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50 Years of the Centennial Willa Cather Stamp

… Image 50 Years of the Centennial Willa Cather Stamp The process—and celebration—of a commemorative … eventually became the scholarly journal, Willa Cather Review ) and issues of the informational  News from Cather …
Posted: 09/06/2023
Last Updated: 09/07/2023

Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index

… are listed with the corresponding issue in PDF format. Summer 1957 to Current 1.1  Summer 1957  FIRST ISSUE  … Coverage p. 3  Portrait Bust of Cather p. 4  Mailing of Newsletter p. 4  … of Grace  AUTHOR: John J. Murphy p. 13  John J. Murphy Volume at Cather Book Shop p. 15  WCPM announces 1985 trip …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 01/16/2023

Serena's Album

… was made by a precocious 14-year-old signing herself “Wm. Cather M.D.” This entry by Serena’s classmate Willa Cather was first published in 1951 in The World of … Arden.” Notice that her taste in composers runs to the literary. Right In the years after Aunt Cinnie signed …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 04/01/2026

Annotations from the Archives: A Map of the World

… of our new exhibit in the Burlington Depot at this year's Spring Conference! Sources used in the creation of the new map …
Posted: 03/31/2026
Last Updated: 04/01/2026

Finding Aids

… Jr., Private Library No. 22 Alcott, Louisa M. Old-Fashioned Girl 1887 Wm. Cather Jr., Private Library No. 24 Alcott, … 1901 n/a Cummins, Maria S. The Lamplighter: Or An Orphan Girl's Struggles and Triumphs n/d n/a Cushing, Mary Watkins … Cather March 1912 Magazine Publication Tx-50-4000-F60 "The Bohemian Girl" Original Publication in  McClures Magazine …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 03/09/2026

Annotations From the Archives: Ask-An-Archivist

… the questions she gets most often. How do you pronounce Cather? According to Henry Blackman Sell in a short article … frequently that I keep a hard copy at home and at work. Did Willa Cather say, "Anybody can love the mountains, but it's … to Cather's Red Cloud family and friends. Willa Cather Living , by Edith Lewis, Cather's partner. Willa Cather: A …
Posted: 10/15/2025
Last Updated: 10/16/2025

Annotations from the Archives: The End of an Era for the Chief

… Image Red Cloud Chief front page, December 1888 Annotations from … local history or, in our case, exploring the life of Willa Cather. We know that Willa Cather held a warm place in … Willa Cather or greater Webster County? Would you like to visit the NWCC Collections & Archives? Please contact Tracy …
Posted: 09/01/2024
Last Updated: 09/04/2024

Press Room

… for the latest newsworthy information about our activities, events, and announcements. Please browse the sub-sections … adaptive reuse project that also incorporates the Red Cloud Opera House (restored in 2003). It contains an archive, museum, …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 05/25/2023

Annotations from the Archive: Early Magazine Days

… Monthly and McClure's , and earlier writing ventures in Nebraska, would help her to forge valuable connections and …
Posted: 05/19/2021
Last Updated: 05/23/2023

Remembering Our Fallen

… Museum near Ashland will be on display at the Red Cloud Opera House September 19-25. The exhibit includes photos of the … Cather, who gave her commencement speech from the Red Cloud Opera House stage, was very affected by World War I and the …
Posted: 12/27/2014
Last Updated: 07/19/2022

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