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New Collections Added to Refreshed Online Gallery

… objects currently online,  collections.willacather.org offers Cather readers numerous ways to explore our … is a primary objective.  To learn more about our online offerings or to support our digitization efforts, please contact Director of Collections and Curation, …
Posted: 04/02/2026
Last Updated: 05/28/2026

Collections Access & Policies

… Collections Access & Policies The National Willa Cather Center houses the earliest Willa Cather museum … who uncover sensitive personal information of living persons in any collection agree to make no notes or …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 05/28/2026

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 … maintains the historic sites. On any given day, I might be writing an exhibit panel or a book chapter, cleaning a glass …
Posted: 10/15/2025
Last Updated: 10/16/2025

Annotations from the Archives: Teaching with Primary Sources

… visit to the archives, where the documents of the past 150 years can be examined in close detail. Our archivist, … Detective" Educators can put these resources to use in myriad ways. Bellringers that use archival resources are … This cartoon , though published thirty years before My Ántonia , draws inspiration from a popular motif that Cather …
Posted: 07/29/2024
Last Updated: 09/09/2025

Annotations from the Archives: Cather in Santa Fe

… Image Willa Cather's circa 1924 map of Santa Fe Annotations from the … marked trails than Cather's. Still, knowing what we do about Cather’s travels, it is possible that she picked up … from Janet Masterton, stating that the “great disadvantage about writing of the places you love is that you lose your …
Posted: 11/06/2023
Last Updated: 08/19/2025

Annotations from the Archives: Use It Up

… [today]. (Yarrow 14) Everyday examples of thrifty living in the 1880s are easy to find, and in our … education and entertainment for both children and adults. Willa Cather created several of these using advertising cards and …
Posted: 02/05/2025
Last Updated: 02/11/2025

Annotations from the Archives: A Lost Lady Debuts

… of A Lost Lady Image A Lost Lady Opens Annotations from the Archives: A Lost Lady Debuts January 6, 2025 January 6, … around to liking her. Though the film itself is lost, the archives at the National Willa Cather Center houses a copy … related to Cather's movies, please contact director of collections Tracy Tucker at ttucker@willacather.org. …
Posted: 01/06/2025
Last Updated: 01/21/2025

Annotations from the Archives: Armistice Day

… Roll of Honor for Grosvenor P. Cather Annotations from the Archives: Armistice Day November 5, 2024 On November 11, … day when the veterans of World War I were honored, and our collections are rich with museum and archival items that … as Veterans Day to honor veterans of all U.S. wars. You can learn more about the history of Armistice Day and Veteran's …
Posted: 11/04/2024
Last Updated: 11/05/2024

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

Annotations from the Archives: From a Trainman's Library

… by the railroad, connected Red Cloud to the larger world. The technologies and processes that enabled such a … and  Locomotive Engineering Magazine  were found in the Willa Cather Childhood Home attic and date to the Cather's …
Posted: 06/28/2024
Last Updated: 07/02/2024

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