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Remembrances of Mildred Bennett Sought
… Image Remembrances of Mildred Bennett Sought January 28, 2020 In collaboration … that preserves and interprets that world for those of us living today, Fellows considers Mildred Bennett to be a … my questions in advance, so you would have time to think about things. If you would prefer to respond to my questions …
Posted: 01/21/2020
Last Updated: 01/28/2020
NEA Big Read: My Ántonia
… Image Image NEA Big Read: My Ántonia Programs Offered to Communities and Organizations … Ántonia When critic Randolph Bourne heralded My Ántonia in 1918 as the arrival of the “American novel,” he could not …
Posted: 09/04/2024
Last Updated: 10/29/2024
Finding Aids
… Finding Aids The National Willa Cather Center houses one of the nation’s largest collections of materials … in Red Cloud, Nebraska Subjects: settlement Willa Cather Silas Garber agriculture Webster County history Pittsburg … Grand M., ed. The Women Who Make Our Novels 1919 bookmark reads "mat on Cather" Page, Thomas Nelson Gordon Keith 1903 …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 10/14/2024
Annotations from the Archives: October is American Archives Month
… Archives Month, a time when we educate students and patrons about the value of archives. It’s easy to make the … the very fabric of democracy, since the French Revolution ushered in the idea of centralized, publicly accessible … you might imagine! In our organization's earliest days, Mildred Bennett, our founder, spent a great deal of time …
Posted: 09/29/2024
Last Updated: 10/01/2024
Guided Three Building Downtown Tour
… Children: (5 & under) – Free Willa Cather Childhood Home 245 N Cedar Street At the newly restored Willa Cather … journey from Virginia; the domestic spaces in The Song of the Lark , "Old Mrs. Harris," and 'The Best Years" that were …
Posted: 05/21/2024
Last Updated: 07/01/2024
Historic Sites
… author. Willa Cather Childhood Home Built in 1879, this house was five years old when the Cather family moved in. … 1965. Efforts to save the depot were extensive, requiring relocation and a full restoration—the result of the railroad's … Carrie, Mary, and Irene Miner. The Miners inspired the Harling family of My Ántonia . Cather dedicated My Ántonia …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 05/17/2024
Making a Place: A Long History of Red Cloud
… A New Permanent Exhibit for the Farmers & Merchants Bank As we mark the publication centenary of Willa Cather's A … operated as a museum by the National Willa Cather Center, known then as the Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial. This … of place-making and the history of Red Cloud’s founding, as well as the early days of the Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial. …
Posted: 07/18/2023
Last Updated: 04/02/2024
Volunteer
… Image The Willa Cather Foundation was started in 1955 by Mildred R. Bennett and a small group of dedicated volunteers … of the ways you can become involved: Red Cloud Opera House Volunteers Do you enjoy arts programming? Join our … for all new volunteers. To become a volunteer or learn more about volunteer opportunities with the Willa Cather …
Posted: 01/17/2023
Last Updated: 03/18/2024
Our Campaign for the Future
… Image Mrs. Laura Bush, Honorary National Chair Our Campaign for the Future … stay longer to enjoy the museum and all that Cather loved about Webster County. Fundraising has reached 87% of the … efforts led by the National Willa Cather Center's founder, Mildred Bennett. Design, fabrication, and installation of …
Posted: 04/06/2023
Last Updated: 03/08/2024
Annotations from the Archives: On Reappraisal
… Image Grant Reynard's "Straw Stack" Annotations from the Archives: On Reappraisal August 14, 2022 The archives are built upon the art and the science of memory. … a sense of the connections and influences at play in the archives, too. One tool of the archivist’s trade is …
Posted: 02/21/2024
Last Updated: 02/21/2024