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Annotations From the Archives: Thanksgiving in Red Cloud
… Image Cather's Thanksgiving postcard to her niece, 1909 … Red Cloud was.” If you've ever thought of coming home (or visiting) Red Cloud over the holidays, Cather's dear old house is available for guest lodging . Historic but entirely unfussy, the Cather Second …
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All Aboard: West-Bound Trains in American Culture
… PDF Design, fabrication, and installation of the exhibit panels and casework at the Burlington Depot will cost … $1,000 or more will be featured on the exhibit's credit panel. Sponsors' logos will be included with donations … set featuring the Burlington Depot Your name on the exhibit panel 11x17 print of Cassia Kite's The Burlington Depot ( …
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Group and Motorcoach Tours
… Group and Motorcoach Tours Discover the World of Willa Cather on the American Prairie Embark on a literary oasis … please call 402-746-2653. What Your Group Will Experience Visit the fully-restored Willa Cather Childhood home and … or a picnic on the prairie! Exclusives for Bus Tours Meals, Lodging, and Perks Free meal & tours for bus drivers/tour …
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A Special Challenge Grant Opportunity
… A Special Challenge Grant Opportunity 2025 Year-End Campaign The Mammel Foundation has generously offered … you help ensure that her work is ever present—and that future generations continue to learn, reflect, and be …
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Annotations From the Archives: Ask-An-Archivist
… frequently that I keep a hard copy at home and at work. Did Willa Cather say, "Anybody can love the mountains, but it's … sodbusters" or "early Dakota settlers" or generic "Willa Cathers" with no clue about the actual source. The closest … Georgia O'Keeffe? Many readers of Cather's work and her biography immediately connect her with Georgia O'Keeffe—with …
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Richard Harris Plans for a Legacy Gift
… Willa Cather Review , Cather Studies , and editing the scholarly edition of One of Ours. “She was a first-rate … from what she’s read and heard. For example, in A Lost Lady —Harris’ favorite Cather novel—Cather references Bible …
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Reinterpreting the Pavelka Farmstead
… A new permanent exhibit "We turned to leave the cave; Ántonia and I went up the stairs first, and the children … Nebraska, the farmstead served as the setting for the final scenes of My Ántonia . Anna Sadilek Pavelka was the … the twentieth century. While the site is open for guided tours, it remains a hollow space. This reinterpretation will …
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The Potter-Wright Building's New Life as Hotel Garber
… is a key priority for the National Willa Cather Center’s Campaign for the Future and Red Cloud’s Heritage Tourism Development Office, … partner, the Willa Cather Foundation, as part of its Campaign for the Future. Gifts to the campaign are …
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Personal Connections to Cather’s Hometown Inspire Kohout’s Legacy Gift
… Image Kohout at Willa Cather's grave in Jaffrey, NH Image Viewing Cather's bronze … until Kohout was in college that she encountered Cather’s writing for the first time. “Like many students, my entry …
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Making a Place: A Long History of Red Cloud
… & Merchants Bank As we mark the publication centenary of Willa Cather's A Lost Lady , a new permanent exhibit for the … in A Lost Lady . The bank is used in two of Cather's other writings: the short story "Two Friends," and the novel Lucy …
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