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… to Willa Cather's life and writing. “Every time I talked about Cather in Webster County,” Mildred Bennett said in an interview. “I would tell the … author. Willa Cather Childhood Home Built in 1879, this house was five years old when the Cather family moved in. …
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Willa Cather Biography

… Willa Cather Biography A Great American Writer "Miss Cather … with the best in American fiction—with Melville, James, Wharton, Hemingway, Faulkner, Cather, Ellison, Bellow, … Things: The Creative Partnership of Willa Cather and Edith Lewis (2021) . Debates among close readers of Cather …
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Willa Cather Timeline

… Willa Cather Timeline Major Events & Milestones 1870  — Silas … homestead claims near a site that would soon become the town of Red Cloud, Nebraska. 1871  — In Silas Garber’s … Register of Historic Places and open year-round for guided tours. Winter 1883 to 1884  — Willa Cather attends a …
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Annotations from the Archives: American Archives Month

… from the archives throughout the year, often centered on broad themes, rather than individual collections. … for both research and educational programs for our museum visitors.  Our 2023 Humanities Interns —Nolan Bennett and … to welcome you to  Making a Place: A Long History of Red Cloud , which should be completed in 2023. Our earliest …
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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

… images. All are inspired by the works and world of Willa Cather, but also capture Bergers' own experience of growing … those described so beautifully in the writings of Willa Cather. His collection of Cather works are a part of …
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Annotations from the Archive: Business Papers

… Image Image Annotations from the Archive: Business Papers July 20, 2021 When the prohibition … into Cather’s business affairs, make plans to visit! The archives at the National Willa Cather Center are open …
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Annotations from the Archive: Webster County Collections

… Collections February 25, 2022 The installation of the Crossroads exhibit, from the Smithsonian’s Museum on Main … exhibit that I’m sure our guests will enjoy. Alongside the Crossroads exhibit though is a smaller local exhibition of … in letters to her Red Cloud acquaintances, she wrote about events like those depicted in the exhibit—business openings …
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