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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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"A Walk in Her Footsteps" Tour & Theater Package
… Dec 6, 2019 | 12am - Sunday, Dec 8, 2019 | 12am National Willa Cather Center 413 N. Webster St. Red Cloud , NE 68970 United … inspiring days, December 6-8, exploring Willa Cather's world and Red Cloud with our newly launched "A Walk In Her …
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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 … literary tastes are, her club standing, her home, her legal studies, how she came to take them up etc. You know what I … bank he is president of. Well I did'nt mean to write you a volume, and of course nothing may come of it. But my …
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Annotations from the Archive: Discovering Emanuel Prettyman
… also lived in the house, it was full of both Cather family artifacts and period historical pieces; she hosted several … the years. After her death, a great deal of Wagner’s Cather collections were donated to us in Red Cloud, including … only image of Prettyman identified. Research continues to learn more about Prettyman’s life; his military records and …
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Annotations from the Archive: Emil Frei Windows Are Beautiful Inside—And Out!
… the windows often and their history as memorials to the Willa Cather’s family and friends in the church. We know the … quality stained-glass windows of this type anywhere in the world. The windows that were designed for the Holy Family …
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Annotations From the Archives: Fan Mail
… Fan Mail August 22, 2022 Our archives are home to not only Willa Cather’s letters, but to many of the letters that she … some portions of the book, especially its depictions of World War I; one letter in particular, from bookseller …
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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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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
… Collections February 25, 2022 The installation of the Crossroads exhibit, from the Smithsonian’s Museum on Main … exhibit that I’m sure our guests will enjoy. Alongside the Crossroads exhibit though is a smaller local exhibition of … in letters to her Red Cloud acquaintances, she wrote about events like those depicted in the exhibit—business openings …
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