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Annotations from the Archive: Business Papers
… describe, in this letter and in others, a series of small investments, charitable gifts, and income earned from her … combined, result in a complicated accounting situation. Her investments, however, began much earlier. Archival materials … allow us to piece together at least a few of her earlier investments. One particular letter from Cather to her father …
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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 … Cather’s readers wrote to share their love for her writing and, often, the personal connections they felt to …
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Annotations from the Archive: Julie Harris Estate Item Joins the Collection
… thirty original oil paintings by John Blake Bergers (1931-2011), a professional artist who dedicated his life to … Harris joined four hundred other Cather enthusiasts for bus tours of Webster County literary sites, visits to St. … an Omaha benefit performance “for the Cather Foundation building fund,” Bennett wrote. The performance would have to …
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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 … a book of essays, surely.” Sergeant was, by this time, also writing for New Republic , and the sketches she was creating …
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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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Visions Seen in the Air: An Invitational Exhibit
… the very end of the road-making West; the men who had put plains and mountains under the iron harness were old; some … nothing could ever bring it back. The taste and smell and song of it, the visions those men had seen in the air and …
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"A Walk in Her Footsteps" Weekend Tour Package
… depart Red Cloud with a fresh idea of Willa Cather and the Great Plains. Come witness the sites and sounds that changed American literature. Take a detour from the scramble of urbanity and …
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Meet Our New Director of Education & Engagement: Rachel Olsen
… Image Meet Our New Director of Education & Engagement: Rachel Olsen January 15, 2023 Rachel Olsen has been part of the Willa Cather Foundation …
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Our New Archives Intern: Chris Wolak
… digitizing, researching Anna Pavelka, and fact-checking and writing citations for our tour narratives. Currently, Chris … project at the archive has two parts. First, to transcribe Cather’s address book and a ledger in which she kept track … larger organization. I immediately thought of the National Willa Cather Center. I have been curious about what Tracy’s …
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What We're Grateful For: Staff Reflections
… Image What We're Grateful For: Staff Reflections November 22, 2022 Some of our National … greeted by children at the grocery store or when I hear about how much fun a friend had at an opera house show, I am … Red Cloud and part of the talented team at the Willa Cather Foundation. I love being part of an organization that brings …
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