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Annotations from the Archive: Thornton Oakley

… to our collection separately, though both originated with Willa Cather’s niece, Helen Cather Southwick. Both had come to us … future research!  Sources: The Betty Kort Collection at the National Willa Cather Center in Red Cloud, Nebraska. June …
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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 … Swezey—donated to scientific study. Our collection at the National Willa Cather Center also contains the herbarium of …
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Annotations from the Archive: Webster County Collections

… Street program, was installed in the past few days. Large, nationally-touring exhibitions like this one always create a … of materials pulled from the collections of the National Willa Cather Center and the Webster County Historical Museum. Our …
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Annotations from the Archive: Thanksgiving Traditions

… hot summers; triumphant autumns that last until Christmas—a season of perpetual sunlight, blazing blue skies, and frosty … nights. In this newest part of the New World autumn is the season of beauty and sentiment, as spring is in the Old … was not difficult, as the country was teeming with buffalo, deer, antelope, wild geese, ducks, prairie chickens and …
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Annotations From the Archive: John Mallory Bates

… recent addition to our archival collections at the National Willa Cather Center, Cather writes to “Mr. Perrin,” whose family … Cather Center in Red Cloud. The Willa Cather Newsletter and Review. Vol. 45, Summer 2001 . The Blue Book of Nebraska …
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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 of …
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Annotations from the Archive: Discovering Emanuel Prettyman

… As we begin to commemorate the centenary of One of Ours , Willa Cather’s Pulitzer Prize-winner for Fiction, we look forward … we were just beginning to build our new archives at the National Willa Cather Center, storage space was at a …
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Annotations from the Archive: Emil Frei Windows Are Beautiful Inside—And Out!

… the windows often and their history as memorials to the Willa Cather’s family and friends in the church. We know the … of these historic windows, read HERE . Resources: National Archives and Records Administration St. Louis …
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Celebrating Juneteenth

… on Cather's recollections of Virginia. This issue also includes “Black Lives in Sapphira and the Slave Girl: New … research on enslaved lives in Cather’s Virginia birthplace. Images added to Barbara Davis's performance video include … of Congress, Wikimedia Commons, Jerome Handler's  Slavery Images , Christie's, and Winchester-Frederick County …
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Prairie Exploration Backpacks Now Available

… Now Available February 15, 2019 To make your visit to the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie a memorable experience, you can now borrow a fully outfitted backpack from the National Willa Cather Center . Our sixteen backpacks are …
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