewy … on microfilm at the NWCC (and housed within History Nebraska’s Gere Family Collection).  Image Cather's essay … cats and dogs can be found in the Gere Collection at the Nebraska State Historical Society Likely written around the …
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Guided Seven Building Town Tour

… Guided Seven Building Town Tour Driving Tour Guests should have their own … household items throughout the home. Burlington Depot 437 W. Welsch Street Cather uses the depot in many of her …
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Annotations From the Archives: Red Cloud's Photographers

… Cather's novels and short stories. A more comprehensive index to Red Cloud's photographers continues to evolve as …
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Donna K. Gower

… innovative programming which supports and empowers foster children, their families, and alumni impacted by the child … and community engagement. Gower's appreciation for Willa Cather began with an in-depth author study project … she said. "I'm passionate about the mission of the National Willa Cather Center because it preserves and celebrates …
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Annotations from the Archives: Use It Up

… please contact director of collections and curation, Tracy Tucker, at ttucker@willacather.org.   …
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Annotations from the Archives: A Lost Lady Debuts

… Image A Lost Lady Ad Image Pearl Keating Speaks in Des Moines Image Dorothy Farnum, screenwriter of A Lost Lady Image A Lost Lady Opens Annotations from the Archives: …
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Guided Seasonal Tour

… Image Guided Seasonal Tour Ántonia's Black Hawk Willa Cather’s My Ántonia was among the fifty titles … theme. The novel is set in Black Hawk, Nebraska, a town Willa Cather modeled after her childhood hometown of Red … Adults: $30.00 Seniors: $24.00 Students: (K - 12) - $15.00  Children: (5 & under) – Free     Burlington Depot 437 W. …
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