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Annotations from the Archive: Thanksgiving Traditions
… hot summers; triumphant autumns that last until Christmas—a season of perpetual sunlight, blazing blue skies, and frosty … nights. In this newest part of the New World autumn is the season of beauty and sentiment, as spring is in the Old … was not difficult, as the country was teeming with buffalo, deer, antelope, wild geese, ducks, prairie chickens and …
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Annotations from the Archive: On Writing Themes
… Image Annotations from the Archive: On Writing Themes August 16, 2021 August in Nebraska is a hot and hazy, … Sherer’s class in Red Cloud, and she may have begun writing themes under the watchful eyes of more educated family …
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Annotations from the Archive: Discovering Emanuel Prettyman
… clippings. Because we were just beginning to build our new archives at the National Willa Cather Center, storage space … Wagner Collection The Willa Cather Foundation Collections & Archives National Archives WWI military records Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial …
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Annotations from the Archive: Emil Frei Windows Are Beautiful Inside—And Out!
… of these historic windows, read HERE . Resources: National Archives and Records Administration St. Louis Modern … exhibition book, by Genevieve Cortinovis The newspaper archives at the National Willa Cather Center and online at … Papers at the Newberry Library Related Articles in Our Archives: 1971 Spring Newsletter, Vol. 15 : "Restoration," …
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Annotations From the Archives: Fan Mail
… the Archives: Fan Mail August 22, 2022 Our archives are home to not only Willa Cather’s letters, but to many of the … family struggled to survive, was the author of hundreds of stories and poems, the proceeds of which helped to keep the … Collection Kate M. Cleary: a Literary Biography with Selected Works , by Susanne George-Bloomfield …
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Annotations from the Archive: Thornton Oakley
… Howard Pyle; she had sent him an inscribed copy of The Troll Garden in 1906, referencing the Cather children's love of …
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Annotations from the Archive: Our Organizational History
… of 1957, Mildred Bennett and the founding members of the Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial felt that their work in Red Cloud … aims were: To perpetuate an interest throughout the world in the work of Willa Cather To identify and restore to …
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Visions Seen in the Air: An Invitational Exhibit
… in Red Cloud will be a celebration of 150 years of Willa Cather’s life and work. As part of that celebration, we will … memory are on full display as she so poignantly creates a world that is both Red Cloud and the fictional Sweet Water. …
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Free Author Talk: Bruce Whitacre
… be reading poetry from his book The Elk in the Glade: The World of Pioneer and Painter Jennie Hicks. The book … the talk. —Purchase The Elk in the Glade from our National Willa Cather Center Bookstore or online here — …
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"A Walk in Her Footsteps" Weekend Tour Package
… cities in Europe where I used to love to go.” – Willa Cather, 1945 Spend three inspiring days exploring Willa Cather's world and Red Cloud with our newly launched "A Walk … From her quaint childhood home to the windswept prairie that memorializes her, visitors of all ages and …
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