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Annotations from the Archives: Armistice Day
… and women in military conflicts. Willa Cather would have known November 11 as Armistice Day, a day when the veterans … items that further our understanding of the World War I experience and Cather’s depictions of it in One of Ours . … McCrae's poem "In Flanders Fields." Philip Lyford was a well-known illustrator in the U.S. during the first half of …
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IMLS Grant Awarded for $250,000
… Image The Pavelka Farmstead was fully restored in 2020 Image The Burlington … curation, and installation of the exhibits, and content will be made accessible online and through a mobile …
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Nick Powers, Our On-Staff Nebraska Master Naturalist
… Image Our guided Prairie Tour will have new enhancements thanks to Nick's certification Image … works—that emotional connection to the land. Providing more content on the environment will help visitors understand how …
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Crossroads: Change in Rural America
… North Webster St. Red Cloud , NE 68970 United States The National Willa Cather Center is excited to announce … exhibit some rarely seen objects and photographs from our collections as we look at "Our Changing Main Street," and … councils across the nation, and local host institutions. To learn more about “Crossroads” and other Museum on Main …
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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: Early Magazine Days
… May 19, 2021 Jeanette Barbour wrote a profile, “A Woman Editor,” in the Pittsburg Press (March 28, 1897), with these … Cather's early and prolific career in magazine writing and editing: “Miss Willa Cather, the editor of the Home Monthly , is not Pittsburger, but she is …
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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
… and churches of the era throughout the United States. It includes a Colorado sandstone facade; intricately carved … at aolson@willacather.org or (402) 746-4892. NOTE: Archival images in the banner slide show are from the Willa Cather …
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Road Scholars Visit Red Cloud
… Image Road Scholars Visit Red Cloud October 25, 2019 In early October 2019, sixteen … engaged in a special program planned through the National Willa Cather Center. With a well-planned itinerary offered …
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