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Serena's Album
… entitled Mental Portraits , probably as a 16th birthday gift. These books, also known as autograph albums or … stores rather than bookstores, and widely given as gifts to women and girls. Serena’s album has long been an … 19th century. Right Rolla reveals more of his interest in card-playing. “Never looking at the card in the bottom of …
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Travel Through the Pages of American Literature
… literature and culture merge with the pleasures of a quiet country town and its prairie surroundings. To visit Red … sites and sounds that changed American literature. Take a detour from the scramble of urbanity and absorb the rolling … a Town Tour of our historic sites, a Prairie Tour, and a Country Tour of the surrounding landscapes and places that …
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Finding Aids
… with much Love, Willie October 1st, 1915 No dust jacket Youth and the Bright Medusa BK-50-309 Willa Cather 1920 1st trade Willa Sibert …
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Book a Guest Speaker for Your Group
… Book a Guest Speaker for Your Group The National Willa Cather Center's staff can provide your book group, library … a lively and engaging glimpse into Willa Cather's life and writing. These programs may be booked in conjunction with a …
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Donna K. Gower
… than 20 years of experience in nonprofit fundraising, grant writing, and donor relations. Gower's appreciation for Willa Cather began with an in-depth author study project during …
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Virtual Author Series: Garrett Peck
… has lectured for the Library of Congress, the National Archives, Smithsonian Associates, historical societies, and …
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Annotations from the Archives: New Year, New View
… goals and making a fresh start in a new year. In 1913, Willa Cather was doing the same thing. She was moving, but she was also in the middle of a sea change in her writing career. She had taken a type of sabbatical from …
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Annotations From the Archives: Red Cloud's Christmas Traditions
… Image Cather Family Christmas Decorations Annotations From the … Traditions December 10, 2025 In Webster County during Willa Cather’s childhood, Christmas traditions differed from … both celebration and reflection. When she was in college, writing for the Nebraska State Journal , she wrote: It is …
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Ashley Olson Receives Mildred Bennett Award
… The Nebraska Center of the Book recently honored National Willa Cather Center Executive Director Ashley Olson with the 2025 … two permanent exhibits, American Bittersweet: the Life and Writing of Willa Cather and Making a Place: A Long History …
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Nebraska Collaborative Research Grants
… guidance from Cather Project and Willa Cather Archive staff and may have opportunities to present their work in … materials. The NWCC archive in Red Cloud, located about two and a half hours from Lincoln, includes letters, … Woodress Fund, administered by the University of Nebraska Foundation. Applicants should submit the following materials …
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