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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 realized … collection of Cather family letters that inform Cather's writing. In this 1934 letter to Carrie Miner Sherwood, …
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Annotations from the Archives: The End of an Era for the Chief
… local history or, in our case, exploring the life of Willa Cather. We know that Willa Cather held a warm place in her … to reason, since Cather's personal activities and even her writing were featured in the Chief , that she was also a …
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NEH Preservation Assistance Grant Award
… our staff to be able to access top shelves and transport items safely, while an art rack was added for additional … Cather or were inspired by her writing; museum and archival items related to Webster County’s history as Cather and her … who served as prototypes for Cather’s characters. Have an item of interest? Contact Tracy Tucker, director of …
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Annotations from the Archives: From a Trainman's Library
… and Locomotive Engineering Magazine were found in the Willa Cather Childhood Home attic and date to the Cather's … Historic Places both for its significance to Willa Cather's writing and its architectural uniqueness. If you would like …
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Guided Three Building Downtown Tour
… on this tour offers guests the opportunity to deepen their core knowledge about Willa Cather's early life in the …
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Meet our 2024 Humanities Interns!
… Sarah Pacholski (left) and Sophie Ryan at our 69th Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference in June Meet our 2024 Humanities … B.A. in 2025 with a double major in English and creative writing. After moving back from Florida they found …
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Historic Sites
… Historic Sites Since our organization's founding as the Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial, we have been at the forefront of of … the sites that were important to Willa Cather's life and writing. “Every time I talked about Cather in Webster …
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Kali Fajardo-Anstine
… Image "From Bookshelf to Dreamworld: Cather and the Underground Stream" Spring Conference Friday, … Cloud , NE 68970 United States This Event is Part of the Willa Cather Spring Conference We are pleased to welcome … Fajardo-Anstine is the 2022-2024 Endowed Chair in Creative Writing at Texas State University. She is from Denver, …
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Rachel Olsen
… Director of Education & Engagement Rachel Olsen joined the Willa Cather Foundation as a tour guide in October 2017 and has … in Women’s Studies and was a full-time faculty member and writing center director at Oklahoma City Community College …
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Annotations from the Archives: On Reappraisal
… sure that I was really going to act like an artist I had chosen “arty” subject matter, ladies and goats, nude ladies …
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