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Annotations from the Archive: Thornton Oakley
Image Annotations from the Archive: Thornton Oakley March 27, 2022 Any researcher can tell you about an “accident of the archives.” A misfiled photo or document may cross a researcher’s path and lead them to make new discoveries; the absence of that same …
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Annotations From the Archive: John Mallory Bates
Image Image Annotations From the Archive: John Mallory Bates January 27, 2022 Often in Red Cloud, when we speak about John Mallory Bates, we’re speaking of his role at the Grace Episcopal Church. He served there from 1903–1929, and his service was …
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Annotations from the Archive: Herbaria of Webster County
Image Annotations from the Archive: Herbaria of Webster County June 17, 2021 "We were living in a world of mysterious flowers that had never been put into books, and the best we could do was to hitch them up with some family to which they apparently …
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Annotations from the Archive: The Death of G.P. Cather
Image Annotations from the Archive: The Death of G.P. Cather June 20, 2022 The centenary of One of Ours , Willa Cather’s Pulitzer Prize–winner for fiction, allows us a chance to reflect on the life—and death—of Willa Cather’s first cousin, Grosvenor …
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Annotations from the Archive: 1937 Coronation Program Emerges
… 1937 Coronation Program Emerges September 27, 2022 Not all Nebraska historical collections contain royal memorabilia, but several in south-central Nebraska can claim a personal connection. The death of Her … 1937 coronation of King George VI was attended by Superior, Nebraska, native Evelene Brodstone, who was a lifelong …
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Annotations from the Archive: On Writing Themes
Image Annotations from the Archive: On Writing Themes August 16, 2021 August in Nebraska is a hot and hazy, lazy time of year. Slow dewy mornings give way to airless afternoons spent, if one is lucky, in languid repose in the whispering shade of a …
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Annotations from the Archive: Emil Frei Windows Are Beautiful Inside—And Out!
Image Image Image Annotations from the Archive: Emil Frei Windows Are Beautiful Inside—And Out! December 15, 2021 This autumn, as we have continued work on several of our historic sites here in Red Cloud, we had the opportunity to reach out to Emil Frei & …
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Annotations from the Archive: Discovering Emanuel Prettyman
Image Image Annotations from the Archive: Discovering Emanuel Prettyman April 29, 2022 As we begin to commemorate the centenary of One of Ours , Willa Cather’s Pulitzer Prize-winner for Fiction, we look forward to sharing collection highlights to deepen …
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Annotations From the Archives: Fan Mail
… the Archives: Fan Mail August 22, 2022 Our archives are home to not only Willa Cather’s letters, but to many of the … family struggled to survive, was the author of hundreds of stories and poems, the proceeds of which helped to keep the … Collection Kate M. Cleary: a Literary Biography with Selected Works , by Susanne George-Bloomfield …
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Annotations from the Archive: Thanksgiving Traditions
… recognition for her project from that man who seemed empowered by Heaven to recognize all merit, in small things as … Perhaps I have never told you, just in so many words, how grateful I have always been to you for your kindness to my … Christmas that you and I had in the old house in Red Cloud. What a happy time that was for me! I shall always think of …
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