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Serena's Album

… consider this extraordinary album in its entirety. (For a scholarly perspective on confession albums, and on Cather’s … notable public figure — a Civil War General in the Union Army, United States Congressman from Ohio, and Speaker of the … drew upon Mary for Julia, the musical Harling sister, in My Ántonia , and Mary played the Beast in the production of …
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The World War II Experience of Clarence O. Williams

… of Clarence O. Williams The story behind the play, Not Too Far Distant October 15, 2024 Playwright Becky Boesen gleaned … Division. According to his son Thomas, “for reasons he never shared, he took a camera with him, and produced the … carefully catalogued and documented album after returning home, ultimately settling in Lincoln, Nebraska.” He …
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"Books Old and New"

… Image Some children's books in the Willa Cather Childhood Home Image Willa Cather in Pittsburgh "Books Old and New" … Books Old and New. Helen Delay "My book and heart shall never part." —New England Primer [The editor of this … us who have read over and over the books we possess and are far from circulating libraries often drop out of the way of …
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The Potter Family

… from New York to Nebraska to live with and work for area farmers.  Charles R. Potter (1840–1931) was born in the … R. Potter, was 21 when they were married, having left his home in Owego, N.Y. the year before to come to Illinois where he had relatives. He and his father never agreed very well, so he left home and came west, as …
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Willa Cather Biography

… Willa Cather Biography A Great American Writer "Miss Cather is … beyond academy, is published three times a year by the National Willa Cather Center in Red Cloud. The MLA International Bibliography …
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“Nebraska: The End of the First Cycle” Celebrates 100 Years 

… 5, 1923 issue of the Nation “Nebraska: The End of the First Cycle” Celebrates 100 Years  Cather's essay for the … their soul-destroying work.” “Nebraska: The End of the First Cycle” is a hymn to the state’s then-recent past, its … Read the full transcript of “Nebraska: The End of the First Cycle” on the Cather Archive website   "Willa Cather's …
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The Art Connection

… the good things in the past and her connection with the farm land. Gwen Lewis was born in Red Cloud, Nebraska, and … on the family farm in central Nebraska, and her roots have never strayed very far. Close family and community ties have … in pastels, but her most recent work features layers of homemade paper and acrylic to create mixed media …
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Lingua Franca Finds Inspiration In the Great Plains and Willa Cather's Writing

… and designer Rachelle Hruska MacPherson’s grandparents’ home in Ceresco, Nebraska as well as on the Hruska Family Farm, in Ulysses, Nebraska. Recently, we asked Rachelle more … Plains, and Red Cloud, that you share with people who’ve never been here before? The more I travel, the more I come …
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