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Annotations from the Archive: Early Magazine Days
… (March 28, 1897), with these observations at the start of Cather's early and prolific career in magazine writing and … literary tastes are, her club standing, her home, her legal studies, how she came to take them up etc. You know what I … bank he is president of. Well I did'nt mean to write you a volume, and of course nothing may come of it. But my …
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Literary Societies—Annotations from the Archive
… students returning to school, we always think of Frances Cather, Willa Cather's Mount Holyoke-educated aunt who came West to … recalling her old life. In an 1893 letter to Mariel Gere, Willa Cather recalled the group's meetings as "the usual …
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Annotations from the Archive: Business Papers
… Papers July 20, 2021 When the prohibition on publication of Willa Cather’s letters expired, a wealth of new Willa Cather biographical material could be shared with …
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Annotations from the Archive: Explore the Collection Online
… Explore the Collection Online February 16, 2021 The Cather family, their friends, and many other donors have been very generous to the National Willa Cather Center over the years, contributing to … by our organization's founders. As a result, the National Willa Cather Center houses the earliest Cather collections …
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Annotations from the Archive—The Right Reverend George Allen Beecher Letters
… Nebraska from 1910-1943, shared a long friendship with Willa Cather, and with the whole Cather family. He confirmed … winter. Two of the letters were written from Beecher to Willa Cather’s partner Edith Lewis, following the memorial …
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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 … nativity is the subject of the window dedicated to honor Willa Cather’s mother, Mary Virginia Cather. But we don’t …
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Annotations From the Archive: Soldiers' Letters
… October 30, 2022 We conclude a year of reflection on Willa Cather's 1922 novel One of Ours by highlighting the letters … After Grosvenor P. Cather’s death in France in May 1918, Willa Cather wasted little time in getting to work on …
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Annotations from the Archive: Benefit
… the Archive: Benefit February 6, 2023 On February 4, 1888, Willa Cather and her friends staged a musical version of “Beauty … help the less fortunate in town. Fannie Adelsheim Wiener, Willa Cather’s neighbor and fellow lover of literature, was …
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Annotations from the Archive: Holiday Cookery
… make up our traditions. Like many of our own families, the Cather family was spread across the country, and the … meals and family-favorite dishes. From the National Willa Cather Center archives, we take a look at some of the … Home. “I spent many happy days there, especially when Aunt Willa was visiting,” Southwick recalled in 1985. “Aunt …
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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 … in California. Our collections also contain a sampling of Willa Cather’s own filing system. She kept certain letters, …
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