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Annotations from the Archives: Homesteading and Home-Building in the Archives
… the member of the Cather family who shared life in early Nebraska with a reading public, she arrived with her parents … written by George Cather, both before and after his move to Nebraska to homestead. George was a regular diarist, and the … and even trees that he planted before leaving for Nebraska. Image Pages from George Cather's 1906 diary of …
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Willa Cather Childhood Home to Close August 15 for Restoration
… one of only twenty-two National Historic Landmarks in Nebraska and the site most closely associated with the life … site opened to visitors in 1967 and was later gifted to the Nebraska State Historical Society in 1978. The … the ages of ten to sixteen. While she moved away from Nebraska in 1896, her parents Charles and Mary Virginia …
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Willa Cather and Material Culture: A Sesquicentennial Reflection
… November of 2021, urged on by a recommendation of the Nebraska Arts Council, Betty exhibited forty mixed media … Walker Gallery in the Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney, Nebraska. Her exhibit The Ties That Bind is currently on … was a Cooper Foundation Award winning teacher, the 1993 Nebraska Teacher of the Year, and a Disney Award Teacher. …
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Virtual Author Series: David McKay Powell
… our online bookstore— Funding was provided by Humanities Nebraska and the Nebraska Cultural Endowment. About David McKay Powell David …
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Novels
… Ours Claude Leaves Nebraska to Go to War "When she can see nothing that has come of it all but evil, she reads Claude's … and something else was there, too,—in her heart, was it, or under her cheek? Anyhow, it was about her somewhere, that … he began, with the land. He owned exactly six hundred and forty acres of what stretched outside his door; his own …
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Potter Block Rehabilitation Reaches Fundraising Milestones
… Capital Recovery & Investment Act grant from the Nebraska Department of Economic Development and an allocation of $1,000,000 in Nebraska Historic Tax Credits from History Nebraska has made it feasible to move ahead with the next …
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Potter Block Ceremonial Groundbreaking
… and Red Cloud Community Fund (an affiliated fund of the Nebraska Community Foundation). Over $5 million in … have been secured. Paired with up to $1 million in Nebraska Historic Tax Credits, total funds secured from all … Silas Garber, a founder of Red Cloud, the third Governor of Nebraska, and prototype for Captain Forrester in Willa …
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The Bel Canto Duo: Four Cather Tableaux
… A Lost Lady , "Nebraska: The End of the First Cycle," April Twilights and Other Poems, and One of Ours , publications …
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Willa Cather as Creator: Breaking the Mold and Carving a Place in History
… “Willa Cather as Creator: Breaking the Mold and Carving a Place in History” on Friday, August 11 at The Amos Fortune … discuss Cather’s ascent to success, from her rebellious nature as an adolescent to her prominence as a Pulitzer Prize-winning author. Near Cather’s final resting place in Jaffrey, Alston and Olson will discuss their …
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Willa Cather in Fine Books & Collections
… • Summer 2023 Image Article in Fine Books & Collections Willa Cather in Fine Books & Collections Feature Article in Summer 2023 issue August 1, 2023 Willa Cather, the National Willa Cather Center, and some of our archival holdings are …
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