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Emily Caroline Cather's Trunk
… Emily Caroline Cather's Trunk An Artifact in Need of Conservation Image During preparation for the restoration … Burdens and Miners in My Ántonia , and Dr. Archie in The Song of the Lark . Cather writes of the differences between immigrants …
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Reinterpreting the Pavelka Farmstead
… Reinterpreting the Pavelka Farmstead A new permanent exhibit "We turned to leave the … organization in our local community, as well as attract new visitors to our sites—those who may be interested in …
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Abbie Loomis looks to protect Cather sites that offer profound understanding of the immigrant experience
… Willa Cather. Her mother was a voracious reader, and My Ántonia was among the Cather books on her shelf the day … Cather’s most famous character and the namesake for her 1918 novel, My Ántonia. “You can see it now, the children …
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Jaydene Miner Drew Joins the Cather Legacy Society to Preserve Ancestral Home
… generation in the J.L. Miner House, or the Harling House in My Ántonia . He was the grandson of the home’s namesake and son … After her quick stop in Red Cloud with her father in the 1990s, Jaydene began researching her Miner family history …
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A Lifetime of Giving: Yost and Leak Join Cather Legacy Society
… of supporting in a financial way the things you care about.” Considering this, it’s not surprising that when … trip to Egypt in 2015, they made sure that the Willa Cather Foundation (WCF) was included in their estate plans. As … is a testament to Cather, the town, Board members, and staff who make things happen – but from their own …
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Personal Connections to Cather’s Hometown Inspire Kohout’s Legacy Gift
… Kohout’s great grandmother, Belle K. Simons, died in 1972 at 102 years old and is buried in her hometown of Red … Cather’s writing for the first time. “Like many students, my entry [to Cather] was My Ántonia ,” Kohout said. “It just spoke to me. Her writing …
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Annotations from the Archives: Teaching with Primary Sources
… visit to the archives, where the documents of the past 150 years can be examined in close detail. Our archivist, … Detective" Educators can put these resources to use in myriad ways. Bellringers that use archival resources are … This cartoon , though published thirty years before My Ántonia , draws inspiration from a popular motif that Cather …
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Cather Legacy Society
… in long-range planning. Your planned gift will benefit visitors from around the globe, and help in our pursuit to … inspirational trip to Webster County, Nebraska and the Pavelka Farmstead, Loomis decided to join the Legacy Society to help …
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School Field Trips
… Willa Cather . Browse the current exhibit on display in the Red Cloud Opera House Art Gallery. Take part in an archival learning activity. During …
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Meet Our 2025 Humanities Interns!
… me to read something outside of my normal book genres, I immediately said I didn’t like it." "After reading the short … up jobs such as working in the archives at Nebraska Public Media or working as an orientation leader on campus at UNL, …
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