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Annotations from the Archive: Herbaria of Webster County
… belonged and invent names of our own for them." When Willa Cather described her prairie childhood in "The Education You … are sent me." In fact, some suggestions from Swezey about classification of wildflowers of the Great Plains did …
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Annotations from the Archive: Webster County Collections
… installed in the past few days. Large, nationally-touring exhibitions like this one always create a flurry of … 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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Annotations From the Archive: John Mallory Bates
… Bates January 27, 2022 Often in Red Cloud, when we speak about John Mallory Bates, we’re speaking of his role at the … recent addition to our archival collections at the National Willa Cather Center, Cather writes to “Mr. Perrin,” whose family …
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Annotations from the Archive: Thanksgiving Traditions
… —from the essay, "Nebraska: The End of the First Cycle," by Willa Cather [ The Nation , September 5, 1923] Thanksgiving, as … things with which we are most familiar that we know least about. Familiarity seems to dull the edge of our curiosity. …
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Annotations from the Archive: Discovering Emanuel Prettyman
… parents, George and Frances Smith Cather. The sequence of events that led to his death were collected from soldiers … and period historical pieces; she hosted several Cather events at the house over the years. After her death, a great …
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Annotations from the Archive: Emil Frei Windows Are Beautiful Inside—And Out!
… is Cather’s letter to Carrie Miner Sherwood, sent on June 7, 1928. Written just three months after her father’s death, … roof on the church. It seems then, as now, the old church building was being improved and repaired! But we know from … Hospital administration by arriving for an unannounced tour. We can only conjecture about when memorial windows …
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Annotations From the Archives: Fan Mail
… Fan Mail August 22, 2022 Our archives are home to not only Willa Cather’s letters, but to many of the letters that she … towns must, I think, have a very keen and definite feeling about it, but it is almost hopeless to try to communicate it …
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Annotations from the Archive: Our Organizational History
… of 1957, Mildred Bennett and the founding members of the Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial felt that their work in Red Cloud … that surrounded Willa Cather and sometimes disagreed about how to preserve her legacy. The Willa Cather Pioneer …
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Career Opportunity for Heritage Tourism Development Director
… including the Red Cloud Community Foundation Fund, the Willa Cather Foundation, the area Chamber of Commerce, the City of … North Webster Street, Red Cloud, NE 68970 by May 4, 2015. About Us Red Cloud is a community of just over 1,000 …
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School Field Trips
… Trips Engage With History, Literature, & Art The National Willa Cather Center welcomes school groups throughout the year … only and as availability permits. For more information about reserving a field trip, please email: …
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