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Annotations from the Archives: Armistice Day
… day when the veterans of World War I were honored, and our collections are rich with museum and archival items that … as Veterans Day to honor veterans of all U.S. wars. You can learn more about the history of Armistice Day and Veteran's … P. Cather , and much more. To use the collections at the National Willa Cather Center, please reach out to archivist …
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IMLS Grant Awarded for $250,000
… grant funding through its Museums for America Program The National Willa Cather Center is delighted to announce the … for exhibitions, educational/interpretive programs, digital learning resources, professional development, community … debate and dialogue, audience-focused studies, and/or collections management, curation, care, and conservation. In …
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Nick Powers, Our On-Staff Nebraska Master Naturalist
… and our conservation of it,” said Tracy Tucker, director of collections and curation. “Our ongoing work of preserving … the tour more engaging. The program can also connect the National Willa Cather Center to resources on preservation, … Prairie is a special and unique place.” What did you learn that might specifically apply to the interpretation …
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Crossroads: Change in Rural America
… Feb 18, 2022 | 9am - Thursday, Mar 31, 2022 | 5pm Red Cloud Opera House 413 North Webster St. Red Cloud , NE 68970 United … on Main Street exhibition, will be coming to our Red Cloud Opera House gallery. This insightful and 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 … 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: Business Papers
… Cloud and Hastings.” Cather was particularly dismayed to learn the farms she owned in Webster County were also in … business affairs, make plans to visit! The archives at the National Willa Cather Center are open Wednesday through … of your time in Nebraska, you should also visit the Cather collections at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and …
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Annotations from the Archive: Discovering Emanuel Prettyman
… the years. After her death, a great deal of Wagner’s Cather collections were donated to us in Red Cloud, including … we were just beginning to build our new archives at the National Willa Cather Center, storage space was at a … only image of Prettyman identified. Research continues to learn more about Prettyman’s life; his military records and …
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Spotlight on the Farmers and Merchants Bank Restoration
… Foundation, 413 N. Webster Street, Red Cloud, NE 68970. To learn about naming and recognition opportunities available … from the Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial Collection, Special Collections & Archives, National Willa Cather Center, Red Cloud, Nebraska. …
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Road Scholars Visit Red Cloud
… five days engaged in a special program planned through the National Willa Cather Center. With a well-planned itinerary … each of our historic sites , had a tour of our Special Collections & Archives, and visited the Willa Cather … offers one the opportunity to experience her writings and learn more about her life in the setting that so greatly …
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