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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 … collections HERE . Stamp Artistry One of four in the American Arts series The Cather stamp was one of four in the …
Posted: 09/06/2023
Last Updated: 09/07/2023

Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index

… Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index Table of … and "About Jim and Elsie"  Reprints of Cather's Early Works p. 2  TITLE: A Note on The White Bear Stories  AUTHOR: … Mellanee Kvasnicka p. 4  TITLE: Book Review: Approaches to Teaching Cather's My Ántonia, S. Rowsowski Editor p. 4  …
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 … theorizes that Serena came to Red Cloud to continue her studies with J. F. Curran, the very popular Superior High … photographer, of German parentage. He appears in an 1899 volume entitled Biographies and Portraits of the Progressive …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 04/01/2026

Annotations from the Archives: A Map of the World

… available online through both paid and free services, like Newspapers.com, ChroniclingAmerica.gov, Ancestry.com, … gaps: men and women who just couldn't be located in local newspapers, census data, or other records. Some might be … maps and the real estate transfer section of the Red Cloud newspapers. In hopes of verifying that he was a speculator …
Posted: 03/31/2026
Last Updated: 04/01/2026

Finding Aids

… Finding Aids The National Willa Cather Center houses one of the nation’s largest collections of materials related … 1880   Document TEX-250-391-053 Financial Agreements, Clark Cather and George P. Cather   1878-1882   Document … Cordially yours, Willa Cather Dust jacket very good   The Song of the Lark BK-50-308 Willa Cather 1915 1st printing …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 03/09/2026

Annotations From the Archives: Ask-An-Archivist

… good reason! They both visited New Mexico at the invitation of Mabel Dodge Luhan and, riding across the …
Posted: 10/15/2025
Last Updated: 10/16/2025

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

… we received the last edition of the Red Cloud Chief , a newspaper that had a 150-year history. It was Webster … local history or, in our case, exploring the life of Willa Cather. We know that Willa Cather held a warm place in her … Company K Guard unit, I wanted to see what I could find out about Seb,” Tucker said. Image Seb Johnson serving in …
Posted: 09/01/2024
Last Updated: 09/04/2024

Press Room

… Image Press Room We invite journalists, editors, bloggers, and the … Press Room often for the latest newsworthy information about our activities, events, and announcements. Please … Red Cloud through the ongoing efforts of the  Willa Cather Foundation  and their  National Willa Cather Center . Media …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 05/25/2023

Annotations from the Archive: Early Magazine Days

… Image Image Annotations from the Archive: Early Magazine Days May 19, 2021 Jeanette Barbour wrote a profile, “A Woman Editor,” in the Pittsburg Press (March 28, 1897), with … woman she certainly should be mentioned among the pioneers in woman's advancement... Miss Cather is just …
Posted: 05/19/2021
Last Updated: 05/23/2023

Remembering Our Fallen

… for a complete traveling schedule. The author Willa Cather, who gave her commencement speech from the Red Cloud … met him just on the edge of town, and we stopped to chat about the war news. I believe he always wanted to be a soldier. I can see …
Posted: 12/27/2014
Last Updated: 07/19/2022

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