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Annotations from the Archive: Business Papers
… considerable sum of money to old friends and neighbours in Nebraska, to help them through these hard times. I had much … to plan a research visit. To make the most of your time in Nebraska, you should also visit the Cather collections at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and History Nebraska; the rich archival …
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Annotations from the Archive—The Right Reverend George Allen Beecher Letters
… George Allen Beecher, who served as Bishop of Western Nebraska from 1910-1943, shared a long friendship with Willa …
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Annotations from the Archive: Explore the Collection Online
… work. Mildred Bennett collected pieces by well-known Nebraska painters, Grant Reynard and Elizabeth Dolan, and …
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Annotations from the Archive: Julie Harris Estate Item Joins the Collection
… Estate Item Joins the Collection October 20, 2021 The Willa Cather Foundation Art Collection boasts nearly thirty … drama Knots Landing , but she had starred in a number of literary stage productions, such as The Belle of Amherst , …
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Annotations from the Archive: Thanksgiving Traditions
… to the holidays in her correspondence. Our Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial Collection, part of our Archives and … obscurity. We have come to regard this great feast day of ours as a thing that came about because of a general … The story once in Lincoln's ear, and the thing was done. He saw how precious such a day would become to the …
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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 … of Nebraska-Lincoln; original letter located in the Literary and Historical Manuscripts (MA 1602), Morgan …
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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 … aims were: To perpetuate an interest throughout the world in the work of Willa Cather To identify and restore to …
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Annotations From the Archive: John Mallory Bates
… scientific-minded. Before her marriage she taught Astronomy and Mathematics at Wellesley College, the first professor … butterfly milkweed ( Asclepias tuberosa ) in her novel My Ántonia ; Bates didn’t believe it to be extant in the … to make the subject anything more than an incident in my life and a side issue on the nature study I love so …
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Annotations from the Archive: The Death of G.P. Cather
… The entire novel is inspired by real lives and real events, from G.P.’s prewar life and marriage to his final …
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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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