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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: Early Magazine Days

… (March 28, 1897), with these observations at the start of Cather's early and prolific career in magazine writing and … of her future brilliant fiction. You can read more about her views on magazine writing, her years as editor, … them up etc. You know what I want, personal matter that the newspapers dont give. Of course I will keep your name out of …
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Annotations from the Archive: Business Papers

… prohibition on publication of Willa Cather’s letters expired, a wealth of new Willa Cather biographical material … farm was the worst looking piece of farm land between Red Cloud and Hastings.” Cather was particularly dismayed to … research into Cather’s business affairs, make plans to visit! The archives at the National Willa Cather Center are …
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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: Herbaria of Webster County

… belonged and invent names of our own for them." When Willa Cather described her prairie childhood in "The Education You … was the personal botany book of Frances Smith Cather, Willa Cather's "Aunt Franc," and shows heavy use. Inscribed …
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Annotations from the Archive: Thanksgiving Traditions

… —from the essay, "Nebraska: The End of the First Cycle," by Willa Cather [ The Nation , September 5, 1923] Thanksgiving, as … Thanksgiving seems to have been especially meaningful to Willa Cather. She often visited family in Red Cloud at that …
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Annotations from the Archive: Webster County Collections

… materials that were central to our understanding of early Red Cloud and Willa Cather’s adolescence here, as well as her … 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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Annotations from the Archive: Our Organizational History

… Cather a living memorial in the form of art and literary scholarships To secure the bonding, insurance and housing of …
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Annotations from the Archive: 1937 Coronation Program Emerges

… of Carrie Miner Sherwood and Mary Miner Creighton—and Willa Cather! Brodstone was reportedly the highest salaried woman … contact our archivist, Tracy Sanford Tucker, at ttucker@willacather.org. For a link to more images and information, …
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Annotations From the Archive: John Mallory Bates

… recent addition to our archival collections at the National Willa Cather Center, Cather writes to “Mr. Perrin,” whose family … interested in forage plants and their diseases. Willa Cather was chided by Bates for including butterfly …
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