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Annotations From the Archives: Red Cloud's Christmas Traditions

… Traditions December 10, 2025 In Webster County during Willa Cather’s childhood, Christmas traditions differed from … programs that featured songs and recitations by the children. The Webster County Argus reported that the 1890 … they were often tied onto the tree's branches! We know that Willa Cather enjoyed Christmas and thought often of her …
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Reinterpreting the Pavelka Farmstead

… the cave; Ántonia and I went up the stairs first, and the children waited. We were standing outside talking, when they … Pavelka was the inspiration for Ántonia Shimerda, arguably Willa Cather's most famous character and the namesake for … site/object/person important to the life and writing of Willa Cather? We hope this two-fold interpretive strategy …
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Abbie Loomis looks to protect Cather sites that offer profound understanding of the immigrant experience

… as a beneficiary in your estate plans, please contact Ashley Olson, Executive Director, at aolson@willacather.org .     …
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Jaydene Miner Drew Joins the Cather Legacy Society to Preserve Ancestral Home

… as a beneficiary in your estate plans, please contact Ashley Olson, Executive Director, at aolson@willacather.org . …
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Annotations from the Archive: Back to School

… these afternoons, summer seems endless, but it is then that children are jarred from summer reveries and returned to school. In just such a moment, Willa Cather’s earliest known letter was written at the end … circa 1860. Large, adjustable spring lancet was among Willa Cather's personal effects and may have been part of …
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Guided Seven Building Town Tour

… 2 hours. Adults: $25.00 Students: (K - 12) - $10.00  Children: (5 & under) – Free Book a Tour Willa Cather Childhood Home 245 N Cedar Street The Cather family lived in this home from 1884-1904. Willa Cather describes it in great detail in The Song of the …
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Annotations From the Archives: Red Cloud's Photographers

… with no silver remaining on the glass at all. Archivist Tracy Tucker has made some careful experiments on more intensive … consider donating them to a repository. Archivist Tracy Sanford Tucker would be happy to talk with you about your …
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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

… of War Information, 1943 Annotations from the Archives: Use It Up February 7, 2025 Use it up, Wear it out, Make it … cards to her. But now there are very few people who care about “picture cards”, as we used to when we were children. … communities. In the first place, diet and cookery, the foundation of life, were revolutionized (city people could …
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Annotations from the Archives: A Lost Lady Debuts

… for entertainment with a growing movement across the Great Plains "to standardize moving picture films"—a movement that … you can get a very high price for the film rights of "The Song of the Lark" I'll consent to the sale," she wrote to …
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