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Whispers of Home

… during our 2026 Spring Conference, Hart's work elevates simple techniques to the level of art as it explores our …
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George Wells' Orphan Train Experience

… her. . . . so she made preparations for me, for them to get me and on the day I went to the orphanage, my aunt took … but our train had a derailment and so we was a day late getting in here. So the people that had come in the day … again. So we set up there and this boy and I was set together. And there was a man from Cowles. He run the sand pit …
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Harbor Stage Company presents The Bohemian

… made possible with the support of the Baldwin Foundation, Nebraska Arts Council, and Nebraska Cultural Endowment. The National Willa Cather …
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Ashley Olson

… has also led strategic initiatives to expand the Center’s core programs in an effort to broaden the organization’s …
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Homegrown Art and Poetry with Jewel Rodgers

… Part of her grassroots Homegrown arts series, 2025-2029 Nebraska State Poet Jewel Rodgers makes her first appearance … in Red Cloud to read poems and meet folks in south central Nebraska. Area artists, musicians, and writers are also … and urban communities by co-hosting small gatherings with Nebraska residents in familiar spaces, reinforcing art and …
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Welcome New Board Members

… at age twelve when his grandmother loaned him a copy of  A Lost Lady . “I grew up in the midst of Catherland and, as a …
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Schoolhouse Enters Portfolio of Historic Structures

… education. Originally located four miles north of Cowles, Nebraska, the North Star School, District 81, served …
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Remembering Jennifer Hein

… literature to a larger story that dovetails with important themes that are also central to understanding the American …
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Serena's Album

… was made by a precocious 14-year-old signing herself “Wm. Cather M.D.” This entry by Serena’s classmate Willa Cather … to live in Shenandoah, Iowa. They had a son, Fayette, born about 1891, and a daughter, Genevieve, born about 1894. J. … motto is from Pope’s “Essay on Man,” a line well-loved by newspaper writers. Mrs. Keifer’s father-in-law, J. W. …
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Annotations from the Archives: A Map of the World

… research phase Image Township maps, circa 1930, Blanche Cather Ray Collection Image 1880 federal census enumerated … available online through both paid and free services, like Newspapers.com, ChroniclingAmerica.gov, Ancestry.com, … no. We'll have a map, and it will show similar information about immigrant communities. The data is more granular, even …
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