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Artist Reception for Shane Booth and Book Talk with Alan Wilkinson

… United States Join us five miles south of Red Cloud at the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie beginning at 9:30 AM as … on the Niobrara , which is based on the months he spent living in a remote Sandhills cabin. …
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Catherland by Shane Booth

… your fiction grow out of the land beneath your feet.” – Willa Cather Using his 1867 studio camera and Voightlander lens to … and remind us of the stories the great Willa Cather told about this magical land, and the people who tamed it. …
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The Song of the Lark Gala Dinner and Performance

… at the Gala Dinner will feature a performance entitled The Song of the Lark , a song cycle by Barlow Bradford that received its …
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From the Permanent Collection: John Blake Bergers

… by Bergers in our permanent collection were donated to the Willa Cather Foundation by the artist himself and his family, this … and life-long Willa Cather fan Julie Harris. To learn more about this recent acquisition, check out this Annotations …
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Annotations From the Archive: John Mallory Bates

… recent addition to our archival collections at the National Willa Cather Center, Cather writes to “Mr. Perrin,” whose family … Cather Center in Red Cloud. The Willa Cather Newsletter and Review. Vol. 45, Summer 2001 . The Blue Book of Nebraska …
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Annotations from the Archive: Thanksgiving Traditions

… —from the essay, "Nebraska: The End of the First Cycle," by Willa Cather [ The Nation , September 5, 1923] Thanksgiving, as … from an aunt. This article will be of great interest to all living in the community now and to many others who now live …
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Annotations from the Archive: Discovering Emanuel Prettyman

… As we begin to commemorate the centenary of One of Ours , Willa Cather’s Pulitzer Prize-winner for Fiction, we look … newspaper copies, was printed in the Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial Newsletter & Review in 1989.  When Dr. Steven Trout … visited Red Cloud to conduct research for his book Memorial Fictions in the mid-1990s, he discovered that in the few …
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Annotations from the Archive: Emil Frei Windows Are Beautiful Inside—And Out!

… windows, both inside or outside the church! We talk about the windows often and their history as memorials to the Willa Cather’s family and friends in the church. We know the …
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Annotations from the Archive: Our Photo Collections Continue to Grow

… Tracy Tucker aptly illustrate the range of donors to our Willa Cather Foundation Special Collections & Archives. Since our … been mounted to a cardboard backer, no other clues exist about the photographer, the studio, or the occasion. The …
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Annotations from the Archive: Julie Harris Estate Item Joins the Collection

… Estate Item Joins the Collection October 20, 2021 The Willa Cather Foundation Art Collection boasts nearly thirty … writing and connected it to her own life. “When she writes about her childhood, you can’t help but think about yours . …
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