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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
… of Nebraska and prototype for Captain Forrester in A Lost Lady . Restored in the early days of the Willa Cather …
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Annotations From the Archives: Red Cloud's Photographers
… March 6, 2025 Think about all the things you know about Willa Cather and Red Cloud. Can you call to mind her … family members, and townspeople who shared photographs of Willa Cather and the early days of Webster County. Red … of North Webster Street, where he photographed the Cather children , Silas Garber, and others. Bulkley, a Civil War …
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Reinterpreting the Pavelka Farmstead
… for Ántonia Shimerda, arguably Willa Cather's most famous character and the namesake for her 1918 novel. The floor … was restored to its period of significance in 2021. The foundation was stabilized, lighting and mechanical systems … cellar, which is an important symbol in Cather’s work. More About the Project Image Key themes of the exhibit will …
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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
… it do, Or do without. This week, the Red Cloud Opera House Gallery opens the traveling exhibit Thrift Style , a … contributions of Great Plains communities. In the first place, diet and cookery, the foundation of life, were …
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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
… Black Hawk Willa Cather’s My Ántonia was among the fifty titles selected by the National Endowment for the Arts … drawn readers into this classic novel for more than 100 years. As part of our NEA Big Read programming, guests are … W. 3rd Street This is the site where Anna Sadilek Pavelka’s first child was baptized and where Anna was married. This …
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Annotations From the Archives: Christmas in Red Cloud
… Annotations From the Archives: Christmas in Red Cloud December 10, 2024 In Webster County during Willa Cather’s … of Red Cloud, held an annual supper and dance on Christmas night. The Red Cloud volunteer fire department also gave a … forget and cease to love, but her childhood is eternal. (December 17, 1893) Later, this memory would fuel the ending …
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Annotations from the Archives: October is American Archives Month
… and by mailed questionnaire. Beginning her research into Willa Cather's life soon after Cather's death, Bennett … her work, and the one-page surveys completed by the Pavelka children —who became the Cuzak children in the … collection, provided the backbone of Bennett's The World of Willa Cather (1951) , which painted a vivid portrait of the …
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