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Prairie Night Sky Viewing
… Image Friday, Aug 14, 2015 | 6:30 - 11pm Willa Cather Memorial Prairie Highway 281 5 Miles South of Red … she was also a student and keen observer of the natural world, writing frequently of her surroundings—the beautiful …
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Annotations from the Archive: Early Magazine Days
… (March 28, 1897), with these observations at the start of Cather's early and prolific career in magazine writing and editing: “Miss Willa Cather, the editor of the Home Monthly , is not … Collection in the Special Collections and Archives at the National Willa Cather Center that relate specifically to …
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Annotations from the Archive: Herbaria of Webster County
… names of our own for them." When Willa Cather described her prairie childhood in "The Education You Have to Fight For," … how they struggled to apply their Eastern educations to the lands of the West. We're inspired too, to think about how we … ttucker@willacather.org. You can also schedule a guided prairie tour (but please, no specimen collecting!) by …
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Annotations from the Archive: Webster County Collections
… in letters to her Red Cloud acquaintances, she wrote about events like those depicted in the exhibit—business openings … home. Expressing relief that a local mill was still in operation, Cather wrote in 1939, “Something goes on that is … click HERE . The exhibit will be in our Red Cloud Opera House Gallery through March 31. …
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Annotations from the Archive: Thanksgiving Traditions
… from Iowa by Mrs. Jackson. Wild plums gathered by Mrs. Heffelbower during the summer and dried by Mrs. Calvert, …
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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 forward … Sweeney . Dr. Rebecca Faber’s dissertation, All the World Seemed Touched with Gold , which explores this source …
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Annotations from the Archive: Emil Frei Windows Are Beautiful Inside—And Out!
… minor repairs, and worked with our facilities team to replace the yellowed exterior storm windows, allowing the … something true about her.” Cather’s inscription found a home in the dedicatory tablet for a new hospital, built by … were ever considered. Instead, Red Cloud became home to not just one, but eight of these beautifully …
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Annotations From the Archives: Fan Mail
… Image Annotations From the Archives: Fan Mail August 22, 2022 Our archives are home to not only Willa … other items from our collections in your research, please contact archivist Tracy Sanford Tucker. Researchers may … our collections or request digital access to materials by contacting her at ttucker@willacather.org. Sources: …
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Annotations from the Archive: Thornton Oakley
… to our collection separately, though both originated with Willa Cather’s niece, Helen Cather Southwick. Both had come to us … would have more ‘drive’ in the market of a motor-mad world, than a book of essays, surely.” Sergeant was, by this …
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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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