Today’s #WillaOnWednesday takes you to the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie in Nebraska. This video is a 360 degree view that I recorded in the midst of the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie in Nebraska on March 11, 2011 using an old… Read More ›
Nebraska
Library Visit: Beatrice, Nebraska (New Public Library)
Beatrice Public Library 100 North 16th Street Beatrice, Nebraska 402-223-3584 website Opened: November 9, 1991 Operating Budget: $552,567 Registered Users: 6,353 Collection Size: 125,743 Annual Circulation: 129,247 source It can be a sad experience, visiting a town’s new library after… Read More ›
Library Stop: Beatrice, Nebraska (Old Carnegie Library)
Beatrice City Library 218 North 5th Street Beatrice, Nebraska No longer in use as a library. See the Carnegie Restoration Project website for future plans. Update 2018: The library is now the home of the Gage County Tourism and Vistors… Read More ›
Historic Desecration or Necessary Infrastructure Update?
As regular readers of WildmooBooks know, Willa Cather is my favorite author. I’m a card-carrying-member of the Willa Cather Foundation* and I have a Google alert set up for her name so that I can keep up-to-date on Cather news… Read More ›
Discovering Willa Cather & Big Cather News
You know that silly question: if you were stranded on a desert island and could only have one book, what book would it be? My answer would be anything by Willa Cather. If I could be picky, I’d do an… Read More ›
Library Visit: Hastings, Nebraska
Hastings Public Library 517 West 4th Street Hastings, Nebraska 68901 Built: sometime in the early 1960s (source) Collection: 145,924 volumes Circulation: 234,697 items per year Serves: 31,151 residents Visit the Hastings Public Library website here Date visited: March… Read More ›
Library Stop: Plattsmouth, Nebraska
Plattsmouth Public Library 401 Avenue A Plattsmouth, Nebraska 68048 Carnegie Grant Awarded: June 1, 1915 Built: 1916 Building Cost: $12,500 Operating income (2010?): $281,921 Current holdings: Books: 38,390 Audio materials: 872 Videos: 735 Serial publications: 89 Serves: 6,867 residents… Read More ›
The Lieutenant’s Lady by Bess Streeter Alrich
The Lieutenant’s Ladyby Bess Streeter AldrichOriginally published 1942 by D. Appleton-Century Company, Inc.Edition read: 1987 Bison BookISBN 0-8032-5914-x This is the second novel that I’ve read by Nebraska author Bess Streeter Aldrich (1881-1954). The first was one that I’ve read… Read More ›
Library Stop: Red Cloud, Nebraska
Auld Public Library 537 North Webster Red Cloud, Nebraska 68970 Date opened: March 8, 1918 Cost: $20,000 Holdings: 10,000+ books, movies, audiobooks Date visited: March 11, 2011 The library was a gift from local businessman William T. Auld. The… Read More ›
"The Elms": Author Bess Streeter Aldrich’s home in Elmwood, Nebraska
The day after I wrote my last entry about filling the rest of March with posts from my literary trip to Nebraska, my desktop crashed. I wasn’t able to repair/recover it myself, so off to the repair shop it went. … Read More ›