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Annotations from the Archive: Our Organizational History
… of 1957, Mildred Bennett and the founding members of the Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial felt that their work in Red Cloud … aims were: To perpetuate an interest throughout the world in the work of Willa Cather To identify and restore to …
Posted: 03/06/2023
Last Updated: 05/23/2023
Annotations from the Archive: Discovering Emanuel Prettyman
… As we begin to commemorate the centenary of One of Ours , Willa Cather’s Pulitzer Prize-winner for Fiction, we look forward … Sweeney . Dr. Rebecca Faber’s dissertation, All the World Seemed Touched with Gold , which explores this source …
Posted: 04/23/2022
Last Updated: 05/23/2023
Annotations from the Archive: Emil Frei Windows Are Beautiful Inside—And Out!
… installed at all, how the Emil Frei Art Glass Company was chosen to supply them, or the details of how they were made. …
Posted: 12/15/2021
Last Updated: 05/23/2023
Annotations From the Archives: Fan Mail
… Image Annotations From the Archives: Fan Mail August 22, 2022 Our archives are home to not only Willa …
Posted: 08/17/2022
Last Updated: 05/23/2023
Annotations from the Archive: Thornton Oakley
… to our collection separately, though both originated with Willa Cather’s niece, Helen Cather Southwick. Both had come to us … would have more ‘drive’ in the market of a motor-mad world, than a book of essays, surely.” Sergeant was, by this …
Posted: 03/16/2022
Last Updated: 05/23/2023
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 Have to Fight For," … collection was the personal botany book of Frances Smith Cather, Willa Cather's "Aunt Franc," and shows heavy use. …
Posted: 06/17/2021
Last Updated: 05/23/2023
NWCC Launches NEH-Funded Digital Projects
… NEH-Funded Digital Projects February 16, 2021 The National Willa Cather Center is pleased to announce two new digital … alone as an abridged tour for Willa Cather fans around the world, the National Willa Cather Center tour apps offer …
Posted: 02/16/2021
Last Updated: 05/23/2023
Visions Seen in the Air: An Invitational Exhibit
… in Red Cloud will be a celebration of 150 years of Willa Cather’s life and work. As part of that celebration, we will … memory are on full display as she so poignantly creates a world that is both Red Cloud and the fictional Sweet Water. …
Posted: 04/21/2023
Last Updated: 05/05/2023
Free Author Talk: Bruce Whitacre
… be reading poetry from his book The Elk in the Glade: The World of Pioneer and Painter Jennie Hicks. The book … the talk. —Purchase The Elk in the Glade from our National Willa Cather Center Bookstore or online here — …
Posted: 02/16/2023
Last Updated: 04/03/2023
"A Walk in Her Footsteps" Weekend Tour Package
… beautiful cities in Europe where I used to love to go.” – Willa Cather, 1945 Spend three inspiring days exploring Willa … newly launched "A Walk In Her Footsteps" weekend tour! The National Willa Cather Center proudly offers a wide range of …
Posted: 09/18/2019
Last Updated: 03/21/2023