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50 Years of the Centennial Willa Cather Stamp

… Following are excerpts of that process gleaned from past newsletters. [Scroll down to read what was entered into the … Nebraska.] It Began With a Letter Writing Campaign The WCPM newsletter urged “loyal Cather admirers” to write on behalf … and alive by using your influence?” In the winter 1972 newsletter it was noted that plans were going forward for a …
Posted: 09/06/2023
Last Updated: 09/07/2023

Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index

… Gifts p. 1  Death Notice of Edith Lewis p. 2  1973--Cather Centennial Year, Cather Stamp p. 2  Increasing Interest in … conference p. 3  Excerpt from Nation 1920 book review of Youth and the Bright Medusa p. 4  …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 01/16/2023

Serena's Album

… family came to Nebraska between 1880 and 1885; her father farmed near Bostwick in Nuckolls County. After attending … her album. Serena White lived her entire life in the area, never marrying. She died in 1924. Cather scholar Kari … settlement known as “Elora” — Mrs. Keifer gives it as her home — was essentially a post office in search of a town, …
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

… Finding Aids The National Willa Cather Center houses one of the nation’s largest … dates ranging from 1871-1963, focused around Willa Cather’s location and/or writing and career, plus microfilm of Willa … clippings   WCPM trivet      WCPM plate     Willa Cather Childhood Home Plate (1977)     WCPM metal flower keychain   …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 03/09/2026

Annotations From the Archives: Ask-An-Archivist

… archives is foundational to American ideas—after being ushered in by our revolutionary partners, the French. As we … her with Georgia O'Keeffe—with good reason! They both visited New Mexico at the invitation of Mabel Dodge Luhan … a handful of people with direct connections to Cather's Red Cloud family and friends. Willa Cather Living , by Edith …
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

… and his creation of the Willa Cather sculpture: updated in spring 2022 with sculpture casting process] " Willa Cather … of Willa Cather. Programs include the annual Willa Cather  Spring Conferences  and biennial  International Cather Seminars , …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 05/25/2023

Annotations from the Archive: Early Magazine Days

… (March 28, 1897), with these observations at the start of Cather's early and prolific career in magazine writing and editing: “Miss Willa Cather, the editor of the Home Monthly , is not … views on magazine writing, her years as editor, and other personal reflections in the essential Willa Cather in …
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 Opera House stage, was very affected by World War I and the death of her cousin, G.P. Cather. She …
Posted: 12/27/2014
Last Updated: 07/19/2022

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