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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
… wonderful, and crucially, it's taken a big leap forward in functionality. Our web design team at Unanimous took our … to making the website and the whole organization function. Another debt of gratitude is owed to our … 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
… come and go, but the land is always here...” —O Pioneers! Visit Red Cloud and immerse yourself in the prairie settings and …
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Annotations from the Archives: Homesteading and Home-Building in the Archives
… Willa Cather was the member of the Cather family who shared life in early Nebraska with a reading public, she … our new exhibition, Making a Place: A Long History of Red Cloud , in the lower level of the Farmers and Merchants Bank … His journal of a return trip to Virginia includes his visits to his boyhood home Willow Shade , old friends and …
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The Collections at National Willa Cather Center
… are encouraged to make prior arrangements for their visit with the archivist . The archives are staffed from 9 … in all published and educational work. Our preferred citation, whatever your style sheet, is influenced by … The repository is the National Willa Cather Center in Red Cloud, Nebraska. Donating to the Collection The National …
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The Visual Narratives of John Blake Bergers
… 2021 | 12am The work of John Blake Bergers returns to our Red Cloud Opera House gallery! Comprised of pieces from our … by his first readings of Cather's work in 1975 and a later visit to Red Cloud, where he met Mildred Bennett and others …
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Annotations from the Archive: Business Papers
… prohibition on publication of Willa Cather’s letters expired, a wealth of new Willa Cather biographical material … farm was the worst looking piece of farm land between Red Cloud and Hastings.” Cather was particularly dismayed to … research into Cather’s business affairs, make plans to visit! The archives at the National Willa Cather Center are …
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Annotations from the Archive: Emil Frei Windows Are Beautiful Inside—And Out!
… windows, both inside or outside the church! We talk about the windows often and their history as memorials to the Willa Cather’s family and friends in the church. We know the …
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Annotations from the Archive: Webster County Collections
… materials that were central to our understanding of early Red Cloud and Willa Cather’s adolescence here, as well as her … people and places we can only guess about. For those who visit in person, the NWCC has provided a book to record any …
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10 Ways to Celebrate 150 Years of Willa Cather!
… Image Image 10 Ways to Celebrate 150 Years of Willa Cather! April 26, 2023 Experience the prairie world of … partners in 1889 and was the first home of the Willa Cather Foundation after 1955. Founder of Red Cloud and Nebraska’s …
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