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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
… them up etc. You know what I want, personal matter that the newspapers dont give. Of course I will keep your name out of … an experience with the managing editor of the ‘Times’ and ‘News’ that I thought might interest you, so I'll take time … that it would be a good thing to be working into some solid newspaper in case the Monthly should collapse. So last …
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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!
… the windows often and their history as memorials to the Willa Cather’s family and friends in the church. We know the … the property of Grace Episcopal church," including a raised foundation for the addition of a basement and the west …
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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: 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: Our Organizational History
… trying to preserve and restore Willa Cather’s country and artifacts.” The organizations aims were: To perpetuate an … and housing of permanent art, literary, and historical collections relating to the life, times, and work of Willa …
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Annotations from the Archive: Webster County Collections
… of materials pulled from the collections of the National Willa Cather Center and the Webster County Historical Museum. Our … the general store and the lumberyard. In our Cather-focused world, we often think about Red Cloud as a sort of time …
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