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Annotations from the Archive: Business Papers
… Cloud and Hastings.” Cather was particularly dismayed to learn the farms she owned in Webster County were also in … into Cather’s business affairs, make plans to visit! The archives at the National Willa Cather Center are open … of your time in Nebraska, you should also visit the Cather collections at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and …
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Annotations from the Archive: Emil Frei Windows Are Beautiful Inside—And Out!
… windows, both inside or outside the church! We talk about the windows often and their history as memorials to … window, for example, portrays the shepherd, significant because he had raised sheep himself in his native Virginia. The … the property of Grace Episcopal church," including a raised foundation for the addition of a basement and the west …
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Annotations from the Archive: Webster County Collections
… of materials pulled from the collections of the National Willa Cather Center and the Webster County Historical … materials that were central to our understanding of early Red Cloud and Willa Cather’s adolescence here, as well as … people and places we can only guess about. For those who visit in person, the NWCC has provided a book to record any …
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"A Walk in Her Footsteps" Weekend Tour Package
… “I am not exaggerating . . . I would rather go home to Red Cloud than to any of the beautiful cities in Europe where I used to love to go.” – Willa Cather, 1945 Spend three inspiring days exploring … home to the windswept prairie that memorializes her, visitors of all ages and backgrounds are guaranteed to …
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Meet Our New Director of Education & Engagement: Rachel Olsen
… an Opera House show or to look at contemporary art in our gallery or visit the prairie, I hope they understand that …
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William Norris Buffett Gifts Millions for Creation of Hotel Garber
… 29, 2022 Literature enthusiasts from across the country who visit the National Willa Cather Center will soon have access to enhanced … amenities. Guests can look forward to overnight stays in Red Cloud at a charming boutique hotel, thanks in large part …
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56th Annual Spring Conference
… movies, and books, to her writings about actresses and opera stars, Cather regularly engaged with the trendy, the … culture through a series of performances and special events. Tours of the historic properties of Red Cloud will … when Rin-Tin-Tin XI performs in the Red Cloud Opera House. On Saturday April 30, the Mont Alto Orchestra will …
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Social Networking 1890
… Networking 1890: Nebraska Opera Houses in their Heyday” Red Cloud, Nebraska, April 19, 2011 — The exhibit, “Social … Houses in their Heyday,” will be featured during the 2011 Willa Cather Spring Conference themed “Willa Cather and Her … exhibit or the 56th Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference, visit www.WillaCather.org or phone toll-free 1-866-731-7304. …
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Music on the Prairie
… the land that Cather so vividly described in works such as My Ántonia and O Pioneers!. “Music on the Cather Prairie” … “[Re]-settling the United States: How Multicultural Gastronomy Influenced the Flavors of American Literature.” This … Zora Neale Hurston, Jumpa Lahiri, Sandra Cisneros, and Amy Tan enables an understanding of cultural identity that is …
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Celebrate National Pollinator Week on the Prairie
… Week on the Prairie June 15, 2022 Visit the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie "We come and go, but the land is … every farm, every tree, every field in the region around my home, and they all called out to me. . . .” “Cather … Prairie ,” The New Yorker We encourage you to take guided tours that depart from the National Willa Cather Center or …
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