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New Collections Added to Refreshed Online Gallery
… New Collections Added to Refreshed Online Gallery April 2, 2026 … Yost Leak Postcard Collection Have you visited our online collections portal recently? With more than 2,000 objects … collection, available is a primary objective. To learn more about our online offerings or to support our …
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Collections Access & Policies
… Collections Access & Policies The National Willa Cather Center houses the earliest Willa Cather museum …
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Annotations From the Archives: Ask-An-Archivist
… frequently that I keep a hard copy at home and at work. Did Willa Cather say, "Anybody can love the mountains, but it's … sodbusters" or "early Dakota settlers" or generic "Willa Cathers" with no clue about the actual source. The closest … her with Georgia O'Keeffe—with good reason! They both visited New Mexico at the invitation of Mabel Dodge Luhan …
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Annotations from the Archives: Teaching with Primary Sources
… and students examine primary sources Annotations from the Archives: Teaching with Primary Sources September 9, 2025 The collections and archives at the National Willa Cather Center … gain a deeper understanding of Willa Cather. Our museum's collections rotate through our historic sites, providing …
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Annotations from the Archives: Cather in Santa Fe
… Image Willa Cather's circa 1924 map of Santa Fe Annotations from the … that a pre-1924 date is a problematic fit for Cather's timeline. The Buckman Bridge was privately built and … marked trails than Cather's. Still, knowing what we do about Cather’s travels, it is possible that she picked up …
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Annotations from the Archives: Use It Up
… up, Wear it out, Make it do, Or do without. This week, the Red Cloud Opera House Gallery opens the traveling exhibit … education and entertainment for both children and adults. Willa Cather created several of these using advertising … in many forms throughout her life. And if you're able to visit the Red Cloud Opera House gallery, we hope that you'll …
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Annotations from the Archives: A Lost Lady Debuts
… 2025 January 6, 2025, marks another important centenary in Willa Cather's career: the opening of the feature film … and literary executor Edith Lewis were dead. In 1924, Alfred Knopf, Cather's publisher, sold the film rights to A … Memorial board member Lucia Woods had the opportunity to visit the movie's star at her home. Woods hoped to glean …
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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 …
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Annotations from the Archives: The End of an Era for the Chief
… from the first extant Red Cloud Chief, October 9, 1873 Volume I, No. 15, is the first surviving issue of the Red … local history or, in our case, exploring the life of Willa Cather. We know that Willa Cather held a warm place in her … a regular reader of that newspaper. Decades later as Cather Studies were just beginning, it was through those preserved …
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Annotations from the Archives: From a Trainman's Library
… stock, technological advances in individual components, maintenance updates, and business expansions. The Standard …
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