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"And now I must dress to receive the Planets, dear"—Willa Cather, Edith Lewis, Jupiter & Venus

… west and the lower Gap Mountain to its left, Cather's third floor rooms allowed witness to the changing pageant of late … clear New England air: glorious sunsets, and the dark night sky amidst a sublime and inspiring backdrop. With the rare … and Venus both shining in the golden-rosy sky and both in the West; she not very far above the …
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Willa Cather in the Great "Spanish Flu" Pandemic

… the Sherwood family, is now in the National Cather Center Archives & Collections. My dear Carrie; It has been a long while since …
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A New Find from Recent Donations to the Archive

… to the Archive February 26, 2020 We've been busy in the Collections & Archives at the National Willa Cather Center as several important gifts have recently joined our collections. As we look forward to spring, we particularly …
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Bus Tours Welcome! A Guide for Tour Operators

… Tours Welcome! A Guide for Tour Operators February 7, 2020 Visit Red Cloud—Our unique small town on the prairie and meet Willa Cather, Nebraska’s foremost citizen and author of O …
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Unknown Cather Manuscript Discovered

… Image Unknown Cather Manuscript Discovered January 28, 2020 Our dedicated Cather … that, in the short story “Uncle Valentine,” the eponymous character tries out a new song called “The Ballad of the … a potential donation of materials to the NWCC, please contact Tracy Tucker at ttucker@willacather.org or call …
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Road Scholars Visit Red Cloud

… Image Road Scholars Visit Red Cloud October 25, 2019 In early October 2019, … at the George Cather home (now a bed and breakfast) and Pavelka Farmstead . They also watched a special screening of the …
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Call for Applications: Research Grants for Willa Cather Scholarship

… to four weeks to conduct research on Willa Cather in UNL Archives and Special Collections and in the Archive of the NWCC. Scholars from … the need to conduct research in UNL Archives and Special Collections, although researchers are also encouraged to …
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Woodress Research Scholars Grant

… Projects should reflect the need for research at the UNL Archives and in Nebraska. Each Woodress Research Grant is … the scholar to research materials in the Foundation's archives and visit the area of Cather's childhood. The … the University of Nebraska Press. The Archives and Special Collections of the UNL Libraries hold the largest collection …
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Willa Cather Spring Conference 2009

… Image Willa Cather Spring Conference 2009 July 22, 2008 WISDOM IN THE LATER NEBRASKA FICTION:  OBSCURE DESTINIES, LUCY GAYHEART, AND "THE BEST … Episcopal Church 6:00 p.m . -- Cider, Beer, Brats, and Music, Burlington Depot --Woody Guthrie program by Mike …
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Spring Conference 2009: A Story of a Photograph

… photographs from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Archives and Special Collections for a gallery exhibit at the Red Cloud Opera … woman who donated so many valuable Cather materials to the collections at UNL and the Cather Foundation. So, now I …
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