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Annotations from the Archives: October is American Archives Month
… very fabric of democracy, since the French Revolution ushered in the idea of centralized, publicly accessible … author as a girl. Other snippets of information about Red Cloud and its citizens are also contained in those cards. … enhance or disrupt our reading of My Ántonia . To make your visit, you can schedule an appointment or email our …
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Annotations from the Archives: The End of an Era for the Chief
… from the first extant Red Cloud Chief, October 9, 1873 Volume I, No. 15, is the first surviving issue of the Red … local history or, in our case, exploring the life of Willa Cather. We know that Willa Cather held a warm place in her … a regular reader of that newspaper. Decades later as Cather Studies were just beginning, it was through those preserved …
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69th Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference
… Image Image Willa Cather reads to her brother Jack and sister Elsie. Cather and the Readerly Imagination Spring Conference … to visit, Hommage: Willa Cather , on view at the Red Cloud Opera House Art Gallery, and Travis Hencey's new exhibit, …
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Restored Willa Cather Childhood Home Reopens
… Image Willa Cather Childhood Home • April 2024 Image Restored Willa Cather Childhood Home Reopens A National Historic … Landmark December 5, 2023 Book tours online ahead of your visit! Click here to learn about historic site tour … through 1904. Many of Cather’s books depict life in Red Cloud and Webster County during the author’s formative …
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Historic Sites
… Historic Sites Since our organization's founding as the Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial, we have been at the forefront … 1965. Efforts to save the depot were extensive, requiring relocation and a full restoration—the result of the railroad's … in 1891. The brick façade was added sometime after the Cathers joined the church in 1922. Today, Grace Episcopal …
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Conservation of Willa Cather's Attic Bedroom Wallpaper
… Bedroom Wallpaper Flowers in her "Rose Bower" March 4, 2024 SUPPORT THIS PROJECT As part of the 2019 collections and … transfer between History Nebraska and the Willa Cather Foundation, the Gerald R. Ford Conservation Center provided … at jbeahm@willacather.org or (402) 746-2653. You may also donate here or shop our exclusive line of Willa's wallpaper …
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Willa Cather Biography
… Willa Cather Biography A Great American Writer "Miss Cather is … published a review essay focused on nine new Cather-related volumes in a special issue of Modern Fiction Studies on Cather's work. This critical interest in Cather …
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Willa Cather Timeline
… 1870 — Silas Garber, former captain in the United States Army, and four other men file homestead claims near a site … not proclaimed as being bound for lofty things by the local newspaper. Only sixteen years old, Cather enrolls at the … by Knopf. 1936 — Knopf publishes Cather’s only book of essays, Not Under Forty . In the book’s introduction, …
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Annotations from the Archives: American Archives Month
… or publications of many types. The archives at the National Willa Cather Center contain all of these, and more! Through both … the Childhood Home as we made some tough decisions about its future. In addition, the drafting and design phase …
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Escape Into Willa Cather's Prairie Landscapes
… Image Image Image Escape Into Willa Cather's Prairie Landscapes May 1, 2023 Explore the Willa … skies, and stay safe while you visit! Click HERE for more about our prairie guidelines. In 2023, celebrate our native …
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