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Annotations from the Archives: The Cather Family Library

… Auld Library board. The Cather Family Library contains 404 books and numerous issues of magazines owned by the …
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Pavelka Farmstead

… 4 near Bladen. Restored and managed by the National Willa Cather Center, the Pavelka Farmstead was chosen as one of … My Ántonia at 100 (issue theme) —  Willa Cather Review, Volume 60: No. 3, Winter 2018 New Scholarship on My Ántonia … Plains Quarterly , Spring 1994, Center for Great Plains Studies, University of Nebraska-Lincoln From the National …
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Annotations from the Archives: The Library

… difficult and costly; it only stands to reason that reading materials like books and magazines might be considered a … of the Auld Library  and the purchase of books. Charles Cather was elected the first president of the library board. … what became of the Carnegie application. The photo of Willa Cather reading to her younger siblings is significant; …
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Plain Views: Pastel and Photography

… Image Image Image Image Image Art Gallery Saturday, Sep 4, 2021 | 12am - Saturday, Oct 30, … view of Central Nebraska through portraiture and picture in Plain Views: Pastel and Photography . Based on the homestead …
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The Wonder of It All

… the human heart.  Wallace is especially fond of staff and children at the Munroe Meyer Institute, as well as QLI and … Intercultural Senior Center. Programming at the National Willa Cather's Red Cloud Opera House is made possible with …
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"She was nearly as strong as I": Being Woman in the Workplace

… Professionals for a special session on the life and work of Willa Cather. This is a great opportunity to learn more … near Black Hawk, eventually raising a large family of children on a farm. How have the lives of working women in …
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Ballet Folklorico de Topeka

… “never shall it be lost, never shall it be forgotten, the children of the Aztecs.” Get a taste of Ballet Folklorico’s … Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Texas. Programming at the National Willa Cather's Red Cloud Opera House is made possible with …
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Literary Societies—Annotations from the Archive

… returning to school, we always think of Frances Cather, Willa Cather's Mount Holyoke-educated aunt who came West to … have been a welcome respite from long days of managing the children and the farm, a way of recalling her old life. In … most generous gift. If you have materials related to the Cathers and their lives, we would love to talk with you! The …
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Annotations from the Archive: Red Cloud's Founding

… the space to tell more of Red Cloud’s—and the National Willa Cather Center’s—story. The bank has always been a part … just a few—shared a social and historical context with the Cathers, “a kind of freemasonry,” as Willa Cather called it … in the hot coals, as was corn and potatoes. The women and children joined the men now at the yard and all had a good …
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Celebrating Juneteenth

… Celebrating Juneteenth June 18, 2021 In 2019, the National Willa Cather Center and many from the Cather community … Sapphira and the Slave Girl,  which was based on the Cathers' own family experiences. During our visit, though, … and went to the Douglas School for African American children, as her mother had done. She is now one of the …
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